Viet Nam will bid for the right to host the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2016.

 Several extracts from famous cai luong (reformed opera) plays will be staged by the Ban Huu Ai (Fraternity) Club in HCM City tomorrow as part of the programme Ba The He Ve Lai Coi Nguon (Three Generations Back to the Roots).

 Japanese sliding door manufacturer Bunka Shutter has bought 30 per cent of the European Plastics Window Company Ltd. (Eurowindow) shares from Private Equity New Markets fund.

 The Vietnamese central bank was seeking to lay the grounds for the development of a debt secondary market in an effort to accelerate the handing of bad debts.

 The HappyLand motorsport park, the country’s first motorsport facility with international standards, was introduced by Khang Thong Group in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26.

 The Transport Ministry is considering disciplinary action against Chairman of the Viet Nam Railways Corporation (VNR) Tran Ngoc Thanh for failing to direct investment research activities according to government policy.

Chau Van and Hau Dong performances, important rituals to worship Mother Goddesses, transpired on February 26 at the Phu Day relic site in Vu Ban District in Nam Dinh Province.

 The People's Court in HCM City yesterday began the first hearing on the case of property misappropriation and violation of lending regulations, amounting to losses of VND420 billion (US$18.8 million).

 More than 20 members of a rescue team yesterday found the bodies of three foreign tourists in waters below the Datanla Falls site in Da Lat City, according to police.

 Japan, Australia and India on February 26 agreed on the importance of maintaining the rule of law in the East Sea and shared “strong concerns” over tensions in the region amid China’s rising assertive move in the sea.

 HCM City needs an investment of VND495 billion (US$22.5 million) to build 27 environmental measurement systems and 200 semi-automatic environmental measurement points.

 The HCM City Inspectorate has asked the municipal People's Committee to re-open Landfill No 3 at the Phuoc Hiep solid waste treatment complex in Cu Chi District to avoid a company monopoly and to save city funds.

 The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will continue bolstering comprehensive and result-oriented relations with global political parties, a senior Party official said in Hanoi on February 26.

 Xen Ban, Xen Muong, one of the biggest festivals of the Thai ethnic group in Son La Province is held annually in the second lunar month to pray for peace and commemorate founders of ‘Muong’, the land of the Thai people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the 2016 TET Lunar New Year holiday has just ended, local farmers at the Nhat Tan Peach Village in Hanoi have already begun to prepare for the 2017 Tet holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumers have enormous power, so much so that they can drive strong brands to death.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will need VND13.5 trillion (US$602.678 million) more for its programme to improve water bodies, which started in 2001 with the aim of cleaning up all canals, the People's Committee has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Larger than usual numbers of devotees have swarmed the Bai Dinh Pagoda and Cultural Centre in the northern province of Ninh Binh to pray for a blessed year and good things to happen in the new year,

 After every five-year term, key leaders are replaced, meaning subordinate positions will also be replaced with their trusted followers. And the concerns about the process have been increasingly aired.

 Famous works by Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss, Mendelssohn and Franz Lehar will be performed at the A Night of German Music concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 9.