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Developing energy-efficient buildings is an inevitable trend for Vietnam to achieve its environmental objectives.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to conduct research and identify trees resilient to natural disasters and suited to the local soil.

To reduce the population pressure on Da Lat, Lam Dong province authorities should not expand it but build satellite areas around it, an architect has said.

Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha on June 5 continued taking the podium to answer questions raised by legislators, including those related to the construction of too many high-rise buildings in big cities, especially Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoRea) has recommended that the municipal People’s Committee should be more selective about giving licences to high-rise buildings.

More than 4,100 high-rise buildings in Vietnam are at high risk of fire, the interdisciplinary team of the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Construction concluded in a recent investigation.

With Vietnam set for rapid urbanisation, sustainable development is an urgent task for the property sector, a seminar heard in HCM City on July 19.

Léman Luxury Office has now acquired a reputation as a trendy high-end office building with five-star facilities for the white-collar circle in HCM City. The building is now attracting multi-nationals and leading Vietnamese and global companies as tenants.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to increase the parking fees for automobiles that park on roadsides and sidewalks in District 1, 3, 5, 10 and 11 to 20,000-40,000 VND (0.9-1.8 USD) per hour.

Fire prevention and fighting remains a challenge for Hanoi authorities, with many fires across the capital city leaving serious consequences.

Developers of high-rise buildings that violate safety regulations will not be eligible for future land allocation or land lease, according to the People’s Committee of Hanoi.

HCM City’s Urban Railway Management Board has submitted a plan to link the urban railway system underground with high-rise buildings, apartments and shopping complexes.

Ho Chi Minh City should make a regular survey of trees to provide decision makers with information to make sustainable plans for adapting to climate change.

The central province of Khanh Hoa plans to make Nha Trang Beach an ecological park where seaside buildings can only have 40 floors at most.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued regulations on the general planning and management of high-rise buildings in the five main districts of Hanoi.

Hanoi will purchase two planes to improve the city's capacity to fight fires at high-rise buildings, the municipal authority has said.