The government of HCMC will open a weekend market downtown in the second quarter to create a new shopping and entertainment venue for city dwellers and tourists.

Subsidence has long occurred in the Mekong Delta, been worsening due to underground water overexploitation and threatened the livelihood of millions of farmers.

 The Hoi An authorities on March 21 inaugurated an embankment project along part of the Hoai River aiming to protect the UNESCO-recognised old town against erosion.

 The worshipping ritual dedicated to Au Co, the legendary mother of Vietnam, was recognised as national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a ceremony held in Phu Tho Province on March 21.

 Brazil's federal police and agriculture ministry said late Tuesday that sanitary and corruption problems found in the nation's meatpacking industry were isolated incidents, an attempt to tamp down a scandal 

 China is approving fewer new biotech crops for import than before, hampering the launch of new products globally and hurting trade, 

 Local automakers have it all to do as tariffs on imported CBU vehicles from ASEAN are cut.

 Shopping mall developers need to think carefully when trying to carve out a market share in Vietnam.

Luxury scooters are now the focus of motorbike manufacturers in Vietnam. High-end scooters, priced at VND50 million and higher, unexpectedly sold very well in 2016. 

 Vietnam spent up to $194 million on fruit and vegetable imports between January and March 15 this year, equal to around an average USD2.9 million per day.

 China’s Hangzhou Design and Planning Institute have been invited to participate in the planning scheme to develop the areas along the Red River.

 Local authorities in Vietnam have warned about the large import of meat from Brazil following a recent rotten meat scandal in the South American country.

 Strategic investors may be able to sell their shares in a State-owned enterprise (SOE) three years after the firm is equitised, according to the finance ministry.

One of the government policies on the management, provision and use of internet services and online information states that only information in accordance with Vietnamese laws may be transmitted to internet users within Vietnam.

 Investor flight from build-operate-transfer (BOT) traffic projects is triggering worries that the Government must rethink how to promote private investments in BOT infrastructure projects, experts said.

 More organizations are offering new financial products and services that are changing the form and nature of the market and are shaping the future of financial inclusion.

 Vietnam’s packaging industry continues to expand, driven by growing demand for food and beverages processed and packaged in a modern way, according to experts.

Vietnam’s total export and import value in the fortnight of March reached US$16.6 billion, of which export revenue made up $7.81 billion, the General Department of Customs reported.

 Vietnamese athletes will take part in the 10th Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, which will be held in Doha, Qatar, on March 22.

 The Saigon Heat will meet the league-leading Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions in the penultimate match of the qualifying round of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) tonight.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam moved up five spots to No 630 in the latest men’s singles world rankings released by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Coco Rocha was certainly dressed to impress on March 21, when she arrived in Ho Chi Minh City headed for some local shows in a sleeveless high fashion baby blue dress.

 Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is expanding a program to remove counterfeit goods from its website this spring as part of a broader push to assure brand owners that the online retailer is an ally rather than a threat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to open special street-food areas in District 1 as part of a pilot programme to move vendors to designated pavements, among other plans to improve the liveability of the city.

 Wastewater treatment is an urgent issue of public concern, especially in the face of climate change and development of industrial parks and industrial clusters, authorities have said.