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.

Vietnam is forecast to grow 6.8 percent in 2016 and 6.9 percent in 2017, according to the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on April 28.

On April 13 evening, Vietnam and the European Union have agreed that the Timber Legality Assurance System of Vietnam (VNTLAS) will be applied for wood and wood products exported to the EU, and also to other countries and in the domestic market.

Through the implementation of various programmes on energy efficiency in the 2011-2015 period, Vietnam has saved 2.37 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, equivalent to almost 3.8 trillion VND each year.

On March 28, at a meeting in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh raised a number of measures to boost industrial production.

General Statistics Office (GSO) held a press conference in Hanoi on March 25 to announce the socio-economic development in the first quarter. Accordingly, gross domestic product (GDP) in January-March increased by 5.46%, slower than the 6.12% during the same period last year.

Along with 172 countries worldwide in response to the 2016 Earth Hour, Vietnam`s three big cities of Hanoi, HCM City, Da Nang and 60 provinces and cities implemented the symbolic action of turning off unnecessary electrical devices from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on March 19.

On March 16, VCCI Exhibition Organization has held a press conference to introduce the 2016 Mining Vietnam Expo, that will take place from March 29 - 31 at the International Exhibition Centre (ICE), Hanoi.

The United States (US) has levied higher anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese warm-water shrimp exports during the period of review from February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) will work harder to contribute more to Vietnam ’s vehicle industry, HVN General Director Minoru Kato said.

HSBC attributed the resilience of Vietnam’s manufacturing sector to the country’s rising attractiveness as a manufacturing hub, which helped reel in record FDI in 2015 and should boost exports in 2016.

Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade said that in the first two months of 2016, the municipal index of industrial production increased by 8.8% compared with that of the same period last year.

Vietnam’s steel imports rose 27.24% to US$9 billion last year, while exports dipped 14% to US$2.46, pushing the import surplus to US$6.54 billion, the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has officially announced.

Vietnam and the US have made great strides in their strategic partnership over recent years and there have been many positive developments that lead to the broader promise of deeper cooperation in trade and investment for years to come.

Beyond the difficulties of the market, fierce competition from other countries` textile exports, Vietnam`s garment and textile still maintains its position among the top five countries exporting textiles in 2015. This represents tireless effort and persistence of all firms in the industry.

Clothing and textile exports to the US soared to 4.8% year-on-year in 2015, according to the latest figures from the US Department of Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA).

Indian businesses considers Vietnam a potential import market of their dye and basic chemicals, said S. G. Bharadi, the Acting Executive Director of the Indian Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL).

KTĐT - Hanoi’s socio-economy achieved many positive results in various fields in 2015.

Vietnam is enjoying a surge of investor interest and the auto market is one area where the enthusiasm is warranted, according to the UK’s Financial Times.

Over the past decade, Vietnam’s engineering industry has increased localization and exports. The sector is finding ways to develop and integrate into the global economy.

Time to come, the fish exporters to the US market will incur a technical barrier of USDA.