The Vietnam Startup Wheel 2019 was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10, attracting entries from Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Japan, among others.

Recommendations were given to Vietnamese textile-garment businesses at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10 to help them develop strategies for sustainable development.

Hanoi recorded positive economic figures in the first quarter of 2019, making the capital city one of the top 10 localities with the best economic governance quality, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu.

The Saigon Hi-Tech Park’s Incubation Centre (SHTP-IC) and the non-profit organisation New Energy Nexus Southeast Asia on April 10 held a seminar discussing startups in smart energy development in Vietnam.

The southern province of Dong Nai earned 1.76 billion USD from exports in March, up 70.6 percent from the previous month, the provincial Department of Industry and Trade reported.

The 37.6 MW Mui Dinh wind power plant invested in by Germany’s Eab New Energy GmbH was inaugurated in Thuan Nam district of the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan on April 10.

The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will organise its general shareholders’ meeting in Quarter 2, officially changing its trading name to Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC).

The agricultural production is in dire need of the international community’s assistance in dealing with climate change, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said.

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific officially announced three new domestic routes connecting the central city of Da Nang with Vinh, Thanh Hoa and Phu Quoc Island on April 9.

The central coastal city of Da Nang is making strides towards turning itself into an eco-smart urban area, a hub for startups and innovation, and one of the most liveable cities in Asia by 2045 under its smart city development project announced at a conference on April 10.

Enterprises increasingly appreciate the importance of human resource management and have mapped out human resource development strategies methodically, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City on April 9.

Vietnam exported 26,000 tonnes of tea in the first quarter of 2019, earning turnover of 45 million USD, up 2.1 percent in volume and 15.4 percent in value year on year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade) has announced.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri has recently allowed Huong Linh 3 Wind Power JSC to invest in a wind power plant project with total capital of 1.53 trillion VND (65.8 million USD).

A “Ben Tre coconut village day” programme will run on e-commerce platform lazada.vn on April 25 to bring the Mekong Delta province’s coconut products to a wider community of online consumers.

Vietnam’s exports of wood and timber products in the first quarter of this year reached 2.3 billion USD, up 15.6 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.

Vietnam’s aquaculture exports will face stronger competition from India in the traditional market of Japan, because India is striving to triple the domestic aquatic product output in the near future.

The daily reference exchange rate was set at 22,989 VND/USD on April 10, down 4 VND from the previous day.

El viceprimer ministro de Vietnam, Vu Duc Dam, exigió a los ministerios y ramas prestar especial atención a las demandas de los ciudadanos vietnamitas varados en otros países debido a la pandemia y también a los residentes en el extranjero, en especial ante la cercanía del Año Nuevo Lunar (Tet).

Vietnam lanzó hoy el concurso del Premio Nacional de Prensa "Por la salud del pueblo" para honrar las contribuciones de los colectivos y particulares del contingente periodístico al cuidado, la protección y la mejora de la salud ciudadana, informó el periódico Nhan Dan (Pueblo).

Camboya decidió extender la fecha límite para la solicitud de cuotas de los empleados extranjeros hasta el 31 de enero de 2022, dos meses después de la anunciada anteriormente, según el Khmer Times.