Projects to improve facilities serving the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Hanoi are underway and scheduled to be completed by September 30, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

Vietnam’s port sector will flourish this year as trade in goods is expected to thrive on the back of recovery in production, domestic consumption, and export markets, according to industry analysts.

Completing its infrastructure network has been billed as an important measure for the central coastal city of Da Nang to lure more investment in 2021.

The COVID-19 situation has considerably sped up the transition of manufacturing work into Vietnam and the country is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this move, said an article recently published on SeekingAlpha content service.

Policies to support the impoverished, particularly children, the elderly and ethnic minority people, should be completed to ensure that no one is left behind, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

The EU and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed several agreements on December 1 to fund a project on improving urban infrastructure to mitigate climate change impact in four coastal provinces in north central Vietnam.

Vietnam’s cloud computing market has so far been worth nearly VND3.2 trillion (US$133 million), heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 24.

Weak regional connectivity across land, air and sea has hampered the growth of the southeastern region of Vietnam. Economists believe for the region to develop, it needs to change its mind set and strategy.

Japan is keen to help Vietnam improve its infrastructure, a critical area in the 12 co-operation agreements the two countries signed during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s recent visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam hopes to make economic cooperation truly an important driver for its relations with Japan, the US, and Australia, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh said on October 30.