Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing barriers in digital transformation and have a passive response to market changes, said Hoang Minh Chien, deputy head of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Viettrade).

Vietnam remains an attractive destination for US investors in the Indo-Pacific, heard a webinar recently held by The Asia Group.

VOV.VN - A number of Laotian media outlets have run headlines detailing the official friendship visit of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc from August 9 to August 10 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

Amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other arising challenges in the region and the world, the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) has resolutely affirmed the spirit of solidarity and proactiveness to confront difficulties and overcome adversities.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 8 held a virtual ASEAN flag salute ceremony to celebrate the bloc’s 54th founding anniversary (August 8, 1967) and 26 years of Vietnam’s membership of the association.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ASEAN Women's Circle of Hanoi (AWCH) on August 8 jointly held the ASEAN Family Day 2021 themed “ASEAN unites and joins hands to fight COVID-19”.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his wife together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on August 9 left Hanoi for an official friendship visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic from August 9-10.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the discovery of additional 5,140 new local COVID-19 cases and 15 imported infections on August 8 morning, raising the coronavirus infection tally in the new pandemic wave to 215,560.

VOV.VN - As many as 4,860 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital in Vietnam on August 8 after making a full recovery from the virus, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 71,497, the Ministry of Health said on August 8 evening.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has requested additional COVID-19 vaccines from the Ministry of Health as it is running out of the vaccines for its extensive inoculation drive.