The summit aims to share best practices and promote cooperation among Vietnam's provinces and cities in building and developing smart cities.

The total transaction volume in the Jan-Sep period increased by 37.7% compared to the same period last year.

The purpose of the survey is to gain a thorough understanding of the local food safety situation and to identify non-compliance promptly, allowing for corrective actions to be taken to mitigate health risks.

Ho Chi Minh City is to continue playing its role as an engine of Vietnam’s growth and a nucleus of development in every aspect in the southern key economic zone, experts agreed at a March 6 workshop in the city.

The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved an additional 100 million USD loan for an ongoing project to help improve living standards for the poor in six northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.

The ASEAN Community, scheduled to establish in 2015, is expected to greatly benefit tourism sector as the Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP) among ASEAN members will take effect in all member countries.

The Government has adopted Resolution 01/NQ-CP detailing key tasks and measures to realise the 2015 socio-economic development. The resolution has set a target of reaching a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.2 percent and a 10 percent rise in export value in 2015.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries and localities to implement synchronous support measures to remove difficulties for businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, and boost their growth.

Small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to improve their competitiveness amid rapid global integration, to grab opportunities as signs of economic recovery are already emerging in 2015.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) concluded the 11th and the last round of free trade agreement negotiations in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on January 23 after five days of sitting.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to monitor global oil prices closely and have flexible solutions to respond to changes.

HCM city was honoured at a conference on January 16 as a regional leader in the microchip industry, ranking third in Southeast Asia (SEA).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a programme to develop and upgrade industrial clusters and value chains for products having competitive advantages in five sectors: electronics and information technology, textiles, food processing, agricultural machinery, and tourism nd related services.

KTĐT - The Bkav Corporation recently displayed its international-standard SmartHome solution and smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show "CES 2015" in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States.

Vietnam is set to manufacture 200,000 automobiles and 4 million motorbikes in 2015, up 2 % against the 2011-2015 period, according to the Heavy Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

KTĐT - The southern region has attracted US$7.21 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2014, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.

Viet Nam can gain US$24.5 billion from exporting garment, the highest figure in the recent three years and bringing the trade surplus of the sector to US$12 billion this year.

The total import turnover of Completely Built-Up (CBU) automobiles in Vietnam this year reached US$1.446 billion, which nearly matched the record level of US$1.5 billion.

Vietnam’s seafood exports increased 18% on-year to US$7.9 billion for the 12 months leading up to 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), buoyed by record high shrimp exports to the US market.

The Vietnamese Government has implemented a protectionism policy on its domestic automobile industry with a national strategy to build a sector able to compete with other regional nations`.

Five wholly owned Vietnamese automobile companies have united in an “alliance”, joining forces to improve the local automobile industry to meet the challenges of the AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Agreement) period.

Vietnam`s coffee exports for the year ended 2014 surged 32% in value on-year to a new record high of US$3.6 billion, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa).

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has sharply raised the tariff on petrol imports in order to cope with plummeting crude oil prices.