The first Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM1) of APEC 2017 and related meetings ongoing in Nha Trang city in the central province of Khanh Hoa entered their sixth working day.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung received Irish Ambassador to Vietnam Cait Moran on February 22, noting that his city wants to cooperate with the European nation in education and urban landscaping.

 Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba Gladys Bejerano Portela voiced her hope for the sound development of Cuba-Vietnam ties while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh who came to present his credentials on February 22. 

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 The city has land to develop suitable low-cost houses for only 1 percent of those in need, its real estate association said.

 Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished.

 The ASEAN Foreign Ministers agreed to turn the grouping into a shining example of a regional organisation at their recently concluded retreat in Boracay, the Philippines.

 The friendship between the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has been reinforced in recent years, according to Ogata Yasuo – JCP Vice Chairman and Head of the JCP’s International Affairs Department.

 Vietnam and Israel should promote cooperation in high-technology transfer, research and development as Israel boasts various advantages in this field, said Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam.

 Most enterprises required to be transferred to State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC), the Government’s investment arm, have failed to do so despite the prevailing rules and the Prime Minister’s orders.

 Vietnam has climbed 2.51 points in the 2017 international intellectual property index, reflecting the country's intensified attention and improvement in the area.

 Fishermen near Vung Ang Port are still making big catches despite recent concerns over the polluted discharges from Formosa Ha Tinh into the local water.

 Local cement producers worry that their exported products could struggle to compete with foreign firms in term of price, a concern voiced at an online forum held in Ha Noi yesterday.

 To celebrate Safe Internet Day, authorities held a symposium on digital citizenship toward a safer Internet in Hanoi on February 22.

 2017 seems to be an unpredictable year for the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, when both the world economy and politics fluctuate.

 Nguyen Hoang Yen of HCM City won the title in the women’s standard category of the National Chinese Chess Championships in Vung Tau City on February 21.

 Vietnam came from behind to defeat Thailand 3-1 in the last match of the 2017 Yunnan-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China  on February 22.

 During the past three decades many of the ASEAN member economies have developed robustly thanks to export. Experts say the drop in oil prices and a slowdown facing major economies have made impact on regional development. 

 Vietnam's footwear export nears $60 billion in 6 years

 The Hanoi People’s Court handed down the death penalty on two former officials at Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (Vinashinlines) for embezzlement.