VOV.VN - The first quarter of the year witnessed overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City increase by 10% year on year to U$S1.45 billion, according to figures released by the municipal Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

Vietnam will upgrade and modernise its national hydro-meteorological network under a master plan for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050.

The future looks bright for Da Nang as the central city's new development goals has received approval.

Germany’s Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH (GICON®) and the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) have identified cooperation sectors and forms, covering technologies, under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on March 29.

The EU Industry Week 2021, being held on March 22 and 23 both online and in Binh Duong Province, is aimed at providing a platform to introduce green manufacturing technologies, where state-of-the-art and future perspectives of sustainable manufacturing will be discussed and new technologies and solutions presented.

VOV.VN - Locally-produced drugs are set to reach 75% of demand and 60% of market value in the country, with the proportion of using domestic herbal medicines increasing by at least 10% over the course of last year.

One Mount Group, an affiliate of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, forged a cooperative arrangement with Google Cloud on March 17 to foster the largest technological ecosystem in Vietnam, in order to connect citizens and businesses during the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Quang Trung software park in Ho Chi Minh City will be developed into a model of digital transformation, according to Director of the Quang Trung Software City Development Co Ltd (QTSC) Lam Nguyen Hai Long.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will pay greater attention this year to the implementation of projects manufacturing products in supporting industries, as many opportunities have appeared for Vietnam to bolster production and exports.

Ho Chi Minh City has approved a programme to build an eco-system for research into artificial intelligence (AI) development over the next 10 years as part of its efforts to become a smart city and promote digital transformation.