Foreign enterprises poured a considerable amount of capital into manufacturing and processing projects in the first half of January, according to the head of the investment office at the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza), Tran Viet Ha.
VOV.VN - Local businesses have been advised to make digital transformation of business and production procedures their top priority in an effort to enhance competitiveness and seize upon new market opportunities, particularly as they strive to swiftly recover from the COVID-19 impact, according to insiders.
The Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi has attracted 93 investment projects with registered capital of more than VND90.25 trillion (US$3.9 billion) so far, including more than VND7.95 trillion in investment approved last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology has said.
More than 110 Americans have donated more than US$28,000 so far in a charity campaign organised by Ronald L. Haeberle, whose photographs of the My Lai Massacre turned American public opinion against the war.
An e-commerce site for high-quality Vietnamese goods, at hvnclc.chophienonline.vn, debuted in Ho Chi Minh City on January 21.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has agreed to provide VND1.5 trillion (US$65.1 million) in credit for the PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) to finance the second phase of the adjusted Nam Con Son 2 Gas Pipeline Project.
VOV.VN- “The Magic Stick” has debuted in Hanoi as the first-ever combination of circus and “cai luong”, a form of Vietnam’s folk opera using a signature melancholic song structure nostalgic for the past.
The Australia Renewable Energy Agency has granted aid worth AUD1 million (US$750,000) for a new-generation solar cell development project of a research team headed by Vietnamese national Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu from the Australia National University (ANU).
Ho Chi Minh City will limit the construction of new residential high-rises in districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and Phu Nhuan, under a housing development plan for the 2021-2030 period.
VOV.VN - Hanoi is seeking additional financial and expertise assistance from international financial institutions, including the World Bank, to implement development projects in the coming years.