Additional funding should be allocated to the Ministry of Transport of Malaysia to address the shortage of skilled workers in the automotive sector, especially electric vehicles (EVs), an expert has said.

The northern province of Bac Ninh raked in more than 1.3 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of this year, making it the country’s largest FDI recipient during the period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

The World Bank (WB) Group and the Australian Government have agreed to extend their strategic partnership in Vietnam with a commitment of a further 5 million AUD to support Vietnam’s economic recovery and protect the most vulnerable from the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to give an additional 99.8 billion VND (4.4 million USD) for a survey to collect information on socio-economic situations of 53 ethnic minority groups in 2015.