The fourth industrial revolution offers many opportunities for Việt Nam, but also poses a number of challenges. To take advantage of Industry 4.0, the country requires strong government reforms, especially in building a firm legal corridor for the digital industry.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has issued identification numbers to ponds that breed tra fish under a government decree on aquaculture management that went into effect last July.

An Giang has reported exports of US$455.9 million in the first seven months of this year, a rise of nearly 7 per cent year-on-year.

The central city, in co-operation with Qatar Airways, plans to launch a direct flight connecting Đà Nẵng and Doha City in the Middle East later this year, a source from the city’s tourism department confirmed, saying that the two sides have been in negotiations to open the newest air route soon.

The global cyber security competition Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, themed Legends of Việt Nam, is scheduled to begin on August 18.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade met with more than 50 experts, researchers and business leaders at a meeting yesterday to discuss solutions to develop the city’s main products in the trading and services sector.

Executives from leading technology companies and officials discussed ways to speed up introduction of e-governance and creation of smart cities based on the safe use of IT at a conference in the Mekong city of Cần Thơ this week.

The 1,000 biggest tax payers in Việt Nam in 2017 contributed more than VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion) to the State budget, increasing 8.45 per cent from the previous year, and accounting for 63 per cent of total tax contributions.

Việt Nam has moved up one place to rank 88th among 193 countries in the United Nations E-Government Survey 2018.