Da Nang is striving to become a high-quality tourism and service centre and a destination for innovation in Vietnam and Southeast Asia by 2030, according to a recently-built project on orientation for tourism development in the central city by 2030, with a vision to 2045.

The Government plans to develop 301 traditional craft villages linked to tourism by 2030, according to a decision approving Vietnam's traditional craft village preservation and development programme for the 2021-2030 period.

Panasonic Electric Works Vietnam Co. Ltd. (Electric Works Company) will accelerate the expansion of its electrical construction material business to grow sales by approximately 3.5 times over the next decade, equivalent to a US$365 million increase.

Vietnam needs to invest approximately US$368 billion from now until 2040 to build a climate resilient and low-carbon economy, according to the Vietnam Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) released by the World Bank on July 13.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the need to pay special attention to removing "bottlenecks" on the real estate market while chairing an online conference on July 14 on measures to ensure safe, healthy and sustainable development of the property market.

Ho Chi Minh City expects to build about 35,000 social housing units with 2.5 million square metres of floor space in 2021-2025, and nearly 58,000 units with a floor space of 4.08 million square metres by 2030.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 13 for newly-appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis who came to present the UN Secretary-General's credentials, beginning her term of office in the country.

The Vietnamese National Assembly and its Lao counterpart exchanged professional experience during a seminar in Hanoi on July 12.

The United Nations (UN) and the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) need to further strengthen cooperation in order to promote the implementation of sustainable developments goals (SDGs) through South-South and tripartite cooperation, said Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened a meeting in New York on July 7 to seek measures to speed up the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen their partnership.