A new deadline – January 1, 2018 – has been set for the nation to make a complete switch from the popular RON A92 petrol to biofuel E5, but many obstacles lie in the path of achieving it.

 Vietnam young tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the China F3 Futures tournament set to take place on February 27-March 5 in Anning, Yunnan Province.

 Universities nationwide are going to hold the preliminary rounds of Robocon Vietnam 2017 on March 1-20 to shortlist 6 teams for the qualifying round scheduled to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 1-5.

“Keep Hanoi Clean”, a volunteer group led by James Joseph Kendall, has been clearing household wastes and planting trees across the capital city.

 Contributions from committees under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to APEC Year 2017 will help fulfill the Bogor Goals by 2020, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said. 

VietNamNet Bridge - So many big seafood companies have met with misfortune that some analysts have predicted the decline of the industry.

Vietnam and Belarus have enjoyed sound relations in the past two decades, said President of the Vietnam-Belarus Friendship Association (VBFA) Nguyen Thai Lai.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Doan Xuan Hung recently visited the German state of Bremen to promote economic links between the two countries.

 Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Van An ranked 30th out of 43 athletes in the qualifying round of the men’s slalom of Alpine Skiing, the last sport for Viet Nam at the Asian Winter Games which closed in Sapporo, Japan yesterday.

 Angela Bonilla, the reigning Miss Global 2016, was in Danang yesterday (Feb. 24) at the Furama Resort to help raise funds for nine families in the ward of Hoa Quy.

 The domestic vegetable and fruit industry will face obstacles in maintaining sustainable growth in export value at the current high level, according to the Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association.

 When a new circular comes into effect September 1, market members will be able to borrow Government bonds (G-bond) for sale.

 An initiative by the Mekong Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) that focuses on youth engagement in organic farming and educating the younger generation in sustainable agriculture has won a grant from the US Department of State.

 This year, the Sai Gon Trading Group (SATRA) plans to open a flower trading centre at Binh Dien Wholesale Market on an area of 14 hectares at a cost of 700billion VND ($31 million).

 Vietnamese IT giant FPT Corporation has been selected by Myanmar to implement a 11.3 million USD project that is part of a programme to modernise the nation’s public finance system.

  Around 100 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors will take part in the country’s biggest coffee exhibition, the 2017 Cafe Show Vietnam, to be held in HCM City next week.

 Representatives from the Vietnamese embassy in Malaysia today met the suspect in the murder case of a North Korean citizen at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13, who was ealier confirmed to be a Vietnamese citizen.

 A Vietnamese national, named Huynh Thi Thanh Tuyen, has been murdered at her residential place in Vientiane, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos. 

 Products made from bamboo such as furniture have been popular among Vietnamese people for centuries.  However, it’s a surprise to see people use bamboo as a material to make a means of transport.

 Central Highlands localities are striving to generate jobs for over 113,000 labourers each year from now to 2020, thus increasing income of locals and contributing to sustainable poverty reduction in the region.