Check out the news you should not miss today, February 16.

Politics -- India is in talks to sell short-range surface-to-air missiles to Vietnam, Reuters quoted the head of India's defense research agency as saying on Wednesday.

-- Vietnam congratulates Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his election as President of Germany for the 2017-20 term, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on Wednesday.

-- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the meeting of G20 foreign ministers, running in the German city of Bonn from Thursday to Friday, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Society

-- Methanol-tainted alcohol has been identified as the cause behind the mass food poisoning that killed seven people and caused 31 others to be hospitalized in the northern province of Lai Chau earlier this week, the Vietnam Food Administration said on Wednesday.

-- Eighty-one people who attended a drinking party in the northern province of Ha Giang on Monday have been hospitalized with food poisoning symptoms, doctors said on Wednesday.

-- Hundreds of people who drove their motorbikes onto the sidewalks in downtown HO Chi Minh City on Wednesday were fined by traffic inspectors and police officers, amid a debate over the necessity of the newly-installed anti-motorbike barriers there.

-- Police in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City are hunting for two young men who opened fire to steal VND95 million (US$4,241) from a local lottery ticket agent on Wednesday.

-- A clothing and footwear booth at the Dong Xoai market in the southern province of Binh Phuoc caught fire at first light on Wednesday, killing a mother and son inside.

Business

-- Vietjet reported a revenue of VND27.53 trillion ($1.21 billion) and a profit of VND2.39 trillion ($105 million) in 2016, having served more than 14 million passengers, the low-cost carrier said on Wednesday.

-- Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Takashi Oyamada, CEO and President of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, in Hanoi on Wednesday, asserting to the guest that the country is committed to improving its business environment to attract more foreign investors, particularly those from Japan.

-- Vietnamese banks began selling the U.S. dollar at as high as VND22,820 on Wednesday, despite the interbank rate set only at VND22,236 a dollar by the country's central bank.

Sports

-- Hosts Vietnam have left local fans disappointed after losing all matches at the ongoing Robot Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017, running from February 14 to 19, in Ho Chi Minh City.

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