The Vietnamese Government should outline policies to promote breakthrough technologies and bolster digital economic development amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Bank Country Director for Viet Nam, Osmane Dione said yesterday.

EU investment in Vietnam’s lucrative pharmaceutical industry is expected to surge on the back of the EVFTA. EuroCham’s Pharma Group director gives a deep analysis into how the landmark deal can change the EU investment picture in the industry. 

 Eight hours a day, five days a week, 35-year-old Nguyen Thi Hoa (*) painstakingly looks for tiny defects in thousands of apparel products at a dusty garment factory in Lai Vu Industrial Zone, the northern province of Hai Duong.

 Singapore-invested New Wing Interconnect Technology Co. in the northern province of Bac Giang has raised the investment capital of its project by 110 million USD.

 Vietnam attaches importance to friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Belgium and member countries of the European Union (EU), said National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu. 

Vietnamese women have proven more than capable in entrepreneurship and when taking on leadership positions.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese companies may have overlooked one major source of loss to their business: sexual harassment and violence. 

IUCN in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries De-velopment Center and Stockholm Environment Institute have launched a Gender Analy-sis Toolkit to improve gender integration in Southeast Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - The blockchain market in 2019 is predicted to mature and gradually enter a growth period that will bring real benefits.

 It is largely up to women themselves to secure leadership roles as Vietnam moves into the digital age.

 In the past, sunflower lovers might have had to travel hundreds of kilometres to visit Vietnam’s biggest sunflower garden in the central province of Nghe An. Hanoians now can enjoy the beautiful flowers at the Hanoi Imperial Citadel .

Vietnam has a wide range of destinations for travelers to enjoy during March including Dien Bien, Hanoi, Da Lat, Con Dao, and many more. 

While many enterprises have begun using technological solutions to improve productivity, small companies, which account for the largest proportion of total enterprises, do not have enough money to do this.

 A draft law on the prevention and control of alcohol-related problems and other prevailing laws include many contradictions in terms of bans on alcohol advertising, promotions and sponsorship programs.

Despite long years of complaints, the latest amendment of the Law on Investment 2014 leaves several loopholes in Vietnam’s foreign ownership rules, allowing investors to continue profiteering against the spirit of the law. 

Pho Trach Village in Thua Thien-Hue Province has been a renowned location for rush mat weaving for hundreds of years.

 Van-Anh Nguyen and others to play at exclusive culinary and musical event on March 22 and 24.

 The HCMC government has urged the prime minister to handle the difficulties in advancing funds for the city’s first metro line No. 1 to ensure the progress of the project as planned, the local media reported.

The Beijing-based China Railway Fifth Survey and Design Institute Group, the consultant unit that mapped out Vietnam’s Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong rail route project, has proposed two plans for the project’s construction.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on businesses, individuals, social organizations and international organizations to partner with VN in implementing the goals for women’s and children’s safety, gender equality and sustainable development.