Vietnam’s industrial production index (IPI) in the first ten months of 2016 rose 7.2 percent year-on-year, lower than the 9.8 percent level recorded in the same period last year due to a continuous downturn in the mining industry. SEE MORE Mai Tien Dung, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office, has defended a proposal for hiking Government debt to no higher than 55% of gross domestic product (GDP). SEE MORE Stanford University scientists have found a new, highly efficient way to produce liquid ethanol from carbon monoxide gas. This promising discovery could provide an eco-friendly alternative to conventional ethanol production from corn and other crops, say the scientists. Their results are published in the April 9 advanced online edition of the journal Nature. SEE MORE In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. SEE MORE The government will not lift the public debt ceiling but will tighten its financial discipline to develop enterprises and further attract social investment to create the resources needed for reform and socioeconomic development. SEE MORE