The Vietnam National University - Hanoi on February 28 announced that its three training branches have been named in the world top 500-600 by education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

 Japanese retailer Ryohin Keikaku has announced that it will establish MUJI Co., Ltd., Vietnam in August 2019 and open its first store in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City in 2020.

 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) unexpectedly held a press conference at 12:00 hours on February 28.

 Future trends of the Vietnamese retail market, including the use of digital and AI, were discussed by more than 400 retail experts at a seminar organised in HCM City on February 28 by Vincom Retail Joint Stock Company.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has asked to strengthen inspection and supervision over the granting of Vietnamese certificates of origin to electric bike exports to Europe.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that at least $1.2 billion will flow into the market after the upgrading of the country’s status.

Da Nang midfielder Dominik Schmidt will miss at least two weeks of V.League 1 duty due to injury.

 Vietnamese designers have launched new collections on the occasion of DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit.

Elsa Speak, an English learning application, has successfully raised US$7 million in funding from Google and Silicon Valley in the US. 

 The Ministry of Finance on Thursday appointed Nguyen Nhu Quynh, member of the board of directors at the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, as the new deputy chairperson of the northern market bourse.

 Vietnamese shares were hit hard on Thursday as a no-deal summit between the US and the DPRK struck investors hard and spread a massive sell-off across the trading board.

 Vietnamese composer Trinh Cong Son (1939-2001) was commemorated with a doodle on google.com on Thursday on the occasion of his 80th birthday anniversary.

 South Korean investors have been turning their heads toward funds that invest in Vietnamese stocks, which have been boasting a strong presence among foreign funds.

 There remain limitations in clean energy development in Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong said on February 27. 

 The second summit between DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi on February 27-28 made meaningful progress, according to the Republic of Korea’s Presidential Office (Blue House).

 Vietnam saw a trade deficit of nearly 900 million USD in February 2019, according to the General Department of Customs.

 The official friendship visit to Vietnam by DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un is expected to set a historic milestone in relations between the two countries.

 Vietnam’s role and position was recognised and highly appreciated by leaders of the DPRK and the USA, as well as the international community, the  spokesperson of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

 The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum helped Laos’ Kaysone Phomvihane Museum to restore four important paintings and returned the artworks at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 28.

 A total of 2,822 traffic accidents occurred across Vietnam in the last two months from December 16, 2018 to February 15, 2019, leaving 1,356 deaths and 2,169 injured.