SunRice CEO Rob Gordon, head of Australia’s largest rice supplier, has announced that Australia is suffering a massive shortage of domestic rice supplies and would be forced to rely on imported Vietnamese rice in the lead up to Christmas 2020.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, who is also a Politburo member, attended the opening of the 22nd Congress of the Da Nang municipal Party Organisation for the 2020-2025 tenure on October 21, with 349 delegates taking part.
Vietnam has taken measures to improve the capacity of its supporting industries to make domestic enterprises effectively participate in global value chains.
Vietnamese youths have won the top prize of the Future Ready ASEAN Competition 2020 for solutions to preserve traditional dances of Southeast Asian nations using data science.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 17 urged the central province of Nghe An to form a complex of scientific research and transfer that meets national standards in the next five years, as part of measures to realize the goal of becoming a development hub of the north central region.
An ASEAN 2020 startups forum focusing on new opportunities in the digital age was jointly organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) in Hanoi on October 16.
The initial results of the application of technology in audit activities not only improved audit efficiency but also set further requirements for innovation in auditing in the digital era. To make technology more widespread in the field, the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) must continue to study the matter and act accordingly.
Ho Chi Minh City must work to sustain its role as Vietnam’s economic locomotive, driving growth in the surrounding area and the country as a whole based on its creative implementation of Party and State policies, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council has passed a resolution to merge HCM City’s eastern districts of 2, 9 and Thu Duc into one administrative unit to create an innovation hub tentatively called Thu Duc City.
COVID-19 control, economic performance, and the safeguarding of Vietnam’s sovereignty were among the issues Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted during a meeting with voters in the northern port city of Hai Phong on October 13.
The 11th Party Congress of Ho Chi Minh City for the 2020-2025 tenure is scheduled to take place from October 14 to 18, with the opening session slated for October 15 morning.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in cooperation with the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group opened a space for innovation and experience sharing in digital transformation on October 12.
The central city of Da Nang on October 10 started construction on the first phase of the Software Park No 2, worth more than 703 billion VND (30.4 million USD), at Hai Chau district.
A high-level conference was held in Hanoi on October 8 with the aim of connecting Vietnamese individuals, investors, and businesspeople abroad with investment and innovative start-up opportunities at home.
The Virtual Close-out Workshop of the ASEAN Science and Technology Fellowship 2019-2020 was co-hosted by the ASEAN Foundation, the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on October 8.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations (HUBA) honoured 200 excellent enterprises and entrepreneurs of the city in 2020 at a ceremony marking the 16th Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day (October 13) held on October 7.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Israeli Ambassador Nadav Eshcar in Hanoi on October 7, expressing his hope that Israel will assist Vietnam in innovation and start-up facilitation.
The central province of Thua Thien Hue and Facebook have launched a comprehensive partnership programme on the application of digital economy in promoting the heritage city’s potential and innovation.
Garment and textile companies need to develop a strategy for digital transformation to ensure their survival and future development, a seminar heard in HCM City on October 6.
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