The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued an urgent notice requiring centrally-run cities and provinces, ministries and agencies to deploy strong measures to prevent avian influenza viruses including H7N9 from entering Vietnam. 

 Pinkeye cases have been occurring nationwide in a scattered manner, but they are tending to increase and can spread rapidly if preventive measures are not taken, health experts warn.

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

 Vietnamese consumers are favouring more imported fruits as spending last year reached over USD700m, that has put more pressure on the local businesses.

 Projects by companies from other APEC countries not only have big scales but also make sizeable contributions to Vietnam’s socioeconomic development. FDI from these countries is still continuing to flow into Vietnam.

Vu Quang Hai, the son of sacked former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, has been officially dismissed from his positions at Vietnam's largest beer producer Sabeco as member of the board of directors and deputy general director.

 Scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have discovered 700 psychedelic rock geckos on Hon Khoai island, Ngoc Hien district in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc nominated its Senior Vice President and Strategic Planning-Asia Pacific Director Koji Shibata for a position on the Board of Directors of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines. 

 As of January 2017, Vietnam had channeled almost 21.4 billion USD into 1,188 projects across 70 countries and territories, an official from the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever on Feb. 17 during which he pledged that Vietnam is making effort to improve its business environment to support the long-term operation of foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The positive 2016 earning reports of over 90 per cent of nearly 600 listed companies on the two national stock exchanges are providing a fresh impetus for the market.

 The central province of Quang Ngai has decided to establish the Ly Son sea reserve of 7,925 ha in an effort to preserve marine resources and biodiversity and improve local livelihoods. 

 The Australia Border Forces (ABF) said on February 17 that they had detained 29 Vietnamese fishermen allegedly poaching sea cucumbers in the country’s waters.

 A breast milk bank opened at the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children on February 17, aiming at providing milk for 3,000 – 4,000 babies per year.

The Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre No 3 in Vung Tau City on Friday assigned a ship and some doctors to rush to the scene and provide first aid to 11 seamen who had met with an accident at sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FLC Thanh Hoa are currently at the V.League’s top position in all five rounds.

 The visit to Vietnam by Chief Justice of the Singapore Supreme Court Sundaresh Menon will help bolster the partnership between the two court sectors as well as Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership, said President Tran Dai Quang.

 Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior signed a minutes to implement the bilateral cooperation plan in 2017 after their talks in Phnom Penh on February 17.

More than 170 domestic and international reporters have registered to report news at the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC and related meetings scheduled for February 18-March 3 in Nha Trang city.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has suggested the Swedish side continue supporting Vietnam in realising millennium development goals and enhance cooperation with the country in trade, education-training, science-technology and health care.