Việt Nam was the fourth biggest market among ASEAN countries for German machine tool manufacturers, following Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, according to the German Machine Tool Builders Association (VDW).

The retail banking segment has contributed significantly to the national bank system’s revenue this year.

Việt Nam's consumer price index (CPI) fell in November as the cost of fuel and a range of other products fell, a sign showing the Government’s target of capping the index at around 4 per cent this year was within reach.

Việt Nam could face the risk of power shortage in the early years of the 2020s, delegates at a workshop in Hà Nội heard on Thursday.

Viettel Group has announced it is ready to trial 5G services next year and will launch them immediately after the Ministry of Information and Communications allots it the frequency. Tào Đức Thắng, deputy general director of the military-owned company, tells Việt Nam News about the preparations.

A comment made by the US Federal Reserve chairman on slower rate hike pace could not buoy Vietnamese shares from weak market sentiment.

The VNCERT’s statistics showed there had been 8,319 network attacks in Việt Nam as of the end the third quarter of this year, including 1,575 malware cases,  4,829 deface cases and 1,915 phishing attacks.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Việt Nam so far this year is estimated at 14.2 million, up 21.3 per cent against the same period last year, the General Statistics Office said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and Ericsson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday in Hà Nội to establish an Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Hub.