VOV.VN - Vietnam is well controlling the source of coronavirus infection with no new outbreaks detected across the country, while 33 community cases in quarantine have been confirmed during the past 12 hours.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Planning-Architecture and Singapore’s Centre for Livable Cities (CLC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in developing sustainable urban planning in the city on April 26.

As a locality that leads the way in high-tech agriculture in Vietnam, the Central Highland province of Lam Dong holds advantages in cooperating in this regard with different countries from around the world, including India, an online conference has heard.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has opportunities and advantages needed for development of a high-tech economic zone in line with the goal set for 2020-2025 by the local Party Committee, said Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a conference held in the locality on April 19.

To develop research into and the application of artificial intelligence (AI), authorities in HCM City may pilot order placing and public procurement and call for studies from scientists and businesses engaged in the field.

A high-tech poultry incubation factory was inaugurated in the southern province of Tay Ninh on April 17 by Bel Ga Joint Stock Company which is strongly supported by two family-owned European companies namely Belgabroed and De Heus Group.

Vietnam needs to focus more on developing feedstocks and production of intermediate goods, especially in terms of human resources, to enable its industrialisation, experts have said.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese shrimp sector is aiming to boast a brackish water shrimp farming area of approximately 740,000 hectares with a total output of 930,000 tonnes and an export turnover of US$4 billion during the course of this year.

Vietnamese businesses have joined the Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo (M-Tech), which opened in Nagoya, the capital city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan on April 7.

Vietnam will lure more foreign investment in the high-tech industry by offering more incentives and amending requirements for high-tech businesses.