Start-ups in the technology sector are on the rise in the world and Việt Nam is no exception, delegates told a seminar in HCM City on Saturday.

Vietnamese shares may continue to decline this week as investors could take short-term profits from blue chips and speculative stocks on their significant improvements, securities firms and analysts said.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is developing a plan on restructuring the economy by 2020 aiming to renovate the growth model towards improving efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.

About 43 State-owned enterprises (SoEs), including six corporations, were cleared for equitisation in the first seven months of this year, the finance ministry said.

Việt Nam’s foreign exchange reserves, inclusive of gold, hit a record high of US$38 billion in mid-June, according to HSBC’s Macro-Prospect Report.

A transportation system connecting eight provinces to the Southern economic hub of HCM City remains underinvested, hindering the development goals of the region that has contributed over 60 percent of the country’s State budget during the past ten years.

A programme to select the top 50 IT firms in Viet Nam in 2016 was officially kicked off by VINASA (Vietnam Software and IT Service Association).

Commercial banks have called for customers to use caution when using telephones and the internet, as hackers may steal from them.

Laptop sales have plateaued despite companies launching new products to stimulate the market, with insiders blaming it on the economy and a switch by consumers to tablets.