Việt Nam News

Information and technology (IT) firms will lead the country’s digital transformation in all sectors, said Phan Tâm, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications (MIC).

Việt Nam ranked 50th out of 175 countries on the Global Cybersecurity Index (CGI) in 2018, up 50 places from the previous year, according to a report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Longan lovers will be treated to speciality fruit of Hưng Yên Province – lồng (cage) longan – during the 2019 Hưng Yên longan and agricultural products week, which opened on Friday at Big C Thăng Long in Hà Nội.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s chief executive officer Philippe Le Houérou on Saturday will visit the TTC Phong Điền solar power plant, the first private grid-connected solar farm in Việt Nam, during his official visit to the country.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines is planning to launch a wifi service on four aircraft this year, CEO Dương Trí Thành said on the sidelines of the Vietnam ICT Summit 2019 in Hà Nội on Thursday.

More than 30 top brands awarded with the prestigious Taiwan Excellence Award have joined in the Taiwanese International Trade Fair – Taiwan Expo 2019, hosted by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).

Vietnamese shares hovered on Friday morning, driven by securities, technology, retail and rubber businesses.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận spent nearly VNĐ3 billion (US$129,000 ) to develop local craft villages in a bid to boost rural incomes and build new-style rural areas.

The Việt Nam – Thailand cuisine and shopping fair opened yesterday in the Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang.

The industrial sector must provide motivation for economic growth, creating breakthroughs in improving productivity, quality, competitiveness and domestic added value of industrial products.

More investors are pouring money into underdeveloped provinces where land is cheaper than in HCM City and other big cities.

Second-quarter earnings of steelmaking companies showed signs of deterioration as prices of iron ore continued to increase, leading to higher production costs and lower profit.

Issues related to land use right continue to be obstacles to the State-owned enterprises' process of evaluating the businesses and share prices and executing their equitisation plans, experts said at a meeting on Thursday.

Eastwood Energy Joint Stock Company on Thursday signed a long-term contract with CellMark, a global supply chain service company, to sell a minimum of 300,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year from 2021 for export to Japan.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and MM Mega Market Vietnam Co, Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Hà Nội on August 8 to promote consumption of Vietnamese goods at home and abroad.

The Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Joint Stock Corporation (Habeco) has reported its highest quarterly profit since April 2017.

Digital transformation is an opportunity for Việt Nam to create greater value for each business, make each organisation more efficient and offer better opportunities for every citizen, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam at the Vietnam ICT Summit 2019 in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) granted licences to 464 foreign investors in July, including 58 institutional investors.