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The Information & Communications Ministry and Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) has just co-held the 31st meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-31).

Revenue in the luxury goods market in Vietnam will amount to US$957.2 million in 2023, and grow annually by 3.23 percent in the 2023-2028 period, according to Statista, a statistics portal for market data.

On May 23, GrabExpress and Selex Motors, a Vietnamese electric vehicle startup, began testing the Selex electric motorcycle ecosystem for delivery in Ho Chi Minh City. This followed the successful implementation of the system in Hanoi.

US’s Marvell Technology, Inc., on May 16 announced the establishment of a world-leading IC design center in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) by upgrading its Marvell Vietnam Technology Company Limited in the city’s District 7.

The retail rental space has maintained a steady occupancy rate of 92 percent during the first quarter of 2023, with a slight decrease of 0.4 percent compared to the previous year.

Vietnamese education firm MindX has obtained US$15 million in Series B funding in a round led by a Singaporean private equity fund.

The final round of Da Nang Code League 2023 happened in campus CodeCation FPT Complex (sited in Da Nang City), identifying three winners in three categories.

As many as 400 domestic and foreign enterprises will join the 21st international medical, hospital and pharmaceutical exhibition (Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo), slated to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from August 3-5.

More than 1,000 agricultural and specialty products from over 20 provinces and cities across the country are being exhibited at Gigamall in HCMC’s Thu Duc city as part of the Regional Agricultural and Specialty Product Festival.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) announced that it would launch a direct flight between Hanoi and Melbourne, starting on June 15.

The GSM (Green - Smart - Mobility) Joint Stock Company – the first taxi service supplier using electric cars in Vietnam, will officially provide its service in HCMC from April 30.

The Global Sourcing Fair Vietnam 2023, an event connecting global buyers with suppliers in Vietnam and other Asian countries, was opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, on April 26.

Vietnam Association of Architects yesterday held an award ceremony for winners of the 15th National Architecture Awards (2022 - 2023).

Vietnam's budget carrier Vietjet and F Air of the Czech Republic signed a cooperation agreement within the framework of the Czech-Vietnam Business Forum held in Hanoi on April 21.

HansaeYes24 Foundation will give books on various subjects to 100 primary schools in the Southern province of Tay Ninh.

Leading Vietnamese IT service provider FPT Software has opened a nearshore development centre in Nanning city of China’s Guangxi province to better serve the billion-people market, especially in the automotive industry.

Gia Dinh Group and SEP Cooperative of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on April 13 signed a memorandum of understanding on building a net-zero industrial complex in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Visitors to the International Tourism Fair (VITM) 2023 will have a chance to receive low air tickets, tours and gifts.

The 19th HCMC Tourism Festival attracted around 190,000 visitors and saw revenue of more than VND100 billion (US$4.3 million) from participating travel agents by selling tours.

The MOS World Championship - Viettel 2023 officially opened this morning and the national qualifying round of the contest simultaneously took place in the three big cities of Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.