Four working groups have completed their two-day sessions as part of the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1), which is underway in Nha Trang city, in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3.

 Though the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s new circular has allowed enterprises more latitude in energy labelling requirements, firms are saying that bureaucratic tangles remain.

 About 7.2 million people are expected to take part in Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017, which will begin at 7 am on March 26.

 Vietnam has been ranked 86th out of 118 countries in the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index, which measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent.

 Vietnam is not expected to meet its target of generating 800 MW of wind power by 2020 as a proposal to increase the regulated selling price of wind power has been postponed.

 The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa is holding several activities to introduce the beauty of its landscapes and people to international delegates to the APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM 1) in Nha Trang city from February 18 – March 3.

 When mentioning drawing class, people may think about children playing with colours. However, there is a special class in Hanoi for elderly people, who have gone through ups and downs and love to paint.

 The Japanese team won the the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 after beating the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) team 3 – 0 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City on February 19.

 Police from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien caught red-handed two men trafficking heroin from Laos to Vietnam on February 19.

 Vietnamese and Laos diplomats at the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, engaged in a meeting to enhance their ties on February 17.

 Chairwoman of Russia’s Federal Council Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is leading a high-ranking delegation on an official visit to Vietnam from February 20 – 22.

 More than 390 representatives from the APEC working groups were brought together in Nha Trang city, in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on February 18, to map out cooperation orientations in 2017.

Ca ho (Catlocarpio siamensis), vo co (Pangaius sannitwongsei) and tra dau (Pangasianodon gigas) living in the Mekong Delta are all large-size fish which can reach 300 kilos in weight and three meters in length. They are all in danger of extinction.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that Vietnam should focus on producing high-quality rice instead of striving to earn money from selling low-cost rice products.

Most of the students following the advanced training program have been able to find jobs after graduation, according to a report from MOET that reviewed the eight-year program implementation.

 Authorities need to keep their eye on the ball economically-speaking, notwithstanding the solid indicators from 2016.

Professor Nguyen Quang Thai, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Economics Association (VEA), tells VET’s Nguyen Ha about the outlook for Vietnam’s economy in 2017.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s new draft decree on goods, services, and localities subject to state monopolies has received barracking from local and international experts.

Demand for affordable apartments makes it a segment of great potential for developers but sustainable, long-term investments are required.

 The city of Hanoi has unveiled plans to give the iconic Nhat Tan Bridge a new look and outfit it with thousands of LED lights that will display a variety of artistically vivid undulating designs nightly.