Vietnam and ASEAN

Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, will visit Berlin to give a keynote speech at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue Conference 2023 (BETD) and meet with senior leaders and ministers from across the world. During the BETD, Dr. Al Jaber will repeat his call for governments, the private sector and civil society to work together for swift and ambitious action to reduce global emissions and progress the energy transition.

(VEN) - Turning coffee grounds into biomass energy has helped the Nestlé Vietnam Co., Ltd save VND40-50 billion a year.

With lights turned off for one hour starting 8:30 pm on March 25 in response to the 2023 Earth Hour campaign, Vietnam saved 298,000 kWh of electricity equivalent to about 555.6 million VND (23,617 USD), according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s National Load Dispatch Center.

(VEN) - Reusing scraps derived from most stages of wood exploitation and processing will increase business profits by two to three percent.

The Vietnamese team won 17 prizes at the International Robothon 2023 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 26.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy held a working session in Hanoi on March 23 with a business delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) led by the council's President and CEO Ted Osius who were on a working visit to Vietnam from March 21-23.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has an important role to play in the development of modern and sustainable agriculture as it will help with farm automation and optimisation, from weather forecasting, plant and livestock health monitoring to product quality improvement, heard a workshop in Hanoi on March 23.

Education New Zealand (ENZ) and Eduvina Limited Company will co-host the New Zealand Education Fairs in April 2023, with the participation of nearly 40 institutions from New Zealand.

In an effort to remove the EC’s “yellow card” this year, the agriculture ministry has asked the communities to quickly form fisheries surveillance forces in line with the Fisheries Law and the Law on Organisation of Local Administration.

(VEN) - Hanoi is ready to facilitate and provide necessary arrangements to attract Singaporean investors.

CBRE Vietnam has reported that Việt Nam's industrial real estate sector is poised for a prosperous year in 2023 due to a surge in demand.

Metfone, the Cambodia-based affiliate of the military-run telecom group Viettel, and ISI Group of Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation in Phnom Penh on March 29.

(VEN) - Over 500 enterprises have been honored this year with the High-Quality Vietnamese Goods awards, reflecting their longtime popularity.

(VEN) - Given Vietnam’s increased integration into the global marketplace, domestic producers are being urged to meet standards beyond those expected of high-quality Vietnamese products.

The northern province of Bac Giang plans to strengthen communication activities for products of the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) programme and promote the consumption of OCOP products associated with tourism activities this year.