Site clearance has hindered several key infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Police in Ho Chi Minh City is seeking for information relating to a foreign man who was recently found dead in the area.

The fate of Vietnam’s new car import regulations will be known next week at the latest as a meeting on February 26 revealed differing opinions among leaders of domestic and foreign manufacturers.

 Police in Cu Jut District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong are investigating the recent death of a 40-year-old elephant in a local forest.

Average monthly salaries for bank employees range from VND10 million ($440) to VND30 million ($1,320) and surveyed banks still find it difficult to recruit and retain staff.

 Thanh Hoa People's Committee has turned down a proposal from Sam Son City's authorities to make a giant cake as an offering for the nearing Hung Kings Festival.

 FDI flows into real estate have been very high so far this year, and a new record is expected to be set this year.

 A gap has opened up between deposit interest rates offered by different categories of banks due to differences in their liquidity, cash demand and status.

 Three State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will make initial public offerings (IPOs) in March, floating VNĐ2.5 trillion (US$110 million) worth of stakes in the market in the second wave of SOEs IPOs in 2018.

Viet Nam has taken steps towards aligning its intellectual property (IP) framework more closely with its Southeast Asian peers, according to the sixth annual International IP Index.

 The European Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) officially launched the European Union (EU) – Viet Nam Energy Facility worth 108 million euros on Tuesday in Hanoi.

The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan to develop non-cash payments, urging all supermarkets and restaurants to put in place cashless payment devices or systems by 2020.

Investing in technology is essential to increase the quality of hydro-meteorological anticipation to prevent natural disasters and mitigate their damages, heard a seminar in Hanoi on February 27.

 The Government will not use public funds to rescue 12 loss-making projects under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said.

 Vietnamese importers have stopped buying raw cashew from Africa due to high prices, a representative of the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS) said at a conference in HCM City on February 27.

 The Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva on February 27 held a seminar on the role of ICT in promoting economic, cultural and social rights, and reducing inequality.

 Three university students were admitted to the hospital yesterday with serious burns after the balloons they were selling exploded.

  HCM City plans to increase the parking fees for automobiles that park on roadsides and sidewalks in District 1, 3, 5, 10 and 11 to VNĐ20,000-40,000 (US$0.9-1.8) per hour.

 A set of criteria to build a “livable city” was in the final stages at a consultation conference hosted by the Da Nang City Commission for Publicity and Education on Tuesday.

 The Labour Federation of Dong Nai Province said they contacted local enterprises to find new jobs for nearly 2,000 labourers who hadn’t received salaries and year-end bonus as their foreign employers had fled the country.