Việt Nam’s Lilama Corporation has signed a contract to manufacture and install mechanical equipment for a fertiliser plant in Brunei.

Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Planning Department Dương Duy Hưng talks to Vietnam News Agency about progress on handling 12 loss-making projects.

In the last 20 years Việt Nam has switched from being an agricultural economy to one of the brightest manufacturing hotspots in South East Asia, according to the latest report from Jones Lang LaSalle.

The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang will start construction of affordable apartments for workers and an office block for trade unions at industrial parks next month, according to Tiền Giang Province’s Confederation of Labour.

Vietnam has 64 million Facebook accounts. More than one-third of them belong to youth aged between 15 and 24. The numbers were announced at the conference “Building national network for child online safety” held in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutes in HCM City plan to train students in green-growth fields that promote economic sustainability.

HCM City needs 148,000 skilled employees in key sectors this year, according to authorities.

PM pledges to realise Industry 4.0 opportunities

To ultilise opportunities brought by the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) and limit unwanted effects, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said the Government would build long-term orientations and install specific policies.

Việt Nam hopes to strengthen its cooperation with Algeria across many key sectors, particularly economy and trade, to match the success of their bilateral political ties, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told visiting Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel.

Việt Nam is positioned to take advantage of the growing opportunities presented by the sharing economy, said Rebecca Bryant, Australian Embassy Charge D’Affaire at the conference on the sharing economy held in Hà Nội on Thursday.