Hanoi will continue promotion efforts with trade and tourism initiatives to achieve its investment attraction strategies.

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.

Economic vulnerabilities are hurting steel companies.

Strong incentives will be offered to those companies producing 49 selected items tentatively listed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade as key products in the supporting industries.

The Hanoitimes - Vietnamese garment-textile industry earned $2.1 billion net out of $6.16 billion export revenue in the first half of this year, according to Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).

The hanoitimes-  Vietnam imported over 6,000 automobiles in January of this year, nearly twice as many as the same month last year, according to the National Statistics Office.

The Hanoi Times - The Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) unit, the most important component of the Dung Quat Oil Refinery, was officially put into operation this week.

The Hanoi Times - US-based container shipping firm APL inaugurated a direct container shipping service between Vietnam and the US, the first of its kind, o­n Wednesday at the Saigon Port-PSA deep-water container terminal in the southern province of Ba Ria–Vung Tau.