(VOVWORLD) - The National Innovation Center (NIC) inaugurated its new facility at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi on Saturday. This marks an important step in building an innovation ecosystem, showing that Vietnam is focusing its resources on science and technology development to become a global innovation hub.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city is working on a semiconductor chip and microchip development project and building mechanisms and policies to attract human resources in these fields. This is part of the city’s effort to realize its aspiration of becoming a destination for semiconductor chip design.

(VOVWORLD) - Cooperation between Vietnam and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has developed strongly and practically. Vietnam has proposed initiatives to promote the OECD's Southeast Asia Program, thereby improving the quality of regional economic model reform.

(VOVWORLD) - Ben Tre province is the largest coconut growing area in Vietnam. The local coconut products are sold in many countries. Ben Tre is now promoting the export of coconuts to China, one of the world’s biggest markets.

(VOVWORLD) - Over the last half a century, Vietnam-Australia cooperative relations have achieved impressive results. At an international conference called "50 years of Vietnam-Australia relations: Retrospect and Prospects" in Hanoi on Tuesday, participants delivered presentations affirming that the two countries are working toward closer cooperation to meet the needs of each country and adapt to the new situation in the region and the world.

(VOVWORLD) - In the third quarter of this year, Vietnam's GDP grew 5.33% against the same period last year. International newspapers and experts said Vietnam's economic prospects look bright for the remainder of the year.

(VOVWORLD) - The “Farmers’ network”, launched in Can Tho last weekend, is an online platform that provides farmers up-to-date market data and advice on agricultural issues.

(VOVWORLD) - Efforts to effect a cease-fire and end the conflict in the Gaza Strip have failed as a series of high-level diplomatic negotiations in recent days have yielded no result. The division between the West and the Arab world has created another humanitarian crisis in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - While presenting a report on socio-economic development at the opening of the 6th session of the 15th NA, Prime Minster Pham Minh Chinh highlighted Vietnam’s socio-economic orientations and goals for next year and enumerated the government’s main solutions for achieving its targets, which reflect a determination to boost growth and remove bottlenecks in the economy.

(VOVWORLD) - The largest coffee festival in Vietnam’s northern region wrapped up in Son La province on Monday. The Son La Coffee Festival gave festival-goers a better understanding of the coffee, coffee-drinking styles, and coffee-growing culture of the northwestern mountain region.