Valentine’s Day has become a special occasion for young people to celebrate romance and love by giving each other unique and special gifts.

 On February 12, Italian motorcycle racing icon Valentino Rossi and Spanish motorcyclist Maverick Viñales arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to attend an event at the invitation of Yamaha, a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles.

 As the spring season revs up this year, colourful celebrations are taking place across the country. Here are some of the best festivals for spring 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In poor, remote, mountainous areas, teachers are going up hills and down dales, knocking on students’ doors to try and get them return to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Established artist Pham Khac Quang is showing his latest paintings created using a relief printing technique at an exhibition launched recently in Ha Noi’s Goethe Institute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents and educators in HCM City are worried that the lack of quality children’s albums is forcing them to sing songs originally composed for adults.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sink holes have been appearing over the past month in the Cho Don District of the northern mountain province of Bac Kan, generating anxiety among local residents.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has approved a plan to develop a national rice brand by 2020, aiming to improve marketing capability and competitiveness.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) defeated Can Tho 3-0 in the fifth round of V.League 1 at Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With ambitious plans, proven results and a busy schedule, Vietnamese fooballers are working hard and earning their fans’ support.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will take part in the Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup to be held in India on February 18-25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Almost a year after Ha Noi authorities said they were determined to eradicate a market selling mostly stolen automotive parts, nothing much has changed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong Delta provinces face a threat of H5N1 bird flu with the disease season just starting and farmers leaving their ducks to freely feed in fields following the completion of the winter-spring rice harvest.

 Tien Dat from Hanoi has developed quite a fan base in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines at the male beauty pageant – Mister International 2017 – ongoing in Thailand.

  Pham Tuyen is a musician whose music has been closely associated with different periods of Vietnam’s history.

Interest rates were stable in the first month of 2017 and will remain steady for the entire year, the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) said on Thursday.

 Phu My Hung Development Corporation has unveiled plans to develop Sakura Park to create a new famous public place in HCM City following the success of its The Crescent area.

 CMC Telecom has begun construction of its 2,000km cable express system through Viet Nam.

 Many young people, including those who’ve studied abroad and returned home to establish their own businesses, shared useful ideas on startups at a conference held last week in HCM City.

 Thailand’s plan to sell all its rice reserves of about eight million tonnes this year has sparked concerns that this move will undermine Viet Nam’s rice exports.