Eight teams to compete at Danang International Fireworks FestivalDanang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2018 has been slated to take place from April 29 to June 30 and is expected to attract eight teams. Fireworks display on Han River at Danang International Fireworks Festival 2017This is an annual event held by the central coastal city of Danang. The fireworks shows will be displayed at weekends for at least 20 minutes each on the Han River. The competition champion will receive the prize of USD 10,000, while USD 5,000 will be for the second. At last year's competition, the Italian team Martarello SRL took the first prize, while the second and the third prize went to the Australia and UK teams respectively.

China takes top spot on VN’s list of importersChina has overtaken the US to become Viet Nam’s largest importer as of January 2018, accounting for 77 per cent of the country’s export market, official statistics show. This time in previous years, China’s annual imports value from Viet Nam was a mere $1.9 billion, making it the third biggest importer from Viet Nam. During the same period, Viet Nam spent $5.767 billion importing goods from China, meaning a trade deficit of $2.059 billion. In December 2017, the China International Finance Corporation (CICC) predicted that China will overtake the US as the world’s largest importer over the next five years. As the world’s most populous market, China is expected to become the largest consumer market in the world and will start importing more consumer goods than raw industrial materials.

The mahout in Gia Lao Province who protects the sole surviving elephantVietNamNet Bridge - In Gia Lai province Ksor Cham, a 76 year old mahout, in Plei Pa Kdanh village, Chu Mo commune of Ia Pa district takes care of one surviving elephant in his area. Ya Tao is now the only elephant alive in Gia Lai. In high cassava and coffee harvesting season, Ya Tao is hired to carry products to areas where vehicles cannot reach. In high cassava and coffee harvesting season, Ya Tao is hired to carry products to areas where vehicles cannot reach. “One day, Ya Tao was hit by more than 20 lead pellets on the right cheek, from which blood poured off.

An auditing firm estimates that the global drone service market may have value of $127 billion by 2020. Shenzhen City in China alone has 300 drone manufacturing companies. If the height is over 50 meters, a license from provincial/municipal military command will be required. Tall fruit trees will need drones which can fly high to spray chemicals. Could you please give details about the first drone manufacturing factory in Vietnam?

The students working through TetVietNamNet Bridge - For Vietnamese, Tet is the time for family reunions. Those who earn their living far away from their families usually return home to celebrate Tet, but many students cannot. Truong Thi Tinh, a student at the Hanoi Academy of Journalism and Communication, lives 200 kilometers from her home village. “I had three working shifts a day in the morning, afternoon and evening, about 9 hours.”She received pay of VND300,000 per working hour. As university students have longer Tet holidays than workers, Hai also had time to take care of children, which earned her VND50,000 more.

Brits 2018: The real winners and losersStormzy and Dua Lipa both took home two trophies at the Brits, but there's always more to the show than the awards. On a night of joy and disappointment, X-rated confessions and spectacular performances, who were the real winners and losers at the O2 Arena? "We had orange juice, they did a little performance, and they won best male and best group." Biggest snub - Ed SheeranHe might have sold 12.8 million albums last year, but Ed Sheeran was shut out of the Brits. His only prize was the global success award, which recognises commercial success, while best male, best album, best single and best video all went to other artists.

Lunar New Year: Who owns the 'lucky money' in a red envelope? Every Lunar New Year, children are typically given red envelopes containing "lucky money", meant to represent good wishes for the year ahead. Typically, only married folks give out red envelopes, though unmarried people can also do so if they are feeling particularly generous. The amount of money in a red envelope can vary from as little as $2 to hundreds of dollars. So who should get to keep red envelope money?

Brit Awards 2018: Stormzy scoops Ed Sheeran to win top prizesSouth London grime superstar Stormzy beat Ed Sheeran to the main prizes in a surprise result at the Brit Awards.Stormzy, who seemed overwhelmed when he won best British male and best British album for Gang Signs and Prayer, also closed the show and criticised the PM's handling of the Grenfell tragedy. Dua Lipa won best British female and the breakthrough award, while Gorillaz were named best British group. But the night belonged to Stormzy, who held his head in his hands as he walked to the stage to accept best male, and fell to the ground when he was named winner of British album. Ed Sheeran had the biggest commercial success of 2017, but won't have begrudged Stormzy his wins - before the ceremony, he said he wanted the Croydon rapper to win best album. Brit Awards key winnersBritish album: Stormzy - Gang Signs and PrayerBritish female: Dua LipaBritish male: StormzyBritish group: GorillazBritish single: Rag 'N' Bone Man - HumanSource: BBC

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/2Exports of tra fish to UK increaseTra fish exports to the UK were worth 45.7 million USD last year, an increase of 2.5 percent over the previous year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. Vietnam’s exports to Hong Kong were worth nearly 41 million USD. Thailand was the biggest buyer among ASEAN member nations with shipments worth 51 million USD. The province collected 21.6 trillion VND (948.2 million USD) for the state budget. In 2017, VietinBank earned a total profit of 9.2 trillion VND (404 million USD), 105 percent of its annual target.

Over 200 Vietnamese athletes at ASIAD 2018More than 200 Vietnamese athletes will take part in the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 to be held in Indonesia in August, according to the National Sports Administration (NSA). — Photo danviet.vnThey aim to bring home three-five gold medals in key sports, such as athletics, swimming, weightlifting, shooting and gymnastics. After training, some 200 selected athletes will travel to Indonesia for the continental tournament. NSA said it invited 15 foreign experts to the country to guide and train Vietnamese players who have a chance of winning gold medals. In the ASIAD Games in Incheon, South Korea, in 2014, Viet Nam won one gold, 10 silver medals and 25 bronze medals to rank 21.

Cameras to monitor violations during Tran Temple festivalTrial cameras will be installed during the Tran Temple festival this year to track violations, said Pham Thi Oanh, deputy chairwoman of People’s Committee of Nam Dinh City. The symbolic royal seal distribution at Tran Temple festival last year. The cameras will help identify service fee hike and violations, such as people throwing small banknotes to palanquins that distribute symbolic royal seals. Distributing symbolic royal seals is an indispensable part of the Tran Temple festival. The Tran Temple Festival in Nam Dinh was recognised as national intangible heritage in 2014.

Social News 22/2The pick-up truck after the accident in central Thanh Hóa Province. A total of 3,069 communes and 43 districts earned the title of new-style rural area as of the end of 2017. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has coordinated with the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) to encourage women’s involvement in the new-style rural area building programme. Hai Hau is among the four districts in Vietnam selected to become the nation’s exemplary models of new-style rural building. He urged Nam Dinh to strive for the goal of 100 percent of its districts meeting new-style rural standards and Hai Hau becoming an exemplary new-style rural locality.

Phu Tho: festival dedicated to nation’s legendary motherThe festival began with a ritual worshipping the guardian deity at the local communal house. A palanquin procession took offerings from the communal house to the Au Co Temple to pray for peace, good weather, prosperity and happiness. The Au Co Temple festival marked the start of festive activities in Phu Tho in spring. The temple was built under the reign of King Le Thanh Tong (15th century) and named a national historical and cultural relic site in 1991. On January 23, 2017, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recognised the worship of Mother Au Co at the temple as part of the national intangible cultural heritage.

Ministry vows to improve management of festivalsThe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and local authorities have pledged to join forces to boost the management and organisation of cultural festivities across the country, with the aim to prevent commercialisation and distortion of history. The report said the ministry’s inspectorate started intensifying the management of national festivals on Wednesday. According to the report, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated during the 2018 festival season that the best solution to improve the management of cultural festivals should be to raise awareness of the cultural and historical values of such festivals, while assigning certain management responsibilities to officials. In just the first three months of the year, some 1,200 festivals will be held in the capital. Last year, rumors about robbery and violence spread at some festivals, including the one at Soc Temple.

Pilgrims flock to Perfume Pagoda after TetThousands of pilgrims and tourists are flocking to visit Huong (Perfume) Pagoda after the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday, wishing for peace, good weather, happiness and prosperity. Huong Pagoda Festival which will last for three months was opened on the morning of February 21. Since the midnight before the opening day, all of boats on Yen Stream have had to work at full capacity to transport visitors to the pagoda. According to Linh, this year, the management of Huong Pagoda Festival’s activities is tightened controlled. Some photos of the Huong Pagoda Festival on its opening day on February 21:Boats carrying tourists to the festival on February 21 Despite the rainy weather, visitors flocking to the festival on its opening day on February 21Huong Pagoda’s Monk Thich Minh Hien opened Huong Pagoda Festival 2018Dtinews/VietnamNet