Ministry aims to secure stable electricity supply for 870,000 households in rural, mountainous, island areas The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced ambitious plans to ensure 870,000 households in rural, mountainous and island areas have a stable electricity connection by 2025.

Gov’t presses on with thrift practice, wastefulness combat Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decision promulgating the Government’s master plan on thrift practice and wastefulness combat.

Transport ministry committed to completion of Cát Linh-Hà Đông metro project in March

Hà Nội’s first metro project, the long-delayed Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway project, is scheduled to complete on March 31, said Nguyễn Khánh Tùng, Vice Director of the project’s Management Board.

HCM City targets higher exports by key earners in 2021 HCM City has set a goal of boosting the export of its key products this year and beyond via trade promotion activities and assistance to enterprises.

Support for development in ethnic minority areas extended to 2025

The implementation of a project on strengthening international cooperation to support socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited areas will be extended to 2025 under a decision signed recently by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

HCM City speeds up work on first bus rapid transit route

The HCM City People's Committee has urged the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), the Management Board for Traffic Works Construction and Investment and relevant agencies to speed up implementation of the first bus rapid transit route (BRT No 1), which will connect with Metro Line No 1.

PM Phúc calls for co-ordinated post-floods recovery efforts

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked for a drastic and co-ordinated response to help stabilise the lives of people affected by recent flooding and storms in the central region of Việt Nam before the traditional Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday.

Việt Nam - Korea Technological Consultancy and Solution Centre inaugurated The Ministry of Industry and Trade worked with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea to co-chair the inauguration of Việt Nam - Korea Technological Consultancy and Solution Centre (VITASK) in Hà Nội today.

HCM City speeds up projects to improve quality of life for urbanites

HCM City is speeding up urban projects in the suburbs and inter-regional areas, including major roads, in an aim to improve the quality of life for its citizens.

International financing key to develop Việt Nam's power sector Việt Nam needs US$150 billion to invest in power projects in the next 10 years, equal to half the country’s current gross domestic product (GDP), which raises demand for international financing.