President Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted the increasingly important role of the collective economy and cooperatives in the market economy while talking to officials of Ninh Binh province on November 2.

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.

VOV.VN - Standard Chartered will invest US$8 billion in Vietnam’s sustainable development in order to promote its green and sustainable growth, the bank’s chairman Jose Vinals told Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting in the United Kingdom on November 1.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy is anticipated to record positive growth as it moves into the new normal state, with the number of newly-registered enterprises rising significantly in October and industrial parks in major COVID-19 hotspots in the south resuming their operations.

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.

The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank have jointly held a virtual consultation workshop on the building of a Blue Economy partnership group.

Vietnam was named among the world’s top 20 host economies for foreign direct investment for the first time in 2020 with an inflow of US$16 billion.

VOV.VN - The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Country Strategic Dialogue on Vietnam, which was held in both online and offline formats on October 29, proved to be a success, according to Borge Brende, president of the WEF.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An and Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Kim Højlund Christensen signed a new agreement on October 28 to kick start the Danish Energy Partnership Programme between Denmark and Vietnam 2021-2025 (DEPP III).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 27 evening phoned Chilean President Sebastian Piñera to discuss about the Vietnam - Chile relations, as well as bilateral cooperation in climate change response and the COVID-19 fight.