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.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese representatives have made it into the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022.

VOV.VN - The ailing Vietnamese economy, which has been hit hard by the prolonged impact of COVID-19, is showing positive signs of recovery thanks to impressive levels of exports and FDI attraction making a huge contribution to economic growth.

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.

A Vietnam – UK economy and trade forum took place in Hanoi on October 21, discussing the nations’ economic, trade and investment ties as well as the issues of climate change and low-carbon economy.