Thirty-six products from 25 businesses were selected and recognised as Hanoi’s key industrial products for 2024.

Funabashi Gaku, a senior advisor at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has made an encouraging assessment about Vietnam’s industrial development prospect and insights into the country’s economic transformation.

Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam has expressed a hope that Tay Ninh’s authorities will continue to support Singaporean businesses investing in the southwestern province in the near future.

A delegation of officials of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) led by member of the Standing Committee of the Luang Prabang Provincial Party Committee Viengvilay Dilaphan visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on October 2.

Local authorities in the southeastern region are making plans to promote the development of support industries for industrial production, which play a crucial role in the economic restructuring towards industrialisation and modernisation.

Vietnam and India see advantages and potential for bilateral cooperation in developing manufacturing industries such as mechanics, electricity, electronics, digital technology, and energy, experts said at a trade connectivity conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 18.

The Van Phong 1 BOT Thermal Power Plant in the Van Phong Economic Zone of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa was inaugurated on March 13, supplying an additional 8.5 billion kWh per year, accounting for approximately 3% of the total electricity output nationwide.

LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam Co. Ltd. has opened a recruitment office to seek thousands of workers for its factory in the southern province of Binh Duong which is expected to start operations in early 2024, the province’s employment centre said on September 18.

From now to 2025, Bac Giang will step up investment attraction to draw domestic and foreign resources for industrial development, said Director of the northern province’s Department of Industry and Trade Tran Quang Tan.

The northern province of Bac Giang will earmark 3.5 billion VND (149,250 USD) to activities to facilitate industrial development in the province. The funds have been approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

The decline of the processing and manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2023, leading to a decline in economic growth, signals an urgently need to have effective policies and solutions to support the economy.

The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in collaboration with the Jakarta-based Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) held a workshop on industrial development in Vietnam in Hanoi on December 28.

With appropriate strategies, open policies, promoted administrative reform, and upgraded transport infrastructure, Long An province is considered a bright spot in attracting investment in industrial development in the Southern Key Economic Zone and the Mekong Delta region.

The Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) on September 12 hosted a meeting with a business delegation from Taiwan (China) to introduce cooperation and investment opportunities in the northern city.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has affirmed the viewpoint of selective investment attraction in industrial development, including prioritising environmentally friendly projects.

The northern central province of Thanh Hoa is striving to obtain fast and sustainable economic development and become a new growth powerhouse in the region, according to local authorities.

The northern city of Hai Phong has attracted 755.75 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) to local industrial parks (IPs) and economic zones (EZs) in the first half of 2022, raising total FDI there to 22.07 billion USD.

The northern province of Bac Giang is focusing on increasing its ranking in the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) rankings, said Chairman of the provincial People's Committee.

The People’s Committee of northern Bac Giang province has granted investment registration certificates to two industrial park (IP) development projects with a combined capital of nearly 4 trillion VND (174.72 million USD).

The northern province of Vinh Phuc will mobilise different economic sectors to boost support industries.