The loopholes in urban development programming are behind the decline of greenery area in large cities, depriving urbanites of the right to a 'green life' .

VietNamNet Bridge - A ‘hotel road’ has taken shape in Da Nang as investors are taking advantage of the strong rise of the local tourism industry.

A number of infrastructure projects under the BT (build, transfer) mode, or exchanging land for infrastructure, with total capital of tens of trillions of dong have been implemented over the past few years. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Injecting money into agricultural production has become popular among large conglomerates with powerful financial capability. Most of them are targeting organic agriculture projects.

The battle for the "golden land", or prime real estate areas, in HCM City heated up recently after the Van Thinh Phat Group and a partner became the owner of a land plot located in an advantageous position in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some universities have been given autonomy, or the right to determine their training plans and financial issues, but still cannot make important decisions which affect their survival. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Large conglomerates in Vietnam have been quietly trying to buy rival companies or all or part of businesses because they want the companies' land.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi authorities cannot use land for much-needed schools because hundreds of land plots have been left idle or used for wrong purposes.

Of nearly 1,000 real estate products, including land, beachfront villas and apartments sold on Phu Quoc Island so far, 80 percent have been sold to investors from Hanoi and 15 percent to buyers from HCM City, according to Savills Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned preschools have too many applicants for the number of seats available, at a time when the demand for high-quality education for very young children is on the rise. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While the number of general school students has risen dramatically in HCM City this year, the city has no more land to build schools and has been unable to employ more teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Overcrowded classes have been a consistent problem in general schools in HCM City, though big money is spent every year to build more classrooms.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hong Thuy, a worker at Euro Window Company in Quang Minh Industrial Zone in Hanoi, said she has been looking for a preschool for her 2-year-old daughter Susu, for many months. 

More social housing projects will be developed with the involvement of the State, enterprises, and the public, to meet the people's demand, according to Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many preschool children stay in classrooms located in dilapidated warehouses while local authorities’ plans for bigger schools remain on paper.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians in the city’s four central districts, who take pride in being “authentic townspeople”, complain that it is difficult to find schools for their children.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Binh police on September 12 announced end to the hunt for a gunman who killed one person and wounded four others at the Thai Binh City land fund development centre.