The millennium-year-old "lim" tree in Bac Giang province.

 The Ministry of Health and Vietnam Social Insurance (VSI) will issue medical records books for all Vietnamese citizens this year following a pilot scheme in certain areas in the northern provinces of Phu Tho and Bac Ninh.

 Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha attended the 40th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which opened in Rome, Italy, on February 14.

 The upcoming State visit to Vietnam by the Emperor and Empress of Japan will be a memorable milestone in the close friendship and cooperation between the two countries, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

 President Tran Dai Quang and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) will strengthen coordination to enhance people-to-people diplomacy.

 Chef de Cabinet to the United Nations Secretary General Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti has spoke highly of the role of Vietnam in the UN the Inter-Parliamentary Union while meeting NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong in New York, the US, on February 14.

Although the offered low-cost loans from AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) are very attractive, economists say Vietnam needs to think carefully before borrowing money.

VietNamNet Bridge - The success of the first cross kidney transplant case has brought more hope to patients as the sources of organs for transplant will be expanded.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines (VNA) initially selected 19 investors as possible strategic investors, with 17 turning away, two showing interest, and one staying. 

Educators who are owners of education establishments in Hanoi and HCMC have complained about irrational behavior and attitudes of parents. The following are some of their concerns:

 Behind Vietnam’s strong economic growth and widespread national development, there is an engine of increasing foreign direct investment.

Vietnam was the country with the most to gain from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Increased market access would have supported an export manufacturing boom and outsized GDP growth.  

 The broadcasting of analogue terrestrial television will be ceased in several northern and southern localities before July 1.

 Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in January sees low increase

 Over 60 percent of Japanese firms in Vietnam have plans to expand their business, according to Atsusuke Kawada, head of the Hanoi office of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

 Hanoi is willing to cooperate with French-speaking cities to organise the meeting of the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) Executive Board.

Construction of a new terminal at Da Nang International Airport is scheduled to be completed in late March to serve foreign passengers, especially delegates to meetings held within the framework of the APEC Year 2017. 

The Vietnamese National Assembly commits to working closely with the IPU and its member parliaments to realise sustainable development goals in the spirit of the Hanoi Declaration adopted at the 132nd IPU-132 in Vietnam in 2015.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has unveiled a draft decree on State monopoly over production and supply of goods and services in 20 areas in the country.

 The Department of Education and Training has lately sent its document to senior high school managers, asking schoolgirls to wear Ao dai in schools.