Leading experts discussed sustainable transportation solutions and the role of science in improving air quality in large cities at a symposium on December 5.
The National Cyber Security Center and global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab have signed a memorandum of understanding to address information security challenges in the country and help the Government build cybersecurity capacity.
Economic experts have warned of challenges facing Viet Nam in 2018 which may cut the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate to 6.58 per cent, lower than the previous year’s figure, at a conference held in Ha Noi yesterday.
Viet Nam has become known for its remarkable feat in becoming an agricultural powerhouse in a relatively short time, but it seems that the benefits accrued to farmers are not commensurate with the country’s comparative advantages and efforts.
The agricultural sector is expected to face serious challenges
when the Trans-Pacific Partnership takes effect, which would require it
to restructure and invest in technology to improve its competitiveness, a
seminar heard in HCM City on October 14.
Local pharmaceutical companies should improve their
competitive advantage before Viet Nam signs the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) Agreement in order to avoid losing their regional
market share, experts said.
Agricultural enterprises in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing
severe challenges as Viet Nam integrates more deeply into the global
economy, the director of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry''s
(VCCI) Can Tho branch said at a meeting this week in Can...
Vietnamese bidders will face many challenges when approaching the
government procurement market due to limited capacity and experience,
experts said in a conference on government procurement commitments in
the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement held last week.
Domestic businesses should be more closely associated with each other
to take advantage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP), Tran
Quoc Khanh, deputy minister of Industry and Trade, said.
Vietnamese businesses are oblivious to the pressures of competitiveness
in the wake of ASEAN moving up the ladder from AFTA to ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) by the end of 2015.
Domestic enterprises seem to be indifferent to the conditions imposed
on their business activities, even though it directly impacts their
investment, Nguyen Dinh Cung, director of the Central Institute for
Economic Management, said.