The 14th international exhibition of industry process and packaging (Propak Vietnam 2019) took place from March 19-21, 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City introducing many new products and technologies to serve the needs of the food industry, beverage, pharmaceutical and consumer industries.

On March 13, 2019, in Hanoi, the Vice Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy had a meeting and worked with the high-level business delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council by the Senior Vice President and regional executive director, US-ASEAN Business Council - Michael Michalak is the leader.

On March 15, 2018, Can Tho City Department of Industry and Trade cooperated with the Competition Department and Consumer Protection Department - Ministry of Industry and Trade to organize a workshop "Healthy Business - Sustainable Consumption", this is an event within the framework of activities to respond to Vietnamese consumers’ Rights Day in 2019, with the participation of state management agencies, associations and enterprises in provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region.

At the meeting among the Leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the High-level Enterprise Delegation of the US - ASEAN Business Council, many leading companies in the US, such as 3M, Dow, JUUL, Amazon, Qualcomm proposed desires to promote cooperation in technology and innovation.

17 out of 72 submissions passed the presentation round of the contest "Search for Ho Chi Minh City GIS products and solutions in 2018" held on March 13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

According to statistics of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality, the application of management systems, such as ISO 9001: 2015 helps enterprises increase productivity, revenue and profit from 30% - 50% compared to last year.

At the exchange with the press about the Draft National Standard (TCVN) regulation of practice of fish sauce production (Draft) hold by the Department of Processing and Market Development of Agricultural Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinated with the Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality.

Development of infrastructure, ecosystem start-up facilities and promotion of startup, innovation (STK) continue to be paid special attention to the formation of a high quality community of innovation startup.

Within the framework of the project "Implementing ecological industrial zones (IP) initiatives towards a sustainable industrial park model in Vietnam", in the morning of March 12, 2019, at Ninh Kieu Riverside Hotel, Can Tho City, Ministry of Planning and Investment collaborated with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to organize a workshop to announce the results of technical assistance on ecological industrial zones for businesses and communities.”

The Ministry of Agriculture is assigned to carefully study the opinions of organizations and associations on fish sauce standards.