The Vietnamese retail sector has recovered to the pre-COVID-19 level, with 53.8% of total retailers reporting similar or better business outcomes, according to Vietnam Report JSC.

VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam is committed to creating the best possible conditions for foreign investors, including those from the Republic of Korea, as well as Samsung, to do long-term business in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai told Park Hark-kyu, President/CEO at Samsung Electronics.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications handed over a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs) and a security operations centre (SOC) system to the Lao Ministry of Technology and Communications on January 11.

VOV.VN - The diplomatic sector will continue to do its best to implement economic diplomacy in the year ahead to achieve stronger national development and deeper international integration, said Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu in an interview recently granted to the media.

The wide applicability and huge connected data store created from blockchain have made this technology increasingly important in the progress of realising the goal of bringing the digital economy to 20% of GDP, as set by the government.

VOV.VN - Tea exports in the fourth quarter of 2022 amounted to 54,000 tonnes, bringing in US$79 million, up 53.6% in volume and 30.3% in value compared to the same period from last year.

Foreign and domestic companies are strongly eyeing to develop data centres in Vietnam, as demand for data storage in the country is increasing.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with key leaders of Quang Ngai on January 1, during which he suggested that the central province should prioritise the processing-manufacturing sector as well as high technology, innovation and digital transformation.

Vietnam is speeding up the development of the digital economy, considering this a "breakthrough" step to promote the country's economic growth in the context of the 4th industrial revolution.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) held a ceremony on December 29 to connect the land database with the National Population Database and sign the regulation on work coordination with the Ministry of Public Security.