Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies needs to continue promoting free and open trade and investment, undertake initiatives to ensure regional supply chains to function efficiently and facilitate the movements of essential goods, Minister of Trade and Industry Nguyen Hong Dien has said.

Digital transformation is considered to be among the key solutions to removing obstacles facing production and business and creating new development directions, and is being applied by many localities and enterprises amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam is working to shift from a linear economy to a circular economy based on the three pillars of designing and prolonging material lifespan, reducing waste and emissions, and restoring the ecological system, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has said.

VOV.VN - The nation has been listed among the leading 10 countries in terms of smartphone users by Statista, a search tool used for the purpose of market research.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, while addressing the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit on May 31, proposed major solutions for striking a balance between the urgent need for economic recovery and the requirement for greener and more sustainable development in the post-COVID era.

VOV.VN - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) due to take place in Glasgow in November 2021.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has written an article titled “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam,” on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh’s 131st birthday (May 19) and general election (May 23).

Thailand has presented the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy Model as a path for the region’s socio-economic recovery in the post COVID-19 era.

Nearly 10% of Vietnamese firms lack capital and money for their business, especially micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), because of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Nguyen Quang Vinh has said.

Vietnam needs to foster rapid and sustainable digital transformation but at the same time must ensure cyber security and safety, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung has emphasised.