Foxconn expects the northern province of Bắc Ninh will continue providing favourable conditions and introduce investment locations where there is ample land and convenient transport infrastructure to expand its production.

FPT Group has official launched a research and development centre in the Okinawa Prefecture to boost FPT’s growth in the Japanese market.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has permitted Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) to raise its charter capital to over VND12 trillion (US$527.9 million).

The 5th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition & Conference featuring in advanced the latest technologies and equipment will be organised in Hà Nội on October 11-13.

A forum was held in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday to promote economic ties between Viêt Nam and Belgium and other European nations, with over 100 business representatives in attendance. 

Nearly 50 businesses from the Fujian province of China and Việt Nam’s northeastern province of Quảng Ninh gathered at a seminar in Hạ Long City on Tuesday to seek investment and trade co-operation opportunities.

Innovation is critical for  productivity, but Vietnamese firms spend less on Research and Development than in most other Southeast Asian countries.

Removing barriers and improving the business environment would contribute to reaching economic growth targets in the context of a tight State budget, director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s National Economic Issues Department Trần Quốc Phương said on Tuesday at a Hà Nội conference.

The difficulties involved in developing smart cities and possible solutions were on the agenda of a conference on “General Solutions for Smart City” (Smart City 360 Degrees) held in HCM City on Tuesday.