VOV.VN - Vietnam’s index of industrial production saw a decrease of 4.2% in August compared to July, and a 7.4% drop year on year due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam has been receiving a capital influx from US investors targeting the rising affluent classes, tech-enabled businesses, and flourishing manufacturing industry.

Universal Robots (UR), Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) manufacturer, has advised Vietnam’s manufacturing industry leaders to implement cobots to address skills and labour shortage as well as achieve higher productivity.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will join China and the Republic of Korea to co-host Asia NEPCON LIVE, an exclusive electronics exhibition for the manufacturing industry on March 26 via an online format.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam International Supporting Industry and Manufacturing Exhibition 2020, the first of its kind, got underway in Hanoi on December 9 with over 170 domestic and foreign businesses taking part in the event’s debut.

Vietnam needs to have a law on the supporting industry to aid its development, according to the chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

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.

Vietnam is aiming to build a transparent and legal wood industry to support exports of timber products and bolster the domestic timber manufacturing industry.