A service launched two years to help drivers find parking lots via an app had fallen short of expectations in Hanoi, reported Kinh Tế & Đô Thị (Economy & City) newspaper.

The HCM City People’s Committee is seeking approval from the Ministry of Planning and Investment to expand the Can Gio coastal tourist site from 600 to 2,870 hectares.

Leaders of the Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and experts yesterday discussed overloading at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and mechanism to speed up the airport expansion project at an online seminar in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) has said that it will need close to VND80 trillion (US$3.5 billion) for the proposed expansion project of Noi Bai International Airport. 

The Government has instructed Dong Nai Province to co-ordinate with relevant agencies to do a feasibility study for acquiring lands for the construction of Long Thanh Airport and paying their owners compensation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No cracks have been found during expansion work on the Hai Van Tunnel No 2 after a series of dynamite detonations were permitted between March and June, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s Department of Transport has drawn up a plan to put advertisements on all buses operating on 136 routes around the city after eight months of piloting the plan on 171 buses on 10 routes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Trinh Dình Dung has urged relevant agencies to expand HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport by using a section of military land to raise its capacity to 40-50 million passengers a year by 2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) has announced changes to the master plan for HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport.

The Ministry of Defense has agreed to immediately hand over 7.63 hectares of land to the Ministry of Transport to expand the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in order to quickly resolve congestion there.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has affirmed the need for Ha Noi to become an economic and cultural hub for Viet Nam at a meeting held yesterday, July 31, to review Ha Noi's expansion plan.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After five years of the administrative boundary expansion, the income of Hanoians increased from $1,697 in 2008 to $2,257 in 2012.

McDonald’s, the US fast food giant, is moving ahead with its plan to conquer the Vietnamese market through the franchised shop network. Its first stop would be HCM City.

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The number of Vietnamese businesses have been decreasing sharply in recent years, according to official reports by state management agencies.