Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem advanced to the next round after drawing with the world’s sixth ranked Maxime Vachier Lagrave from France in the eighth round of Gibraltar International Chess Festival, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai have completed their foreigner quota for the 2019 season after signing a one-year contract with South Korea’s Kim Bong-jin.

Vietnam have twice taken part in the final round of the AFC Asian Cup – in 2007 and 2019. Although the two cup performances are separated by more than a decade, they share a number of striking similarities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Football Confederation’s Technical Study Group (TSG) has praised Vietnam for their impressive display at the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam national football team head coach Park Hang-seo said Tuesday his side had a lucky run at the continental tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the Year of the Pig, approaches, the demand for souvenirs increases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Linh Giang and her five-year-old son travel nearly 600km from the central province of Quang Tri to Hanoi for periodic eye check-ups.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three people have reportedly died of suffocation in the northern province of Thai Binh on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in HCM City have tightened control of harmful food additives for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The YUME Art Project in HCM City has launched Tiếp Bước Trăm Năm (Keep Up With Century Old Tradition) with the aim of introducing a new generation to cải lương (reformed theatre).

The project to broaden Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway – the southern gateway to Hanoi – from four to six lanes has nearly been completed and will be operational before the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2019 Spring Calligraphy Festival kicked off yesterday in Hanoi, providing a space to reflect on ancient culture and feudalism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A male patient remained fully conscious for a large portion of an operation on his brain tumour, the first such procedure in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All 19 children under supervision at the Hai Phong Paediatrics Hospital after receiving the Combe Five vaccine were discharged from hospital in a stable condition, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lạp xưởng is a popular dish made across Vietnam, but the best comes from Tay ethnic group in the northern mountain Bac Kan Province. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Volvo World Golf Challenge Vietnam will begin on February 19 in HCM City and February 22 in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Park Hang-seo’s arrival to Vietnam raised questions as he was a complete unknown to most football fans in the country. But he has made history after only 14 months on the job. 

Police in Ky Son District, in the central province of Nghe An, on Monday started criminal proceedings against a 32-year-old woman for allegedly sending pregnant women to China to sell their newborn babies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s delayed Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project again missed the target for beginning commercial operation as planned on December 2018, before the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Supreme Prosecutors’ Office have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the prevention and combat of cross-border crimes.