VietNamNet Bridge – A clay mould in the form of a Bodhi leaf has been unearthed among other valuable antiques at an excavation site in the central province of Ha Tinh.

 A range of spring festivals are taking place in the north of Vietnam as locals wish for a year full of happiness, health and prosperity.

 Vietnam’s import-export turnover is estimated to reach 25.9 billion USD in February, a decrease of 35.7 percent from the previous month, reported the General Department of Customs on February 28.

 The foreign affairs bodies of the Party, Government and National Assembly have agreed to continue working closely to implement the country’s external relations tasks in 2018.

 Two national under-23 players scored to help Song Lam Nghe An beat Johor Darul Ta’zim 2-0 in their second match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup’s Group H in Vinh city, the central province of Nghe An on February 28.

 As many as 135 people have been nominated for the Vietnam Outstanding Youth Faces Award 2017, including 31 females, according to the organisers - the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Centre Committee and the Vietnam Fund for Young Talents.

 Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) are set to meet Johor Darul Tazim (JDT) of Malaysia in the second match of AFC Cup’s Group H on February 28 at Vinh stadium in the central province of Nghe An.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay a State visit to India from March 2-4 at the invitation of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind. 

 President Tran Dai Quang has said that Vietnam encourages more investments from India so that the latter will become one of the top investors in Vietnam.

 The Typhoon Committee (TC) convened its 50th session in Hanoi on February 28.

 FIFA expert Belinda Wilson is in Hanoi to survey the national women’s youth football teams.

 Vietnam will make efforts to ensure that its citizens fully enjoy human rights, said Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of the permanent Vietnamese mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.  

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has proposed urgent measures to tackle the European Commission’s illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) yellow card in March.

Nguyen Chien Thang, Director of HCM City-based wood products maker Scansia Pacific, said his company has export orders for the whole year, which are 25 percent up from 2017.

 Shares rose for the fourth consecutive day on February 28 on the HCM City Stock Exchange, largely on the strength of a handful of banking and energy blue-chips.

The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down at a location about 125 km away from Hong Kong at 6:30 am on February 27, disrupting Internet connections from Vietnam to other countries. 

The demand for animal bone glue, especially tiger bone glue, is high as people believe the glue can help improve health. More and more tigers have been killed and traffickers are earning big money from glue sales.

Experts all agree that the Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices of Hanoi National University is the best international journal in physics in Vietnam, with a powerful editorial board composed of mostly prestigious foreign scientists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Psychologists say puberty is occurring at an earlier period due to adequate nutritional conditions and environmental effects, and, as a result, sex education lessons at school are necessary.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s sericulture and silk industry has seen a revival in recent years, but experts are concerned about the lack of materials.