The number of foreigners buying real estate products in Vietnam has increased, but the domestic property market needs policies to attract more foreign investment, according to experts.
The central city of Da Nang is set to build the first solar farm in the country that could connect to the national grid as early as the first quarter of 2018, project officials said.
The Hanoi University of Science and Technology on October 18 convened the fourth meeting of the NutriSEA project management board under the Erasmus capacity building in higher education programme.
Lack of funds has been blamed for the slow progress of plans to relocate residents of 20,000 houses in slums along canals and rivers in Ho Chi Minh City.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reminded the northern province of Bac Ninh to choose projects that match its plan to develop itself into a hi-tech industrial locality.
A handmade lacquer work from Vietnam will go under the hammer at Christie’s in London today (November 18).
Payment and site clearance delay are major barriers to official development assistance (ODA)-funded projects in Vietnam, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said.
Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for South and Southeast Asia of the US Dr. Joseph Felter co-chaired the Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue 2017 in Washington D.C on October 17.
APEC finance ministers will focus on discussing four cooperation priorities in 2017, including long-term infrastructure investment, base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI), and inclusive finance, at their 24th meeting and related events in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, from October 19-21.
The central coastal city of Da Nang has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists in recent years.
Can Tho University wants to develop links with leading universities from Germany in tertiary autonomy and governance.
A favourable geographical location is one of the central Quang Tri province’s advantages in attracting investment, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chinh.
Hanoi will roll out action programmes and plans to improve air quality in the city based on the outcomes of a French-funded air quality assessment project, said a municipal leader.
Construction of the first section of the Thailand-China high-speed railway will begin in November although there is still a problem with an environmental impact assessment study, Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith confirmed on October 16.
The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee on October 17 presented the Vietnam Women Award 2017 to eight units and 10 individuals with outstanding contributions to social development.
Officers of the Ministry of National Defence on October 17 held a working session with a delegation of US congressmen on the settlement of war consequences in Vietnam.
Myanmar has launched a project to rebuild destroyed houses in the northern Rakhine state under a mechanism of the Union Enterprises for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development.
The Government has submitted to the National Assembly a feasibility study to acquire land for the construction of Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai and pay compensation to land owners.
