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).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Van Tinh, 19, a diver with seven years’ experience, went to sea with his father when he was a child and had his first dive at 12.

Nguyen The Son will present his current body of work depicting the rapid metamorphosis of the landscape of Viet Nam and how this drastic change is affecting the lifestyles of the Vietnamese people.

 Trial cameras will be installed during the Tran Temple festival this year to track violations, said Pham Thi Oanh, deputy chairwoman of People’s Committee of Nam Dinh City.

The Tich Dien (ploughing) festival in Doi Son commune, the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam, which prays for a bumper harvest, kicked off on February 22.

 The Acoustic Saturday with Benjamin James, an English vocalist, will be held from 9.30pm until late on February 24 at the Snuffbox Speakeasy bar in District 1, HCM City.

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

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and local authorities have pledged to join forces to boost the management and organisation of cultural festivities across the country, with the aim to prevent commercialisation and distortion of history. 

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

 More than 60 bamboo varieties of Vietnam have been planted in the Gao Giong eco-tourism site in Cao Lanh district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, as part of the site’s bamboo conservation project.

The annual love duet singing festival will be organised on February 27 and 28 in Lim town, Noi Due and Lien Bao commune of Tien Du district in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

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.

The festive season in Vietnam has begun with many traditional festivals open on the first days of the Lunar New Year, including Huong Pagoda Festival, Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival, and Giong Festival.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has set a target to send 110,000 labourers to work abroad in 2018, with 40 percent being women. 

President Tran Dai Quang launched the New Year tree planting festival in Bach Thong district, the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on February 21 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year). 

A host of traditional spring festivals have kicked off in different cities and provinces across the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has announced several criteria for selecting bidders for waste-to-energy projects this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government needs to take action to reduce the size of the informal economic sector, economists say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 265,106 civil servants will be included in the State payroll this year, a year-on-year decrease of about 4,000,