Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, February 27, 2016.
Politics
-- Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan met with ambassadors and heads of foreign representative agencies in Hanoi on Friday, when he pressed that the Party will continue bolstering comprehensive and relations with global political parties.
Society
-- The bodies of all of the three British tourists who died at an adventure tourism attraction in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat on Friday have been recovered and their names were identified as Anderson Beth Giserne, Squire Isoben Mackensie and Sloan.
-- A year-old baby in the northern province of Quang Ninh was found dead at his home on Friday, one day after being injected with Quinvaxem, the controversial 5-in-1 vaccine the use of which Vietnam suspended in 2013 following multiple casualties.
-- A ceremony was held to mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre by Korean mercenaries during wartime at the Binh An village in the south-central province of Binh Dinh on Friday.
-- Ho Chi Minh City will have a new administrative headquarters, whose first phase costs some VND53 billion (US$2.37 million) to build, according to a recently approved construction plan.
Business
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung addressed the 2016 Commercial Counselor Conference that opened in Hanoi on Friday, urging commercial counselors to work as a bridge to help Vietnamese businesses boost exports and promote their products abroad.
-- Police in the north-central province of Vinh are investigating a case in which an employee of Big C Vinh was found replacing labels of outdated products at the supermarket on February 20.
Lifestyle
-- The fourth Hanoi Old Book Festival is running from Saturday to Sunday in the capital city.
Sports
-- Happy Land Circuit, considered Vietnam’s first-ever motorbike rally race to meet international standards, was inaugurated in the southern province of Long An on Friday.