Vietnam’s digital marketplace is paying off, with VND8.73 trillion (about US$328 million) collected from foreign suppliers through the official portal as of September 30, according to the E-Commerce Taxation Sub-Department under the Department of Taxation (GDT).

Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Tam said Vietnam is determined to make innovation and strategic technology sectors the driving force of national development, as he addressed an international forum in Hanoi on October 2.

VOV.VN - At a meeting with President Luong Cuong in New York, USA, on September 23, representatives of leading American corporations expressed confidence in Vietnam’s development prospects, and reaffirmed their long-term commitment to strengthening cooperation and increasing investment, pledging to accompany Vietnam in its new stage of development.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Finance Cao Anh Tuan discussed the possibility of cooperation between Vietnam and Intel in developing the semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence ecosystem during his meeting with Sarah Kemp, vice president of International Government Affairs for Intel on May 13.

VOV.VN - The ViGen project is part of the "Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2025" program, aiming to develop a high-quality, open-source Vietnamese dataset large enough to train and evaluate modern AI models.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is regarded as a high-quality investment base with a long-term vision suitable for foreign investors thanks to its great efforts to accelerate institutional reforms, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - Vietnam currently hosts 174 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the semiconductor industry, with a total registered capital of US$11.6 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Vietnam’s B2C e-commerce market in 2024 has experienced growth of 18-20% in the first ten months of 2024.

Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg has confirmed that an affordable line of Meta virtual reality glasses will be produced in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs at Meta, in Hanoi on September 30, speaking highly of the US-based technology multinational’s practical and effective contributions to the Vietnamese economy as well as the two countries' relations.