Việt Nam News

The first-ever Thanh Hà litchi festival opened in the northern province of Hải Dương on June 10 to promote the local specialty fruit.

Vietnamese stocks are forecast to experience volatility and adjustments in some trading sessions next week but the rising momentum will continue to be the mainstream trend in the short term, analysts said.

According to the Foreign Investment Agency, in the first five months of the year foreign direct investment in new projects was worth US$4.66 billion, 17 per cent down from last year’s figure for the same period.

The central province of Quảng Bình is calling for investments on a list of 48 projects with a total expected value of over VNĐ50 trillion (US$2.2 billion).

Myanmar, where 70 per cent of the people are farm workers, needs modern technologies to improve its agricultural production. The opportunity has come through a Vietnamese telecom company, which provides industry 4.0 apps and services through mobile broadband.

HCM City is publishing information on the activities of several real estate investors that have applied for mortgage loans secured by their property and land-use rights.

Viettel Group’s 10^th international mobile phone network, Mytel, commenced operations in Myanmar on June 9.

The Vietnamese automobile market is predicted to develop strongly between now and 2035 as the country is experiencing a “golden population structure,” which offers opportunities to promote the automobile industry.

The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has asked the Government to strengthen the control of temporary imports for re-export of shrimp from India and Ecuador.

Representatives of MobiFone and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) has proposed to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to consider scratch card payment for digital content services.

Blockchain technology will play an important role in building the digital economy and the fourth industrial revolution.

The northern province of Bắc Giang should pay more attention to development plans for regions growing lychee trees and follow closely market demand in building brand name, package and processing.

The Government Inspectorate will carry out an inspection targeting State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in which the Ministry of Industry and Trade controls State capital.

Dragon fruit has dominated Vietnamese fruit exports in the first four months of 2018 with total exports reaching US$427 million, a year-on-year increase of 9 per cent.

Việt Nam’s economy is on a more positive growth momentum than last year, with strong foreign direct investment (FDI) capital inflows, increased foreign exchange reserves and strictly controlled foreign debts, according to Fitch Ratings.

In one or two years, 5G technology will be ready for deployment in Việt Nam, according to Ericsson’s head of network solutions in Việt Nam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Just a year after building telecommunications infrastructure in Myanmar, Viettel Group has brought 4G services to remote and mountainous areas, where in the past local residents could not access the internet on their smartphones. Kachin, the state which has the country’s tallest mountain, is a good example of such an area.

CMX Re Sunseap Việt Nam Solar Power Joint Stock Company on Friday began construction of Việt Nam’s largest solar farm, a 168-MW project in central Ninh Thuận Province’s Ninh Sơn District.