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Districts to manage parks in HCM City

Beginning next year, districts will be responsible for managing parks and trees, and the HCM City People’s Committee will invite competitive bids from the districts to explain how they would maintain green spaces. 

Growth plan for container depots

Vietnam needs about VND9-15 trillion to develop its inland container depots (ICD) over the next three years, while funding for the following decade will be about VND20-22 trillion.

HCM City prepares goods for Tet worth US$789 million

The volume of prepared goods for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has increased by 20-30 percent against the volume last year, according to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade.

PM requests stronger changes in economic competitiveness in 2018

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all sectors, localities and enterprises to work together to make stronger changes in the competitiveness of the economy while concluding an online conference 

Government leader calls for greater anti-corruption efforts

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local leaders to pay more attention to combating corruption while stressing the need to ban giving and taking gifts during the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Vietnam provides training to help farmers professionalize

Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen, deputy director of the Department of Co-operatives and Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay ...

HCM City Book Street attracts 2.4m visitors

The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 has attracted 2.4 million visitors this year, earning a turnover of VND50 billion (US$2.2 million), according to the Viet Nam Publishers Association (VNPA).

Vietnam-China Association reviews achievements

The Vietnam–China Friendship Association in HCM City yesterday reviewed its achievements over the last five years and made plans to hold more cultural exchange events, seek more financial resources, 

Tet arrives early for Tham Phang Village

 VietNamNet Bridge – Villagers in Tham Phang Village in Muong Ang District of Dien Bien Province are celebrating Tet during one of the coldest winters in the region.

Detailed assessments of private firms needed

Dau Anh Tuan, head of the VCCI’s Legal Department and director of the project on enhancing provincial competitiveness talks to Thoi bao kinh te Viet Nam, about the importance of assessing companies’ capability

Hanoi to inspect enterprises owing social insurance payments

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s authorities have ordered the city’s inspectors to inspect enterprises with long overdue social insurance premiums. 

Vietnamese rush to invest in bitcoin, blowing bitcoin bubble

Calls for investing in bitcoin are numerous on the internet, with many ‘secret societies’ set up persuading people to deposit bitcoins.

Realist artists depict Hanoi life

A painting by artist Pham Binh Chuong depicting a corner of Hanoi’s Old Quarter in the gentle light of the morning is among the realist paintings now displayed in Hanoi at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum.

VNSO welcomes Year of the Dog at Opera House

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will play Vietnamese and world masterpieces at a concert at Ha Noi Opera House on January 1.

Vietnam certificates $5bil. projects in 2017

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) capital registered to Vietnam topped US$29.68 billion with the impressive return of billion US dollar projects.

Bronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blaze

 At least 12 people have been killed and four others critically injured in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York.

Apple apologises for slowing older iPhones down

 Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some ageing iPhone models.

Kamala Mills: Fire at Mumbai complex kills 15 people

 A massive late night fire that broke out at a Mumbai complex has killed at least 15 people, officials said.

Transport firms urge reduction in road fees, toll stations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Multiple transportation firms have proposed reducing the number of Build – Operate – Transfer (BOT) toll stations as well as road maintenance fees by 30 per cent.

Chinese investors buy a series of Vietnamese companies

VietNamNet Bridge - China is among the four biggest foreign direct investors, and Chinese investors have contributed $280 million worth of capital to 593 projects in Vietnam.