Vietnam is striving for sustainable development on the basis of improving growth quality and taking advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to increase labour productivity and competitiveness.

Helping to allay concerns of power shortages, a thermal power plant is to come into commercial operation ahead of schedule, featuring high-quality technology.

With the economy reaching an 11-year high and growth quality significantly improved in 2018, the Vietnamese government expects the same growth to be achieved in the following 12 months. What will be the key factors in hitting this goal?

Russia’s biggest digital solutions vendor ZYFRA has reached $30 million in revenue in its first year of operation, facilitating industrial manufacturers in-house and abroad with AI and IoT-based solutions, as well as autonomous vehicles. The company has announced plans to enter Vietnam as early as 2019.

Over the past few years, the State Bank of Vietnam has been setting aside great amounts of fresh bills to meet the local demand of giving banknotes to children and donating money to temples for the New Year, allowing people to exchange banknotes without a surcharge at commercial banks.

Seventeen traditional taxi operators have forged a new partnership to use the same technology platform in order to win back customers from foreign ride-hailing services providers, including Grab.

Despite ­facing challenges, the real estate ­market in 2019 is expected to continue on an upward trend, say both experts and ­investors.

Amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution entering ­Vietnam, many businesses are ­attempting to equip ­themselves with advanced technologies and new ­methods of performance in the aim of improving the country’s productivity levels.

Vietnam’s budding yet fragmented car rental sector is providing immense opportunities for local and global players to tap into the industry with technological advancements, as well as leading various merger and acquisition activities.

Thanks to the strength of agriculture, Vietnam and Poland will co-operate to develop, especially in the food sector.