Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on May 25 asked the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) to exert every effort toward effective restructuring, while working with the group to assess operations over the 2016-2020 period.

VOV.VN -Ho Chi Minh City is making every effort to reactivate several key projects that have been shelved for years with the aim of helping ease flooding and traffic congestion.

A ceremony was held in Samneua District, Laos' Houaphanh Province on May 15 to hand over and put into operation Nong Khang Airport, which is expected to play a strategic role in the economic development of the northeast of Laos and Houaphanh Province in particular.

The support of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in capital, consultation, and technology transfer serving environmental protection projects in Ho Chi Minh City has actively contributed to the southern economic hub's realization of net-zero goal by 2050 and future sustainable development, affirmed a municipal official.

Foreign investors still put their trust in the Vietnamese economy, but it is important to take measures for sustaining the upward trend in foreign direct investment (FDI), an expert has said.

VOV.VN - Among the 39 countries and territories currently investing in the northern province of Bac Ninh, the Republic of Korea (RoK) leads the way in terms of both scale and investment capital with 589 projects worth about US$13.68 billion, accounting for 65% of total foreign investment capital in industrial parks in the province.

Vietnam's increased demand for infrastructure development in the coming years requires governmental policies that encourage the private sector's participation, said economists and policymakers.

In the first four months of this year, Vietnam saw 41 new projects abroad licensed with the investment from Vietnam reaching US$140 million, a decline of 51% compared with that of the same period last year.

Russia’s Republic of Khakassia is interested in developing cooperation, especially in tourism and trade, with Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, said its head Valentine Konovalov.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 24 hosted a reception for Director of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) Christian Hofer, who is in Hanoi to attend the 4th global conference of the One Planet Network's Sustainable Food Systems Programme (SFS Programme) from April 24 to 27.