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HCM City plans to build more public parks with a total coverage of 650ha in the next 10 years, offering at least one square metre of public parks per resident.

Cambodia’s construction sector attracted 9.35 billion USD in investment this year, up 79 percent from 5.22 billion USD recorded in the previous year, reported the Xinhua News Agency.

The 2019 real estate market in Cambodia has been growing due to increasing demand from both local and international buyers across different property types, the Khmer Times cited experts as saying.

Cambodia put into operation a cement plant with a production capacity of one million tonnes per year in the southwestern province of Kampot on November 14.

Ho Chi Minh City's flood-prevention plans should be focused more on the inner city and be closely linked to overall urban planning, experts have said.

Cambodia’s construction attracted a total investment of 6.49 billion USD in the first nine months of 2019, up 34.7 percent from 4.82 billion USD over the same period last year, said the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC).

Hanoi always attaches great importance to comprehensive, effective and long-term cooperation with the Ile-de-France region in various fields.

Cambodia on August 29 unveiled a master-plan to develop the Bokor Mountain resort, located in the coastal province of Kampot, into a new city.

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on August 21 started their visits to Singapore and Indonesia, aiming to deepen ties between Vietnam, HCM City and the two Southeast Asian countries.

Green urban planning in Ho Chi Minh City’s inner districts should be based on a long-term vision to avoid wastage of land, reduce pollution and improve people’s living standards, a top city leader has said.

A seminar on pooling ideas for the green development of Hanoi based on international and domestic experiences took place in the capital city on August 13.

With the number of cars and bikes on the rise, Hanoi should accelerate planning for underground parking, experts have said.

Maxfield Brown, a representative of Dezan Shira & Associates, has said it is time for foreign investors to pour capital into infrastructure in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City posted an economic growth rate of 7.86 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to 611.5 trillion (26.3 billion USD).

The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved a 194.36 million USD credit package to help four secondary cities in Vietnam build critically-needed municipal infrastructure and strengthen urban planning, the WB said on June 12.

Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha admitted shortcomings in several fields within his remit while responding to questions of legislators on June 4.

Indonesian Minister of Urban Planning Bambang Brodjonegoro has said that the government will decide the site of its new capital this year with the aim of it being ready by 2024.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou has commended bilateral cooperation between Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and the Lao provinces of Champasak and Bolykhamxay in recent years.

Master planning has been a weakness for HCM City for a long time and it could persist, a HCM City official has said.

Sustainable urban development and planning was the main topic of a workshop co-held by the Ministry of Construction and the Danish Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on November 27.