VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese accordion players have won the first-place prize at the China ASEAN International Accordion Competition in the 18 to 35 group, which recently concluded in Nanning City, Guangxi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State employees will get eight days off for two public holidays in April, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Youth Karate Championship this year will begin in Lam Dong Province on May 28, the National Sports Administration has announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Book boxes along the streets of Germany and the sight of people reading while on the subways in Belgium greatly impressed Vietnamese PhD student Nguyen Tuan Nam during his time in Europe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A peach blossom festival is taking place at Dong Van stone plateau in Meo Vac district of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Vietnam and South Sudan signed a joint communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries at the headquarters of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Argentina have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the state visit to Vietnam by Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his spouse from February 19-21. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all localities and sectors to continue simplifying administrative procedures while chairing a conference of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform

 VietNamNet Bridge – Preparations for the upcoming second summit between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are on schedule, earning appreciation from the two countries, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central localities of Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to clarify their responsibility for conserving the heritage gate Hai Van Quan, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Companies expanding production and building new factories in the southeastern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai are in need of thousands of new workers.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Vietnam has pledged to help the country control the spread of African swine fever (ASF), that recently broke out in the northern provinces of Thai Binh and Hung Yen. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based Bach Mai Hospital said it has received a measles patient developing encephalitis-meningitis, the first case of the rare complication this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Tien Dung, Minister of Finance, talks to Thời báo Kinh tế (Việt Nam Economic Times) about Vietnam’s plan to pay back its foreign debts in 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first V.League game of the season ended in a draw between Thanh Hoa and Becamex Binh Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will be represented by 13 athletes at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup from February 22 to 27 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam were held to a goalless draw with Thailand yesterday in the last qualifying match at the ASEAN Football Federation U22 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Ministry of National Defence plans to hand over a part of its land near Ba Son area to the HCM City People’s Committee to ensure the progress of the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge project, which would link District 1 and 2. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six-year-old Pham Ha Quy Phuong has no idea that one of the most important political events of the year will take place next week in her hometown.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Thursday said the various issues afflicting State projects were not entirely due to shortcomings in current laws.