The epidemics abroad are likely to break out in Vietnam unless preventive measures are taken, head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department Tran Dac Phu warned. 

  At least seven people died following a suspected case of food poisoning in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on February 13, the provincial People’s Committee reported.

 Businesses have complained about the decision to charge high fees for using infrastructure, service facilities and public utilities at all ports in Hai Phong city.

 Vietnam remained the fifth biggest exporter to Canada in Asia, after China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China) in 2016.

 Vietnamese small-and medium-sized enterprises are keen to explore investing in Myanmar, according to Cong Thuong (Industry & Trade) newspaper.

 The Vietnam Aviation Corporation (Vietnam Airlines) said on February 15 that it has inked a contract with Aviation Capital Group (ACG) to lease six Airbus A321neo planes in the long term.

 Unplanned migration from northwestern provinces to the Central Highlands has fallen thanks to State policies on ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

VietNamNet Bridge - The new US visa policy will have adverse effects on Vietnamese students and travelers who want to go to the US, experts have warned.

 The National Women’s Tennis Championship will be organised on March 17-24 in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province.

 Dalat Victory Challenge, a mountain bike race, will be organised on March 24-26 in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province.

 Names of celebrity ambassadors for the Vietnam Earth Hour 2017, a worldwide volunteer movement dedicated to saving the planet, have been announced, reports the Phap Luat online newspaper.

 Vietnam has so far received six 636 kilo-class submarines from Russia to modernise and enhance the capacity of its navy forces to defend the country's territorial waters.

 On the morning of February 14, Nguyen Van Cu Street in Ho Chi Minh City was dubbed the ‘pathway of love’ decked with a galore of brilliantly coloured gifts and flowers for that special person in one’s life.

 More than 60% of Japanese firms operating in Vietnam have intentions to expand their business here to cash in on the improved investment climate, a survey by Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has revealed.

 The Government plans to provide wide-ranging assistance to the domestic supporting industry so that they can increase supplies of parts and components to both local and foreign firms and better participate in the global production chain.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to build The Lotus Cam Ranh Golf Course proposed by KN Cam Ranh Company Ltd in Khanh Hoa Province, roughly 450km northeast of HCM City.

 The Transport Ministry has affirmed that Vietnam has not banned Uber but the company must work with ministries and agencies to complete business registration.  

 The Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) has proposed to the Prime Minister to delay the equitisation of  the losing Ninh Binh Nitrogenous Fertiliser Plant until it generates profits again in order to ensure effective restructuring.

 The Ministry of Transport has submitted three architectural plans for the passenger terminal of Long Thanh International Airport to the Government for approval.

 Vietnam’s relations with member economies of the G20 are being expanded and intensified, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Doan Xuan Hung told the press.