Vietnam is encouraging European enterprises to invest in environmentally-friendly fields in the country, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the UK have shared strategic orientations, national programmes, and projects relating to developing the their respective digital economies and digital societies, initiatives, and support policies aimed at promoting a general digital transformation.

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.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang has chosen a number of safe destinations as it initiates plans to reopen its door to international tourists ahead in late November.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will co-chair a national strategic dialogue between Vietnam and the World Economic Forum (WEF) via an online platform on October 29, at the invitation of Founder and Executive Chairman of the WEF Prof. Klaus Schwab.

Lawmakers discussed the draft law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Criminal Procedure Code via videoconference during the second session of the 15th National Assembly on October 25 morning.

VOV.VN - The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a virtual exchange on October 22 to promote friendship amongst youths from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue to support Vietnam in enhancing the medical capacity to respond to COVID-19, said JICA Chief Representative in Vietnam Shimizu Akira at a press conference that was held via videoconference on October 21.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has coordinated with the APEC Secretariat to organise a workshop on building APEC capacity in promoting the digital economy, which opened on October 21 via videoconference.

The Vietnam Security Summit 2021 will be held via videoconference on October 27-28, with the participation of about 800 delegates across various fields.