The capital city has implemented many high-tech agricultural production models, however, in order to move towards smart agriculture, the city will have to pay more attention to promoting the application of science and technology as well as training high-quality labour resources.

After 25 years of development, the Vietnamese stock market is playing a more important role in attracting capital, supporting the commercial banking system. Therefore the target is to turn the market into the main channel of medium and long-term capital for the economy.

He also said that Vietnamese brands have been gaining increasing trust in Australia thanks to a number of trade promotion activities in order to better advertise brands of Vietnamese products and increasing efforts made by businesses.

The domestic auto market is expected to continue growing in the remaining months of this year, according to experts, after expanding by up to 120 per cent in October.

The domestic hospitality market is expected to recover strongly with the gradual resumption of domestic and international tourism, though the Ministry of Construction (MoC) warns that it might not all be plain sailing. 

Shares finished the week on a negative note as the market was pressure by many large-cap stocks in the oil and gas group dropping strongly.