Iran crushed Vietnam in the second semi-final match of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on February 19.

 Financial autonomy has helped many universities in HCM City improve their facilities, human resources, scientific research and training quality, thereby building a brand name both locally and internationally.

 Vietnam’s securities sector reaped satisfactory results in 2015, thanks to its strong measures to attract external capital flows and through the restructuring of the stock market system.

 HCM City and other southern provinces need thousands of labours, mostly manual workers in industries such as textiles, footwear, wood processing and electronics after Tet (the Lunar New Year).

 Vietnam demands China end its wrongful activities on Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on February 19.

 A multitude of areas of cajuput forest in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau are at high risk of catching fire, posing a range of challenges for firefighting work in the locality.

 The Viet Nam Register Department has warned the public against buying Chinese mini electric cars as their technical standards are yet to be verified by state agencies.

 Ha Noi will purchase two planes to improve the city's capacity to fight fires at high-rise buildings, the municipal authority has said.

About 120 King Kong 2 film crew members arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport on February 18 to prepare for their first shoots at some famous tourist sites in Vietnam.

 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.

 As many as 16 Sunda Pangolins, the 17th this month, were released today in a safe and undisclosed location in Viet Nam.

 New recruit, V.League 1 side Ha Noi FC have signed midfielder Andy Mgisewa of Uganda ahead of the start to the national premier league season.

 Viet Nam will have to conquer a higher mountain on their journey in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship in today's semi-final round in Uzbekistan.

 HCM City is asking for the government's approval to accept a new engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor who would be responsible for moving technical infrastructure for the Metro Line No 2 project.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered relevant ministries and Mekong Delta provinces to prioritise the fight against drought and saltwater intrusion which have severely affected agriculture and fisheries and caused a crippling water shortage.

 HCM City police plans to install cameras throughout the city for observation, traffic handling, and urban order and security.

  Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air and Airbus have signed an agreement to open a training centre in Vietnam’s southern city of Ho Chi Minh at the ongoing Singapore international Airshow 2016.

 Strengthened economic and political connectivity will bring sustainable economic successes to ASEAN and India, a Vietnamese representative has said.

 Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh has affirmed that the Vietnam-Russia defence cooperation has reaped fruits over recent years.

 Vietnam has suspended commercial trade in specimens of species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) with Laos .