VOV.VN - The nation’s human development index (HDI) value for 2019 stood at 0.704, thereby putting the country in the high human development category and earning it a position of 117th out of 189 nations and territories globally.

Fifty leading brands of Vietnam in 2020 was honoured during a ceremony held in HCM City by Forbes Vietnam on December 17.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Government is set to establish a fund worth approximately U$2.4 billion in support of smart-city projects to be undertaken by Japanese firms in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, according to business news publication Nikkei Asia.

VOV.VN - Many places throughout the country are set to hold coming Christmas and New Year festivals with significant discounts on offer to lure additional domestic tourists.

VOV.VN - Coffee chain Cafe Amazon, which has over 3,500 branches throughout Thailand, is scheduled to open its second store on Phan Xich Long street in Phu Nhuan district of Ho Chi Minh City.

Representatives of PNE Group of Germany and the People’s Committee of central Binh Dinh province sat down in a working session on December 15 to discuss an offshore wind power project in the locality.

NextTech Group has launched the NextOn.vn live stream academy - the first of its kind in Vietnam with an aim to provide professional training for online sellers on social networks and e-commerce floors.

A plenary meeting of the International Support Group (ISG), themed “Vietnam agriculture and rural development in the context of COVID-19: Opportunities and Challenges”, took place in Hanoi on December 11.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on December 6 signed various Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with investors of power projects in Laos to develop and purchase electricity from the neighbouring country in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested Siam Cement Group (SCG) continue to expand its investment and business in Vietnam as a way of bringing major groups from Thailand as well as other nations to Vietnam in the time ahead.