The government has continued to push for the increased use of rubber in the construction of roads nationwide by having rubber resin mixed with para soil cement.
The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) has predicted Vietnam's economic growth would accelerate in the third quarter and then reach 7.17 percent the last quarter to hit the Government's target of 6.6 to 6.8 percent for the full year.
Economists have forecast that the Vietnamese economy could grow by 6.86 percent this year, higher than the 6.6 – 6.8 percent set by the National Assembly.
The east of Hanoi leads the new supply of landed property, covering 80 percent of the total new launch in the first half of 2019, property consultancy CRBE Vietnam announced in an event to review the capital city's real estate market from January to June and the future trends.
The freshly-signed EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will help the Vietnamese steel sector expand export markets in Europe, industry insiders said.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to have at least 80 percent of residents satisfied with administrative procedures and staff by 2020, according to Nguyen Thien Nhan, secretary of the HCM City Party's Committee.
The 10 most popular destinations for Vietnamese tourists in the 2019 summer were recently revealed by Agoda, one of the world's fastest growing online travel booking platforms, said the Vietnam National Tourism Administration.
The Government should enhance macro-economy stability to strengthen the national economy when risks are yet to appear, said members of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council at a meeting on July 2.
The Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) exchanged a credit contract worth 200 million USD to fund renewable energy projects in Vietnam.
The Relics Preservation Institute, after examining 134-year-old Bui Chu Church in the northern province of Nam Dinh, has proposed two possible renovation plans to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has announced plans to reorganise districts, communes and wards by 2021.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the State Securities Commission (SSC) on June 20 jointly held a seminar to launch the 'Project for Capacity Building on Improving Fairness and Transparency of Vietnamese Equity Market'.
Marubeni Corporation of Japan said it plans to invest 12.7 billion JPY (117.7 million USD) for building an instant coffee processing plant in an industrial park in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
The Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks (IPs) Authority has granted an approval in principle for Hoa Phat multipurpose port company to develop a large-scale port complex in the central province.
Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 13 held a meeting with the Vietnam Airlines Corporation to discuss the implementation of an aviation logistics hub project in the city.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasised the need to take practical and concrete measures to control and reduce plastic waste while launching a national campaign on plastic waste prevention in Hanoi on June 9.
Thai firms are stepping up investment in renewable energy projects in Vietnam, particularly solar power, through merger and acquisition (M&A) deals.
The use of non-voting depository receipts (NVDRs) may help foreign investors buy more shares in Vietnamese companies without raising their power.
Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has had a working session with the Innovation Norway and seven other leading groups and organisations of Norway, seeking cooperation chances with them in urban development and management.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Council has urged Tan Binh district authorities to speed up the progress of flood-prevention projects inside Tan Son Nhat international airport to prepare for the coming rainy season.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved an investment project for the construction of the Hoa Binh-Moc Chau expressway under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Vietnam holds huge potential for developing the resort market thanks to high economic growth and growing travel demand, experts said at a recent workshop in Hanoi.
The achievements in the first stage of a project to turn Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city 2020 were listed by its People's Committee at a recent conference.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has given instruction to the construction of Sa Pa airport in the northwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
Ho Chi Minh City was one of five large cities in the country asked to pilot public bicycle sharing in its inner areas under the Prime Minister's requirement in 2014, but the pilot programme has failed to meet demand.
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on May 7 officially opened the first trading session for more than 1.4 billion shares of Vietnam Airlines Corporation, listed with code HVN.
As many as 173 administrative procedures of 13 ministries and sectors have been connected to the National Single Window (NSW) window since it was implemented in 2015.
Seeing the important role of the private sector to local development, Ho Chi Minh City will work to attract more private investment to carry out smart urban area projects and branch out Industry 4.0 services, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.
The southern province of Dong Nai has asked the Government to allocate more than 400 billion VND (17.23 million USD) to build two roads that would connect the province's National Road No. 51 up to Long Thanh International Airport, which is expected to start construction next year.
The creation of a new style rural area in Dinh Quan, one of the poorest districts in southern Dong Nai province, has helped develop infrastructure like roads and power supply, significantly improving the life of local people.
Many giant housing real-estate developers in Ho Chi Minh City are flocking to the hospitality segment by developing or distributing new projects in tourism areas.
The Ho Chi Minh City government has given approval to a local property developer to build technical infrastructure on three land lots covering 38.4 hectares for resettlement of residents in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2's Binh Khanh Ward.
The establishment of the Vietnam Book Day has contributed greatly to restoring and developing the reading culture, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a national conference on April 18 reviewing the impacts of the Book Day since it was first observed five years ago.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has assigned a credit growth limit to each commercial bank in 2019, with priority given to those who met Basel II's capital safety and risk management standards ahead of schedule.
French logistics and transport company FM Logistic has broken ground for a 30 million USD warehouse and distribution centre in the northern province of Bac Ninh.
The number of town houses and villas put up for sale in Hanoi in the first quarter rose to 2,600, a record high in three years, property consultancy CBRE Vietnam said on April 10.
The Government has asked ministries, sectors, economic groups and State-owned corporations to take drastic measures to hit targets set for 2019.
Rising concerns about the environment and livelihoods are setting barriers to developing solar energy in Vietnam, experts have said.
The central coastal city of Da Nang is making strides towards turning itself into an eco-smart urban area, a hub for startups and innovation, and one of the most liveable cities in Asia by 2045 under its smart city development project announced at a conference on April 10.
Vietnam's Land Law has been useful for the last 30 years since economic reform began and especially when perceptions changed as the economy moved from subsidies to the market. However, though its revenues from lands have steadily increased the government has been plagued by improper valuations.
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) targets 32.3 percent of the workforce nationwide joining social insurance in 2019, 33.9 percent in 2020, and 35.6 percent in 2021.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged domestic firms to embrace digital transformation at a recent business forum.
Vietnam's potential and advantages in investment and trade once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) take effect were introduced at the ASEAN Trade and Investment Forum in Brussels, Belgium, on April 4.
The central coastal province of Quang Nam has attracted eight foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth nearly 15.9 million USD so far this year, lifting total FDI projects in the locality to 176 with a total investment of over 5.8 billion USD.
Countries joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) are potential markets for Vietnamese wood firms, said Nguyen Ton Quyen, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Products Association.
The increasing amount of smart urban areas and green buildings has triggered demand for environmentally-friendly building materials in Vietnam, experts said.
Investment group VinaCapital has injected over 1.1 trillion VND (47.4 million USD) into a project at the Nhon Ly – Cat Tien marine tourism area in Phu Cat district, central Binh Dinh province.
About 492,000kWh of electricity, equivalent to 917 million VND (over 39,500 USD), was saved in Vietnam during the Earth Hour, when lights were turned off for one hour from 8:30pm on March 30.
The National Advisory Council on Financial and Monetary Policies met on March 28 to assess the economic growth in Quarter 1 and determine factors that can affect growth in the remaining months of the year, including obstacles in the banking and financial sectors.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) organised a ceremony in Hanoi on March 28 to launch a project to develop the national investment information system (NIIS).
Industrial parks and economic zones in the central province of Quang Binh have attracted nearly 50 trillion VND (2.15 billion USD) to 122 projects in the first three months of this year, the chinhphu.vn reported.
The International Maritime Expo (INMEX) Vietnam 2019 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 27, attracting more than 200 businesses from home and abroad.
That was the affirmation of the Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha at the meeting on the program to build and issue legal documents of the Ministry of Construction in 2019, taking place in the afternoon of March 25.
A ceremony in response to the World Meteorological Day 2019 was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 23, calling for actions to protect human lives and assets in the context of increasing extreme weather phenomena.
The HCM City People's Committee has approved an advance of 2.1 trillion VND (93 million USD ) from the city budget for metro line No 1 project between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Tourist Park.
The Vietnam – Singapore Cooperation Centre was inaugurated in Hanoi on March 23 morning, in the witness of visiting Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean and Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh is working on a pre-feasibility report on an undersea tunnel crossing Cua Luc bay, which will be the largest of its kind in Vietnam, according to the Government's electronic newspaper baochinhphu.vn.
A joint venture between the Hanoi Export-Import Company (Geleximco) and International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company (ITC) has proposed building a logistics centre and Cai Mep Ha habour in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 12 conducted a field trip to inspect the progress of the flood prevention project in the city.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has affirmed that investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will have to stop collecting fees if they don't install electronic toll collection (ETC) systems by the end of this year.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has expressed his belief that the Air Liquide Group of France will continue closely coordinating with Vietnamese ministries, agencies and businesses to push ahead with preparations for its investment projects and improve its production capacity in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Finance and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on March 5 signed a loan worth over 188 million USD for a transport connectivity project in northern mountainous provinces.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism have signed a tourism development cooperation agreement that runs through 2021.
A high-speed rail route between HCM City and Can Tho will help smoothen passenger and cargo transport in the Mekong Delta, transportation experts have said.
The wood and forestry export turnover for this year needs to surpass 11 billion USD, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the agriculture sector at a forum held in Hanoi on February 22.
About 65.3 percent of Japanese companies in Vietnam gained operating profits in 2018, 0.2 percentage points more than in the previous year.
Permanent Government members met in Hanoi on February 20 to discuss the acceleration of the Trung Luong-My Thuan highway construction.
Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam has affirmed that a project on unobserved economy statistics will serve as an important reference for the statistics sector to refine its expertise up to international practices.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a consultation conference in the southern province of Binh Duong on February 14 to discuss orientations towards refining mechanisms and policies on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the new context.