The index of industrial production in the first quarter continued to flourish with a year-on-year increase of 7.07 percent, the General Statistics Office said.
The shipment of nine modules for the oil and gas pipeline system at the methanol plant of the Sarawak Petrochemical Refinery has left Republic of Korea’s heavy industries Doosan Vietnam (Doosan Vina)’s port for installation at the Sarawak Refinery located in the coastal Bintulu City, Malaysia.
An IT park covering an area of about 274 hectares will be built in the northern province of Bac Ninh, according to a decision by the provincial People’s Committee.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has approved the sovereign credit rating improvement project by 2030, part of an effort to make Vietnam a developing and upper-middle-income country with modern industry, heightening the country’s international reputation and reducing credit risks.
Vietnam exported 1.48 million tonnes of rice, worth 715 million USD, in the first three months this year, up 24 percent in volume and 10.5 percent in value against the same period last year.
The National Private Economic Development Research Board and the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City have launched an initiative to develop a chief information officer network for the wood and wood processing industry to foster its digital transformation.
The latest draft National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2045 (PDP VIII) has made drastic reduction of CO2 emissions with no new coal-fired power plants to be built in the planning period, and with the switch from coal and natural gas to biomass, ammonia, and hydrogen, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.
The Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum 2022, which opened on April 15 discussed policy mechanisms, challenges and solutions in boosting digital transformation and improving business competitiveness.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Australia is growing strongly, reaching 1.38 billion USD in the first quarter of 2022, a surge of 32.36 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.