The real estate market in the west and southwest of Ha Noi is expected to develop further with the development of infrastructure and high demand, according to experts.

 Viet Nam’s major cities are gearing up to develop homes for workers, planning to construct small studios of some 25-50sq.m. at the price of 150 million (US$6,500) per unit.

 Tour operator Vo Tan Tan plans to offer tours of nipa palm forests that allow tourists to participate in afforestation efforts in Cam Thanh Commune in Hoi An.

 Thanh Chiem Palace (1602-1883), which was a cradle of Vietnamese romanized script, has been recognised as a National Relic by the ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Located on top of Dai Binh Mountain, some 25km north of Bao Loc City in Lam Dong Province, Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda appears to be out of this world. 

 Around 30,000 farmers across nine provinces in the country will get support from Google over the next three years to learn to use the internet for their work.

 Hanoi People’s Committee has approved FPT Corporation’s project on building an intelligent transportation system (ITS) in Hanoi.

 Residents have welcomed efforts to move electrical wires and telecommunication cables underground in downtown HCM City.

 Hanoi faces a shortage of high school teachers that can teach in English, requiring universities to train more students adept at the language to meet demand.

 With the number of apartment dwellers in the ward growing, children, especially in the Linh Đàm urban area, are more disadvantaged than those from other areas. The number of uneducated children here is higher than other areas. 

 Vietnam should develop an integrated system of public transport as part of measures to ensure sustainable transport development, according to experts.

 Developing renewable energy sources is more urgent than ever to meet demand for power, ensure sustainable growth and cope with climate change in the country, experts said yesterday at a meeting held in HCM City.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Japan and attend the 23rd International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo from June 4-8.

The HCMC People’s Committee has instructed relevant authorities to develop software that will allow the public to obtain land-use plans on their mobile phones as a means to avoid the land “fever” that occurs periodically.

 Due to insufficient management, hundreds of hectares of forest in Gia Lai province have been illegally converted to domestic housing and agricultural land.

 The export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products reached 13.7 billion USD in the first five months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent.

 A recent report by the World Gold Council shows that Vietnam remains one of the countries with the highest gold consumption in the world in the first quarter of this year.   

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will continue to work with large foreign distributors to promote exports of Vietnamese products.

During an official visit to China by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultureexpressed interest in opening official channels for Vietnamese pork to enter China’s market.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Hanoi People’s Committee, on May 27 launched the action month for children 2017.