The Prime Minister has recently approved a project of attracting, managing and using official development assistance (ODA) and foreign preferential loans for the period of 2016-2020.

 Some steel companies want the Ministry of Industry and Trade to put up temporary barriers like higher import tax on steel billet and other products until an ongoing investigation into dumping is completed.

 Stiffer penalties and more solutions are needed in order to prevent parking lots from violating regulations, the finance department of Ha Noi said.

As of the end of January 2016, there were 20,056 foreign direct investment projects in Vietnam with a total capital sum of $280 trillion. Many multinational companies are present and continue to expand their investment in the country.

 Owners of coffee plantations in the Central Highlands region are bemoaning their dying plants, the dry season and dams built by the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Corporation have been blamed for the situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A report recently released by Fitch Ratings showed that, as of February 11, crude oil prices had fallen a total of 44% more than one year ago and up to 75% from early 2013.

Live broadcasts of UEFA Champions League games will decline this year due to expensive broadcast rights.

 Vietnam has been developing a legal framework on atomic energy for the safe and effective development of nuclear power in the country.

Carlyle A. Thayer, Emeritus Professor from the Australian Defence Force Academy talked about the deployment of eight batteries of what are reported to be part of China's HQ-9 air defence system in the Spratly Islands.

 The authorities of Lam Dong Central Highlands Province have confirmed that the environment was not affected after a water pipeline ruptured, though local residents remain concerned about long term consequences.

 A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed to between Vietnam and Australia on issuing a combined holiday and work visa to citizens from both countries.

 Phu Quoc island district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is set to become a special economic zone and the locality’s growth driver between 2016-2020.

 Health issues affecting school students have been on the rise in Vietnam recently, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine.

Intellectual resources, especially overseas Vietnamese, will be mobilized through policies that guarantee not only material interests but also related rights, from intellectual property to the patent, the invention created in Vietnam.

 Hanoi’s first urban railway running from Cat Linh to Ha Dong will be inaugurated in late December this year, according to the Ministry of Transport.

A “selfie” photo featuring Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other ASEAN leaders at the US-ASEAN Summit in California posted on the Facebook page of the Singaporean PM attracts special attention of the online community.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four police officers in Quang Ninh province have been suspended from work for clarifying their responsibilities in a special case: a female prisoner under death penalty is pregnant.

 President Truong Tan Sang underlined the continuing need to protect the country’s sovereignty during his visit to Lang Son City Cemetery, a message underlined by pupils on Phu Quoc Island.

 In recent years, Vietnam has been recognized internationally as one of the world’s top 10 software outsourcing countries and recognized by UNESCO as one of four nations producing vaccine to treat Rota virus.

 Vietnamese track-and-field athletes are trying to secure berths for the Brazil Olympics via the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships that began in Doha, Qatar, on February 19.