Vietnamese IT giant FPT Corporation posted a 28 percent increase in pretax profit in the first 9 months of the year, mainly contributed by its technology sector.
Vietnam will partner with Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo and tech firm NEC to build a satellite to forecast weather and survey damage caused by disasters.
Overseas investment projects of Vietnamese state-owned enterprises made losses of $367 million in 2018, up 265 percent year-on-year, a government report said.
Iran hit out at the United States on Monday for "causing tensions" after President Donald Trump said his government was not seeking regime change and that he would welcome talks with Tehran.
