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The central province of Ninh Thuan aims to become the renewable-energy centre of the country, with assistance from the central government's preferential policies.

Viet Nam’s seafood exports to the other 10 members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have increased sharply since the agreement took effect earlier this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

With e-commerce and automation changing the landscape of the logistics sector dramatically, there will be a focus on re-skilling the existing workforce in technology, which will improve the competitiveness of the logistics industry.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged to Viet Nam in the first five months of this year hit a four-year high of US$16.74 billion, a Foreign Investment Agency report has shown.

 If the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway ever begins operations, 15-20 per cent of drivers in Ha Noi will switch to using the train, according to the municipal transport department.

Vietnamese enterprises were looking forward to promoting their businesses under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to take advantage of a market that is home to 50 per cent of the global population. However, they were faced with fierce competition from other member countries.

Policies to develop the industrial sector will be the key to keeping Viet Nam’s out of the middle income trap, according to experts.

Vietnam culled more than 1.7 million pigs as African swine fever spread across the country, with officials warning the disease may penetrate sizable commercial farms next.

The 13th Tinh Bien-An Giang international trade fair is taking place in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang with the participation of 150 enterprises from 13 provinces and cities and 20 Cambodian firms.