Việt Nam was seeking co-operation in developing new payment systems to diversify financial services and meet market demand in the new era of technology, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said at the meeting with Singapore-based Clermont Group on Tuesday morning.

Google’s Digital 4.0 programme in Việt Nam plays a significant role in helping Vietnamese businesses improve their competitiveness and develop business opportunities in the digital economy, said head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyễn Văn Bình at a meeting with Google’s vice president for Global Affairs Kent Walker in Hà Nội on Monday.

Việt Nam placed 16th in the world among countries with highest number of internet users as the people online account for more than 60 per cent of its population, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Việt Nam expects South Africa to be a gateway for exported Vietnamese rice to enter other markets in Africa, said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Import-Export Department Trần Quốc Toản, who led the Vietnamese trade promotion team during a two-day visit to South Africa that ended on Monday.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) recently decided to allow more commercial banks to expand their credit growth limits in 2018.

The growth of vegetable and fruit exports slowed down significantly this year but the target of reaching US$10 billion in revenue in 2025 was still within reach, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Canada will be a potential market for Việt Nam’s export garment products when the Comprehensive Partnership and Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) takes effect in early 2019, according to Vinatex.

US Ambassador to Việt Nam Daniel Kritenbrink is recruiting companies to join the Việt Nam business delegation for the SelectUSA Investment Summit to be held in Washington, DC from June 10-12.

Việt Nam was expected to remain one of the top ten remittance receivers in 2018, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief released last weekend.