Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic are seeking ways to preserve the collection of books and documents about Vietnam left by late Czech linguistic professor Ivo Vasilijev, an expert on Vietnamese studies and a good friend of Vietnam.

 Southeast Asia sprint queen Le Tu Chinh and her coach Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong will set off for the US on February 23 to join a training course at the IMG Academy – a sport training destination in the US State of Florida.

The demand for hotel managers is always high in Vietnam, even at a time when the tourism industry experiences tough days. However, it is difficult to find Vietnamese staff for mid- and high-ranking management posts.

 Vietnamese shares fell on February 22 as increased selling pressure during the ATC session dragged oil-gas and bank stocks down.

 In many seaports across Vietnam, it takes vessels about 15 minutes or less to enter or leave the ports even if businesses have already submitted dossiers online.

 A slew of infrastructure works have begun or been speeded up across the country after Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday.

Vietnam has been warned that FDI flow to Vietnam could shrink as investors will head for the US, where the corporate income tax (CIT) rate has been cut from 35 percent to 21 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Gia Lai province  Ksor Cham, a 76 year old mahout, in Plei Pa Kdanh village, Chu Mo commune of Ia Pa district takes care of one surviving elephant in his area. 

The boy who once picked up rubbish every day at the Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City later received promises from eight leading universities in the US for a scholarship for a doctoral fellowship. 

VietNamNet Bridge - For Vietnamese, Tet is the time for family reunions. Those who earn their living far away from their families usually return home to celebrate Tet, but many students cannot.

 The upcoming National Super Cup match will be free for fans nationwide, the Viet Nam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) has announced.

 The closed-end VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) has spent US$45 million to purchase shares of Bình Son Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR) and PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) at their initial public offerings (IPO).

 Fast moving consumer goods are expected to have another year of strong growth in 2018 and rise 6-7 per cent over the preceding year, according to a Kantar Worldpanel report on Viet Nam FMCG market.

Gold shops are stocking various products to take advantage of the huge demand on the God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of the Lunar New Year (February 25).

 Viet Nam has been actively working to implement the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations since it announced a yellow card on Vietnamese fisheries on October 23 last year.

More than 200 Vietnamese athletes will take part in the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 to be held in Indonesia in August, according to the National Sports Administration (NSA).

Vietnam’s two leading billiards players are competing in the World Championship in Viersen, Germany on February 22-25.

The listing of nine commercial banks in 2018 is expected to boost the banking sector, as well as the entire securities market.

With the hosting of the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) this September, the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) will become Chairman of ASOSAI for 2018-2021.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung is one of the eight important players at the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018.