Members of the 13th Party Central Committee worked in group on the national socio-economic and state budget situation in 2023 and plans for 2024, the State budget and financial plan for three years 2024-2026 during their afternoon sitting at the committee's eighth plenum, which opened on October 2 morning.
The Vietnam women’s volleyball team 1 won the International Women's Volleyball Tournament - VTV Cup Ferroli 2023, after defeating the Vietnam women’s volleyball team 2 in the final match held in the northern province of Lao Cai on August 26.
The lucrative ranking event, the Peri 9-ball Open with 104,000 USD in prize money, will take place in early October in Hanoi, featuring some of the world's best pool players.
The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations for Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 16 co-chaired an international conference to seek consultations, study the feasibility, and implement effective data management, governance, and stewardship practices.
With the recently-signed bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Vietnam begins to be a big player on Israel’s investment map, Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat affirmed on August 16.
Big data on e-commerce would help the tax watchdog to efficiently collect tax from foreign cross-border IT services providers, according to Nguyen Bang Thang, director of Tax Management Department of Large Enterprises.
Despite signs of transaction stagnation, apartment prices in several areas of some big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City still increased during the second quarter of 2023, said the Ministry of Construction (MoC).
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s visit to Egypt from July 25-27 has been a success, with significant, substantial and comprehensive outcomes, opening up a new period in bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc.
As a host of Visit Vietnam Year 2023, the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan will organise a big “Cau Ngu” (Whale worshipping) festival, making it a prominent event to attract visitors to Phan Thiet city in particular and the province in general.
The campaign “Put a helmet on like ô” developed Nguyen Khac Hai Linh from RMIT University and Nguyen Ngoc Nha Quynh from Foreign Trade University promote road safety for Vietnamese children notched a triple win at the D&AD New Blood Awards 2023.
The “Exchange books for trees” programme, organised by a charity group called “Fly to Sky”, has been spreading around localities, and received a positive response from the community, especially students.
The current trends in economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and the US guarantee big growth in two-way trade and investment in next 10 years and warrant upgrading the partnership to a strategic level, said Ted Osius, President and CEO of the US - ASEAN Business Council (USABC).
The conclusion of negotiations towards the signing of the Vietnam - Israel Free Trade Agreement (VIFTA) has opened up new and potential opportunities for Vietnam's exports, and now is time for businesses to understand Israeli people’s needs and tastes to promptly enter this new market, according to insiders.
The presence of foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam's retail sector has increased competition among businesses, jointly regulating supply and demand in the domestic market.
Vietnam's banking sector has invested over VND15,000 trillion in digital transformation by the end of 2022, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
FPT Digital predicts key technologies, which will make up the coming digital frontier, include Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity and other prominent technologies such as Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, and Metaverse.
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