As an investment attraction of numerous leading technology corporations, Vietnam sees many opportunities to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into electronic components manufacturing.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has expressed its support for the United Nations General Assembly reforms aimed at enhancing the efficiency and transparency of this organization’s operations.

Although there are many opportunities to participate in the global value chain through supplying products and components to large foreign corporations investing in Vietnam, the reality is that too few Vietnamese companies have taken advantage of this opportunity.

About 315,000 poor and near-poor households across the countries are facing housing problems and in need of support, according to the Ministry of Construction (MoC).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to secure the 7% economic growth target this year as set by the Government if solutions to support businesses and people bearing the brunt of the recent super typhoon Yagi are implemented very quickly, according to experts of the Vietnam Institute for Economics and Policy Research (VEPR).

VOV.VN - Typhoon Yagi that pounded northern Vietnam in early September has caused an estimated loss of VND81,500 billion (nearly US$3 billion), according to a Vietnamese official.

The south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh will provide one-time financial support for the installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) for boats that are 12-15 metres in length, as part of the efforts to clamp down on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - A senior Vietnamese leader expressed Vietnam’s desire to receive additional support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to realize its centenary development goal in the coming years during a meeting in New York on September 24 with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Battambang province and the Vietnam - Cambodia Business Association (VCBA) has made a fact-finding trip of some floating classrooms for Vietnamese-origin students on Tonle Sap Lake in Pursat province to help with infrastructure upgrade.

A specific regulatory framework for renewable energy development is needed to encourage private capital flows into this sector in Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, a forum heard in HCM City on September 20.