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Viet Nam should take advantage of the next wave of digital technologies such as blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and cloud-based services to become Asia’s next high-performing economy and improve the living standards of its residents, experts urged at a meeting held on Wednesday in the city.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of a National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control.

China has lifted import tariffs on 33 seafood products from Vietnam, including many of the latter’s strongest export items.

It is too early to say Vietnam’s public debt is at safe level, especially when the available fund could only cover the interest rate, not the principal amount, said Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) proposed to set an investment capital threshold for PPP projects at VND200 billion (US$8.56 million).

Vietnam, along with Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, has been named one of the four most dynamic private equity markets in Southeast Asia in 2018, with over US$1.6 billion poured into the country’s private equity sector, up 285% year-on-year, according to Moody’s analytics company Bureau Van Dijk.

The 11 projects are estimated to cost a total of VND118 trillion (US$5.04 billion), of which VND55 trillion (US$2.35 billion) in state capital would serve as investment funds for three public investment projects, and counterpart funds for the other eight projects.

​About 70% of the initial revenue is expected to come from VIP gamblers, but Suncity is confident Vietnam’s economy is strong enough to bring in more mass gamblers.

The giant tech firms have deleted thousands of links and video clips.