National Assembly deputies were divided into teams to discuss socio-economic achievements and challenges during their third working day in Hà Nội on Wednesday. VNA/VNS Photos Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI — National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ yesterday day expressed his concern that this year’s growth target will be hard to reach. He was speaking during the third working day of the third session of the 15th-tenure National Assembly (NA) in Hà Nội. NA deputies reviewed the socio-economic development results in 2021, and discussed plans for further development and budget allocation this year. Discussing the economic growth targets that the 13th Party Congress set for the next five years, NA chair Huệ expressed his worries that the country must try much harder to achieve the gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of 8-8.5 per cent this year. The congress set a GDP growth target of 6.5-7 per cent each year from 2021 to … [Read more...] about Reaching growth target a challenge for this year: NA chair
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Vietnam’s internet economy worth US$21 billion last year
An overview of the summit. (Photo: VGP) The information was released at the Vietnam - Asia Digital Transformation Summit (Vietnam - Asia DX Summit) 2022 that opened in Hanoi on May 25. Nguyen Van Khoa, Chairman of the Vietnam Software & IT Services Association (VINASA), said the internet economy’s size last year showed that despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, digital transformation has generated strong growth for the digital economy. Vietnam now has a chance to promote the internet economy, especially by applying and developing digital transformation applications and platforms, he added. He considered the Government’s target for the digital economy making up 20 percent of GDP by 2025 as a big challenge to all sectors, especially digital technology companies. To quickly boost the digital economy, Vietnam needs joint efforts by the entire political system and, especially, IT and software enterprises, Khoa added, pointing out that those firms should create quality … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s internet economy worth US$21 billion last year
Vietnam’s internet economy worth 21 billion USD last year
Vietnam’s internet economy was valued at about 21 billion USD in 2021, contributing to 5 percent of GDP and rising seven-fold from 2015. An overview of the summit (Photo: VNA) The information was released at the Vietnam - Asia Digital Transformation Summit (Vietnam - Asia DX Summit) 2022 that opened in Hanoi on May 25. Nguyen Van Khoa, Chairman of the Vietnam Software & IT Services Association (VINASA), said the internet economy’s size last year showed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, digital transformation has generated strong growth for the digital economy. Vietnam now has a chance to promote the internet economy, especially by applying and developing digital transformation applications and platforms, he added. He considered the Government’s target for the digital economy making up 20 percent of GDP by 2025 as a big challenge to all sectors, especially digital technology companies. To quickly boost the digital economy, … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s internet economy worth 21 billion USD last year
Vietnamese firms show off food, beverage products at Thai fair
A Vietnamese booth at the THAIFEX-Anuga Asia exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand. — Photo Tran Quynh Eighteen food and beverage enterprises led by the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association are displaying their products in Bangkok at THAIFEX-Anuga Asia, the region’s largest food and beverage trade fair. They are showcasing some unique and healthy products that meet consumers’ evolving post- COVID-19 pandemic such as lotus seed milk, lotus tea, dried lotus seeds, fruit jam pie, organic mango, coconut candy, bottled fresh coconut water with strawberry and salted lemon flavours, coconut butter, green skin pomelo, Habanero chilli sauce, fresh freeze-dried celery juice, eggplant products, pennywort powder, and others. According to the association, the Vietnamese products exhibited at the event meet international standards and are especially good for health. Besides taking part in the fair, the Vietnamese businesses will also take part in a study tour, visiting large … [Read more...] about Vietnamese firms show off food, beverage products at Thai fair
Minutes before school attack, Texas gunman sent online warning
The gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, also sent a message on Tuesday saying he was going to shoot his grandmother and another one confirming he had done so, Abbott said at a news conference. Ramos' grandmother, whom the suspect shot in the face shortly before attacking the school, survived and called police. Ramos gave no warning except the online posts. After shooting his grandmother, he fled the home they shared and crashed his car near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 80 miles (130 km) west of San Antonio. A school police officer approached him outside the building, according to officials, but no gunfire was exchanged. Authorities offered few additional details of that encounter, which is likely to become a focus of investigations, except that the suspect dropped a bag full of ammunition on the ground and ran toward the school when he saw the officer. Ramos then entered the school through a back door carrying an AR-15-style rifle and made his way down two … [Read more...] about Minutes before school attack, Texas gunman sent online warning