Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong held talks with his Thai counterpart Paiboon Khumchaya in Bangkok on February 25, during which they signed a cooperation programme for 2016 between the two ministries.

 V.League's Dong Thap sacked their new foreign player Udo Fortune after the tournament's opening match last Sunday.

 HCM City will launch a series of cultural and arts activities featuring the traditional Vietnamese ao dai during March as part of the city's third annual Ao Dai Festival.

 The Quang Ninh International Airport will open and welcome its first flight by the end of 2017, authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh said.

 More than 43,000ha of cajuput trees in Ca Mau province's U Minh Ha forest, the country's largest cajuput forest, face the threat of forest fires as prolonged drought has caused water levels to decline rapidly.

 The interprovincial water supply system project across the Mekong Delta region will receive financial support of 1.3 billion USD, said Nguyen Tuong Van, deputy head of the Technical Infrastructure Department at the Ministry of Construction.

 The Ho Chi Minh City will host the International Fair on Environmentally Friendly Technologies 2016 (Ecotech Vietnam) which is scheduled for May 5-7.

 As many as 73 riders from 25 countries and territories worldwide gathered in southern Ninh Thuan province’s Ninh Chu Bay on February 25 to participate the Kiteboard Tour Asia’s X-champs 2016.

The bilingual Vietnamese-Russian edition of “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) was launched in Hanoi on February 25 by the Russian Culture and Science Centre and the Vietnam Writers’ Association.

 Ba Trao, the traditional singing by fishermen in the central province of Quang Nam, has been recognised as a national intangible heritage.

  The central city of Da Nang on February 25 opened a Kayak racing competition on the Han River, attracting the participation of over 200 lovers of the sport.

 The Government has approved a bilateral agreement on air traffic service with Turkey on regular flights between and across the two countries’ territories.

 Vietnamese and foreign drivers can now register for international driving permits in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam always attaches importance to further developing friendship and cooperation with Denmark, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told newly appointed Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Charlotte Laursen.

 President Truong Tan Sang appreciated contributions made by Indian Ambassador Preeti Saran to the friendship between Vietnam and India, when he received her in Hanoi on February 25.

  The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its 45th session on February 25, during which the committee agreed that the 11th meeting of the 13th NA will open on March 21.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign-invested enterprises have successfully developed products made of pure Vietnamese materials.

VietNamNet Bridge - Zincox Resources Plc from the UK plans to spend $115 million to build a plant to treat the dust produced by electric arc furnaces from the steel mills in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of people well known on Facebook have been unexpectedly renamed ‘Vu Dinh Dung’ in recent days. This mostly happened with personal Facebook fanpages with hundreds of thousands of viewers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers and students in localities may have to accept textbooks compiled by local education departments.