VOV.VN - Vietnam’s leading industrial exhibition series - Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2025 (VME) –and the Vietnam-Japan Supporting Industries Exhibition 2025 (SIE)- opened in Hanoi on August 6, attracting the participation of nearly 200 international brands.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s index of industrial production (IIP) maintained strong growth momentum, rising by 8.6% in the first seven months of the year, slightly higher than the 8.5% increase recorded a year ago, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnam still has significant potential for the development of supporting industries, which also highlights the urgent need to enhance production capacity and foster stronger linkages between domestic enterprises and foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses, heard a workshop in Hanoi on August 5.

Artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots, and virtual assistants flood into the tourism industry, offering business owners unprecedented opportunities to personalise guest experiences while reducing operating costs.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised the urgent need to remove bottlenecks in mechanisms, policies, human resources, and infrastructure to create favourable conditions for semiconductors to become a strategic driver of Vietnam’s economic growth and international integration.

VOV.VN - The United States has lowered its reciprocal tariff on Vietnamese exports from 46% to 20%, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - A workshop scheduled for August 5 in Hanoi aims to attract greater investment into Vietnam’s supporting industries and strengthen ties among domestic and foreign businesses.

Vietnam possesses all the necessary conditions to emerge as a vital link in the region and global semiconductor supply chains, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said during a working session in Hanoi on July 30 with representatives of the Business Council for Sustainable Development of Taiwan (China).

The Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks Authority (DEZA) in the central province of Quang Ngai has given in-principle approval to a rail track and special steel project by Hoa Phat Dung Quat Rail and Special Steel JSC, a subsidiary of steel giant Hoa Phat.

VOV.VN - Both nations are bolstering defence cooperation across key areas, including training, defense industry and multilateral dialogue following the upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership in March.