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.

The Hanoitimes - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc admitted although Vietnam has gained initial success in global supply chains, Vietnamese businesses have mainly joined these chains in fields such as assembling or product packaging, which are lower in value and lack sustainability in supply chains.rn

Vietnam likely to face severe power shortage from 2021 as the consumption keeps growing while the construction of power plants remains sluggish.

The alleged dumping margins for Vietnam would be 39.97% to 65.96% if any clues are found.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has a greater role in feeding Vietnam`s growing demand for electricity amid its efforts to reduce coal power.

Should the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) remain around the current level for the rest of the quarter, PMI-based estimates suggest that manufacturing output will be set for further double-digit year-on-year growth in the third quarter of 2019, said an expert.

The domestic steel industry in the first half of the year produced a total of 12.6 million tons of steel, sold 11.6 million tons, of which 2.5 million tons were exported, increasing by 7.7%, 9.8% and 6.3% year-on-year, respectively.

For the seven-month period, the mining industry growth declined by 28.6% year-on-year while manufacturing and processing was up 7.4%, production and distribution of electricity up 8.1%, and water supply, sewage treatment and water collection up 7.3%.

As of June, Vietnam’s shipping fleet has 1,568 ships with cargo-carrying capacity of 7.8 million DWT, while the average fleet age is 15.6, 5.2 years younger than the global average of 20.8.

Vietnam defends its oil and gas operations as energy is one of three pillars in Vietnam`s economy.

Vietnam is aware of environment impacts from coal power but it struggles to ensure energy security.

Authorities said importing power is a temporary solution only.

All related agencies are required to facilitate the power generation to accommodate the economic growth.

The booming of solar farms has left the national power grid overloaded.

Vietnam is the country with the highest level of patience in staring at mobile ads with 19 seconds compares to the average time of 8-9 seconds in other countries.

Private sector and commercial financing are among recommendations which the World Bank has made.

Vietnam’s auto market is scheduled to fully open to foreign car companies by 2030, including those from ASEAN, Japan, Mexico and the EU.

The development of manufacturing, customer goods, food processing, and export over the past years has driven up carton packaging industry.

The saturated aviation market has brought about the race to the bottom price war, driving the profitability of the core business of some domestic carriers down to nearly zero.

Scatec covers all stages of a project regardless of financing, developing, operating, and maintaining it during the facility’s lifetime of around 20-25 years.

During what has been a bumpy 2019, Vietnam has managed to weather through risks to growth relatively well.