The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years has sped up the building and development of smart cities, heard Vietnam- ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2021 that opened on November 2.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to France from November 3 to November 5 is the vivid manifestation of growing relations between Vietnam and France since both sides signed a strategic partnership in 2013, thereby opening up new opportunities to take the relationship to new heights.
VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang started its COVID-19 vaccination scheme for students aged between 15 and 18 on November 2, becoming the first locality in the central region to begin the process of vaccinating children.
VOV.VN - Singaporean investors injected a total of US$6.77 billion into Vietnam during the opening 10 months of the year, thereby making it to top the list among a total of 97 countries and territories investing in the nation, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Factories have reopened and production is steadily picking up in major manufacturing centres of Southeast Asia as COVID-19 cases have dropped in recent weeks, easing some of the supply chain constraints that companies blame for lost sales, reported the US’s Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
VOV.VN - Japan has continued to place trust in Vietnam’s investment environment, pouring a total of US$3.3 billion into the market in the opening nine months of the year, or 14.7% of the country’s total foreign direct investment (FDI).
VOV.VN - Vietnamese players have secured four gold medals at the Asian Youth Online Chess Championship 2021 that concluded on October 31.
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector has reopened after months of social distancing and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several places of historical and scenic interests in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, home to the ancient capital of Hue, will be connected in a tour aiming to attract domestic tourists back to the province in the post-pandemic period.
Digital technology, if exploited to the maximum, can bring over VND1.733 quadrillion (US$74 billion) to Vietnam by 2030, with the most beneficial sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and food, and education-training.