Vietnam’s aspirations to advance smart technology will help develop the largest municipalities into smart cities in a decade, with the Asian Silicon Valley of Taiwan ready to assist via innovative solutions.

Despite inherent barriers arising from a traditional mindset and the high requirement for trust in the real estate industry, the prospects for proptech in Vietnam are still positive.

Vietnam has become an appealing investment destination for textile, garment and leather manufacturers, in particular from Taiwan.

According to the World Bank, Vietnam has had the sharpest minimum wage increase in the region, a 14 percent rise in the 2014-2016 period.

The Central Highlands has been known as a land of unique and long-standing cultures. 

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Production workshops have arisen on agricultural land while fertile land has been left uncultivated in villages that now face more pollution.

With recent movements in Taiwanese investment, Vietnam is seeking to attract more high-quality capital flows for the economy in alignment with the country’s new foreign direct investment attraction strategy.

Vietnam is in dire need of capital to develop the country’s infrastructure and the Government expects private investors, especially foreign ones, to take part as the State budget cannot afford the investment costs.

Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs, on July 26 (US time) issued a statement on Chinese interference in Vietnamese-controlled waters,

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on July 26 called for stronger determination and actions and continuous efforts to confront corruption.

Mr. Sesto E Vecchi, Managing Partner at Russin & Vecchi, and Mr. Chu Bao Khanh, Associate, talk about the prospects for Vietnam's telecommunications industry attracting foreign investment.

The efforts to improve English teaching and learning quality have been disappointing. English was one of two subjects with the lowest scores at the 2019 high school final exam.

Ly Son, one of important frontier islands of the country, is located in Quang Ngai province, 15 nautical miles (28km) from the mainland. The waterway is the only route to this island district.

VietNamNet Global - Students at the British International School Hanoi (BIS Hanoi) have once again achieved strong results in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program for the 2018/2019 academic school year.

Industrial property in Vietnam is stepping into the spotlight with the signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.

The HCMC-Can Tho high-speed railway project, which is planned to be nearly 173 kilometers long and include 14 stations, will require an estimated investment of some US$10 billion.

Vietnam became the world’s seventh largest market for robots in 2017, and the demand from companies looking to use robots to modernize production remains strong, according to speakers at a recent workshop in HCMC.

A number of commercial banks in Vietnam have successfully recovered trillions of Vietnamese dong in bad debt by selling off collateral in the first half of 2019, according to the Nguoi Lao Dong Online website.

As liquidity has been falling and investors have taken losses, buying and selling activity has slowed.