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

In the context of the extensive digitalisation of services and multidimensional impacts of COVID-19, the behavior and expectation of Vietnamese consumers have changed, turning digital payment into an evitable trend of the economy and their priority.

The Vietnam Sustainable Urban Development Forum 2022 will be jointly organised by the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission, the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies in Hanoi from June 16- 17, according to the commission.

The life insurance market remains attractive despite slowing down of late, according to the Insurance Association of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the cooperation between the defence ministries and armies of Vietnam and India while receiving visiting Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Hanoi on June 8.

The Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Amazon Global Selling Vietnam on June 8 launched a cross-border e-commerce initiative in the breakthrough era.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) pumped 4.55 million tonnes of crude oil in the first five months of 2022, surpassing the plan by 22%, contributing to ensuring national energy security and national development.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Australia business forum is set to take place next week in support of firms from the two countries to allow them to seek greater co-operation opportunities and technology transfer in clean energy, hi-tech agriculture, and digital transformation applications.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 6 chaired a workshop to collect opinions of the Party Committees of northern provinces and centrally-run cities on a draft project on a strategy on building and perfecting the law-governed socialist state of Vietnam to 2030 with a vision to 2045.

France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam.