VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on February 17 in Hanoi to promote the safe, healthy, and sustainable development of the real estate market, with the event being connected online with 63 localities across the country.

A symposium on the development of domestically- and globally-connected smart cities took place in Hanoi on June 16.

VOV.VN - The Canadian Embassy in Vietnam and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on June 14 marked 22 years of the partnership between Soc Trang and Canada and reviewed the results of the Canadian-funded SME development project.

VOV.VN - A seminar on promoting investment cooperation between Vietnam and Grenada was held recently in both in-person and online formats to learn about, and evaluate the investment environment of the two countries.

The Australia Renewable Energy Agency has granted aid worth AUD1 million (US$750,000) for a new-generation solar cell development project of a research team headed by Vietnamese national Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu from the Australia National University (ANU).

VOV.VN - Hanoi is seeking additional financial and expertise assistance from international financial institutions, including the World Bank, to implement development projects in the coming years.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations has called on foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to fund sustainable development projects which remain in need of assistance in the city and in Vietnam as well.