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Solar power could be considered an important instrument for Vietnam to fulfill the sustainable development goals.

The plant, the first of its kind in Vietnam, targets to develop a 1-million-ton ethylene cracker with a flexible gas and naphtha feed, creating an olefin capacity of 1.6 million tons per year.

UAE is one of Vietnam’s top partners in investment, trade and labor export in the Middle East.

The joint venture factory aims to produce lithium-ion battery packs for VinFast’s electric scooters and electric cars.

Rapid economic growth and urbanization have increased demand for Ho Chi Minh City’s healthcare services, with more than 30 million outpatient visits and treatments in 2018, accounting for a quarter of the total number of visits nationwide.

Vietnam is Canada’s largest trading partner in ASEAN, while the latter is Vietnam’s 14th largest investor with 174 projects worth US$5 billion.

The group is keen to grow in Vietnam, which is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

More than half of foreign invested firms (53.1%) reported profits in 2018, while 36.7% suffered losses, roughly equivalent to levels recorded for 2017.

Spain took the lead among the 18 countries and territories where investors from Vietnam were active in the first quarter of 2019, accounting for 30% of the total.

UAE has high demand for foreign workers and seeks cooperation in taking Vietnamese people to work in UAE, especially in the fields of tourism and hospitality, the governmental portal reported.

Recently, Vingroup has announced plan of issuing shares through private placement, aiming to raise at least VND25 trillion (US$1.1 billion).

In 2017, analysts at Union Gaming Securities Asia estimated the gross gaming revenue of the Vietnam’s casino marketing at as much as US$1.2 billion.

The move came shortly after Hoa Phat announced its business plan for 2019, in which the group’s after-tax profit target was revised down by 22% year-on-year to VND6.7 trillion (US$288.74 million).

US enterprises are interested in Vietnam’s policies and initiatives towards developing a digital economy and the innovative startups.

The complementarity between Vietnam and Russian markets would facilitate more investments and trade between the two countries.

As the US – Vietnam relationship is growing strongly, the increasing presence of US companies in Vietnam shows their confidence in the country, VnExpress reported.

By offloading ScaleLab, Yeah1 is losing an opportunity to expand its presence in the global market, as ScaleLab’s full roster of 1,750 influencers encompasses over 400 million YouTube subscribers, and garners 3 billion views per month.

Acecook expected cup noodles to account for 9% of overall sales in Vietnam in 2022, up four percentage points from 2017.

Vietnam would give priority to the energy sector, especially renewable energy; manufacturing and processing; supporting industries relating to the production of computers, phones, automobile and oil refinery, among others, which Air Liquide has advantage of.

The project will improve the road connectivity between the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway and northwestern provinces of Vietnam, enhancing economic opportunities for some of the poorest people in the project area.