The Government needs to change itself in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) in order to be able to govern the country in the digital age, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Up to 57 percent of surveyed small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam believe they will continue to enjoy growing export, according to a research recently conducted by market research company Harris Interactive on behalf of FedEx Express.

Cuba and Fidel are two sacred words in the heart of every Vietnamese, said Nguyen Duc Loi, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of the Vietnamese delegation to the 24th Sao Paulo Forum in Havana, Cuba.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has built a project promoting the engagement of Vietnamese enterprises in foreign distribution systems through 2020 given the modest proportion of the country’s direct exports to overseas markets.

Vietnam’s insurance industry achieved high year-on-year growth of 24.35 percent in the first half of 2018, helping total revenue to reach more than 58.65 trillion VND (2.58 billion USD).

Vietnam Airlines has reached five-star standards for 30 percent of the 700 criteria from the international air transport rating organisation Skytrax, a step forward in its quest to become a five-star airline in 2020.

Tropical storm Son Tinh, the third entering the East Sea in 2018, is forecast to make landfall in coastal localities from Thai Binh to Ha Tinh on late July 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.