Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu have constructed 460 dams at a cost of over 3 billion VND (130,000 USD) to prevent seawater intrusion for about 46,000 hectares of rice.
Hanoi’s Construction Department has announced upcoming real estate projects that have been approved for sale in the market and are being funded by 26 investors.
The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has announced that it will soon set up a “China Desk” in an effort to further entice more Chinese investors to invest in the country.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc granted investment licences to five new FDI projects in the first two months of 2016, the Vinh Phuc Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) said on February 29.
The 2016 National Tourism Year was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on February 22 under the theme: “Discovering the Southern Land”.
Many real estate companies are offering properties at cheap prices in some hot localities in Ho Chi Minh City's north-western region after the Tet holiday expecting high demand from there.
The Prime Minister has issued instructions on agriculture in areas of land rent for rubber replanting and biogas programmes for the animal husbandry sector in Vietnam.
The Prime Minister has issued a decision on mechanisms and measures to implement the strategy for Vietnam’s automobile industry development through 2025, with a vision toward 2035.
Total apartment sales in Ho Chi Minh City reached nearly 7,700 units in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 47 percent quarterly, according to Savills Vietnam ’s Market Brief released on Jauary 29.
The real estate sector reported a reduction of 1.75 trillion VND (78.2 million USD) in inventory in January from last month to an estimated value of 49.1 trillion VND (2.2 billion USD).
Six suspension bridges have been put into service in flood-prone areas in the northern province of Tuyen Quang, facilitating local people’s travel and trade exchange with neighbouring regions.
About 8 million ethnic minority people in Vietnam will benefit from a project to promote their access to and management capacity of farmland and forest land, CARE International said.
Farmers and enterprises have met many difficulties in producing and selling organic produce due to the shortage of good seeds, training and cultivated land, said agricultural experts.
The sixth leg of the Clipper World Yacht Race will begin in Australia on January 18 and finish in the central city of Da Nang on February 17-21, as heard a press conference in Da Nang on January 12.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental (MONRE) punished 520 companies for violating environmental laws with total fines reaching nearly 60 billion VND (2.6 million USD) in 2015.
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