Hanoi (VNA), Jan. 25 -- According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, currently many industrial firms of Vietnam have not mastered the core technology , and they mainly join sections of low technological contents and added values.

Industry is taken as one of the important spearhead sector that can contribute to the economic growth. Yet, over the recent past, the development of many sectors like engineering , automobile and even support industry still fail to catch up with the common development of many countries in the region.

This is also a main content discussed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in a recent Hanoi meeting on the industrial development

A report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade pointed out major shortcomings...