The occupancy rate at operational industrial parks in the major industrial localities in the south averaged 84.5% during January-September, according to a report from CBRE Vietnam.

The central city of Da Nang on October 10 started construction on the first phase of the Software Park No 2, worth more than VND703 billion (US$30.4 million), in Hai Chau district.

Some 58 products will be honoured at the Vietnam Digital Transformation Awards 2020, the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA) said on October 9.

VOV.VN - The ninth Hanoi Gift Show 2020 is scheduled to take place from October 15 to October 18 in the capital, to showcase handicraft products from both local and foreign businesses across 400 pavilions, according to a press conference held on October 8 in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Support Industry Show 2020 and the METALEX Vietnam 2020 will be held online from October 23-24 to connect Vietnamese and Japanese firms in the support industry in the new normal situation.

Manufacturing sector returned to growth in September as concerns around the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country eased. Both output and new orders increased, while business confidence strengthened, and the rate of job cuts softened.

New technologies from the fourth Industrial Revolution will be applied in livestock breeding in order to produce safe and high-quality output while improving the husbandry sector’s competitive edge, according to the husbandry development strategy for the 2021-2030 period and vision to 2045.

VOV.VN - The opening nine months of the year witnessed 18 sectors receive foreign direct investment (FDI), with the largest amount of investment coming in the processing and manufacturing industry.

More and more Italian textile firms are investing in Vietnam to take advantage of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and export to the European market, experts said.

The Government has directed the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to add non-performing loan (NPL) settlement regulations under Resolution No.42/2017/QH14 into the revised Law on Credit Institutions, SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh has said.