Some 28 million labourers in ASEAN’s top six economies are likely to become unemployed due to digital transformation and acceleration of the Fourth Industry Revolution.
The 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) closed in Hanoi on September 22, adopting the Hanoi Declaration during its 2nd plenary session in the same day.
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the Peace Foundation of Russia have jointly held an international workshop in Moscow to discuss the current situation in the East Sea and feasible solutions to disputes.
Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue is having a headache removing illegal residents from the citadel’s walls located in Hue city.
Vietnam has actively implemented the Montreal Protocol and measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to preserve the ozone layer, earning international recognition, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts that the financial services sector in ASEAN will outpace that of more mature markets, according to the ASEAN Post.
Some 270 farmer households in the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Tien Giang will receive support to improve their mango supply chain’s competitiveness under the Australia Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)’s project launched in Cao Lanh city, Dong Thap province on September 19.
Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) Ho Duc Phoc received the chairmanship of the Asian Organisation for Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) from Malaysia at the first plenary session of the 14th ASOSAI Assembly in Hanoi on September 19.
The freshly-ended Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) Smart City Summit 2018 was expected to help Hanoi choose suitable measures and steps to improve living conditions for its residents and promote the city’s growth and socio-economic development, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
Vietnamese businesses imported nearly 10,000 completely built cars in August, up 50 percent compared with the previous month, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The National Assembly Standing Committee has commended the improvement in the Government’s handling of issues raised in the NA resolutions and Question-&-Answer (Q&A) sessions.
The National Museum of Nature on September 18 announced new details on a discovery of prehistoric corpses in the volcanic caves in Krong No, the central highlands province of Dak Nong.
The startup culture in Vietnam has taken off in recent years, with foreign venture capital now five times higher than that by domestic players. Thus, it is important to note that international cooperation is crucial to bolstering startup innovation in the country.
The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018, themed “Creating Smarter City and Securer City by Digital Solutions,” kicked off in Hanoi on September 18.
Vietnam’s improving competitiveness has helped it become more attractive to Bulgarian companies who want to invest and seek business opportunities in the country, Bulgarian Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov has said.
The real estate market in Hanoi is becoming a magnet for foreign investors, with the number of experts and entrepreneurs from abroad working in the capital city rising.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a direction calling for urgent measures to improve the management of imports of waste as production material.
Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Hau A Lenh has affirmed that VFF highly values work with the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) to share experience in environmental protection, climate change response and industrial and household waste treatment.
