Renault Russia has begun exporting cars assembled in Moscow and Tolyatti to Vietnam, according to reports on February 26.

 The 2016 International Higher Education Day (IHED Vietnam 2016) will take place in Hanoi on March 5 and Ho Chi Minh City on March 6 with participation from 50 foreign universities.

 Vietnam wants the International Francophone Organisation (OIF) to improve the capacity of French-language lecturers in the country, said an official.

 Operations of the Da Lat Passion Limited Company – the organiser of a tour to Datanla waterfall during which three Britons died – were suspended on February 29.

 The Prime Minister has asked the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee not to put the demonstration bill in the working agenda of the 13th NA’s 11th session slated for late March.

 More leaders of political parties, countries and international organisations worldwide have conveyed their congratulations to Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

 The Netherlands is ready to share its experience in countering severe saltwater intrusion with Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, Dutch Ambassador Nienke Trooster said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of hectares of rice fields in the southern region of Vietnam have been damaged by saltwater intrusion and the most severe drought in 100 years. Farmers are crying about their huge losses, caused by natural disasters.

 VietNamNet Bridge- Vietnam remains the most economical country in the world with up to 79% of the interviewed consumers said they would practice thrift.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The champion of La Liga will ink a deal with a Vietnamese business in March 2016, paving the way for Messi and his teammates to go to Vietnam like Arsenal and Manchester City did recently.

Bloomberg has reported that to realize the ambition to become "Asia's Emirates", the low-cost airline VietJet plans to implement an IPO in the second quarter of 2016, with 30% of shares possibly sold to foreign partners.

A trip to the US by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong deepened the US-VN partnership. This year President Barack Obama will pay a visit to Vietnam in May. We should take advantage of current momentum and build the foundation for a long partnership. 

 Viet Nam has about 100 out of more than 7,000 rare diseases reported from across the world, it was announced at a conference organised by the National Hospital of Pediatrics.

 The Vietnamese and Cambodian judicial ministries signed a 2016 cooperation agreement following talks between their ministers in Phnom Penh on February 29.

 The driver of a car lost control of her vehicle and hit and killed three people, including a six-year-old child, in Hanoi's Long Bien District this morning.

 A red-faced monkey was captured after it ran amok in Dinh Cong new urban area yesterday afternoon, Ha Noi City's Hoang Mai District police said.

 A 3,000 tonne building in this Central Highland province has been moved 10m away from its original position by an engineer from Ha Noi.

 Hundreds of overseas Vietnamese in Frankfurt am Main and its neighbouring regions on February 28 staged a demonstration at the Chinese Consulate-General in Germany to protest China’s military actions in the East Sea, which have escalated tension.

  Politburo member and Vietnam Fatherland Front President Nguyen Thien Nhan met with Thomas Oppermann, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) parliamentary group, in Hanoi on February 29.

  China attaches importance to its relations with Vietnam and is consistent in developing the ties sustainably, said Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.