A Vietnamese delegation attended the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (ASEAN SOM) in Boracay, the Philippines to prepare contents for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

 Vietnam is working to verify information about a suspect carrying a Vietnamese passport in the name of Doan Thi Huong arrested in Malaysia, said the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department on February 20.

More than 580 delegates from APEC member economies attended activities and events on various fields within the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting in Nha Trang city on February 20. 

 The President of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party of Argentina, Humberto Schiavoni has expressed his wish to promote the friendship and cooperation between his party and HCM City. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that Morocco will expand multifaceted cooperation with ASEAN, including Vietnam.

 One successful startup found its way by providing a service that people actually require.

VietNamNet Bridge - Yeah1, the multi-channel network on Youtube and Facebook, has launched a system allowing the sharing of revenue from videos posted on Facebook with fanpages that have at least 10,000 likes in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Ten years ago, Vietnam began calling upon farmers to restructure agricultural production, but no considerable changes have occurred. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese e-commerce market has become more crowded with powerful players such as Lotte, Alibaba, VNG, Vingroup, Aeon and The Gioi Di Dong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students had little time to prepare for the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), but they returned from the competition triumphant. 

 A draft decree amending and supplementing certain articles of the Telecommunications Law will affect both subscribers and telecoms service providers.

 The coastguard of the Philippines on February 20 reported that pirates in southern Philippine waters killed one crewman of a Vietnamese vessel and abducted seven on the evening of February 19, according to foreign media.

 Main activities during APEC Year 2017 in Vietnam

 APEC’s Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG) has held the 11th meeting in Nha Trang city, focusing on promoting the reform of scientific-technological application to enhance the member economies’ resilience to natural disasters.

 The Vietnam government has announced sweeping changes to the guest worker program, in a bid to dramatically increase the number of skilled labourers working in foreign markets.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced import quotas of 8,400; 8,820 and 9,261 cartons of eggs (a dozen each) for 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

 Viet Nam Lottery Company found a new winner of its jackpot worth VNĐ41.6 billion (US$1.8 million) on Sunday night.

A motorcycle festival ‘Day of H.O.G’ was held on February 18 at Vinhomes Riverside Eco-Urban Area, Long Bien district in Hanoi, attracting thousands of bikers throughout the country.

Vietnam spends millions of US dollar every year importing many types of fruit from many countries in the world like US, Japan, New Zealand and Australia to meet its domestic rising demand.

 National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong reaffirmed her determination to foster ties with the Cuban legislature via specific actions during a meeting with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Raul Castro Ruz.