Dow and DEEP C signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on April 17 in Hanoi on building the first road using recycled plastics, at the DEEP C Industrial Complex in the northern city of Hai Phong. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on boosting the application of information technology to support socio-economic development and security in areas inhabited by ethnic minority groups during 2019-2025.

Hanoi FC took revenge by beating Yangon United 5-2 in their second meeting in Asian Football Confederation Cup’s Group H action in Yangon, Myanmar on April 17.

Giant IT-real-estate-manufacturing-retail conglomerate Vingroup on April 17 opened VinAI Research, a research institute focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of elevating Vietnam’s role in the AI world.

The management board of Tran Anh Digital World JSC has approved a plan to terminate all its branches, which will be carried by the company’s chairman, ndh.vn reported.

The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards will be compulsory for State-owned enterprises, listed companies and large-scale unlisted public companies after 2025, according to a draft project the Ministry of Finance.

The purchase, designed as a financial investment, will be carried out through order matching or put through method on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE), the company announced.

Greater effort is needed to boost VN ’s national brand value so as to earn higher export value, attendees heard at a forum held in Hanoi on Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese, Czech businesses look to strengthen partnership

Vietnam is considered one of Asia’s most vibrant property markets and a long-term strategic area for Savills. 

The police of the central province of Nghe An on April 17 busted a drug trafficking ring, seizing 700kg of crystal meth and arresting three suspects.

Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception on April 17 for visiting Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Admiral Philip Davidson.

Following the welcome ceremony in his honour in Prague on April 17, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc later the same day held talks with his host Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis. 

Major General Tran Ngoc Tho, former Chief of Staff of Military Region 7, sent a letter on April 16 to US courts to demand the resumption of the lawsuit filed by Vietnamese victims of AO in 2004 against 37 US chemical firms.

Vietnam’s newest airline, Bamboo Airways, is working with authorities of the Czech Republic to complete relevant procedures to launch Hanoi-Prague direct flights, according to a representative of the carrier.

Yeah1’s subsidiaries are still on YouTube after the termination of their contract at the end of last month, as YouTube has agreed to give the company more time to move its content from the YouTube platform, Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

The Vietnamese economy faced further uncertainty due to the impacts of global shocks, according to the Viet Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

The Government should let the private sector develop entire airports rather than some of their components, said Lai Xuan Thanh, chairman of the State-run Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

The textile and garment industry, aiming to take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) with a focus on green manufacturing, is upbeat about earning 60 billion USD from exports by 2025.

Dozens of university students have dropped out after investigations showed that they gained their places by cheating.