Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha recently said the housing market was facing an oversupply of high-end developments, detracting from the market’s attraction to investors.

 The first two multi-story car parks in HCM City are facing losses as drivers prefer the conveniences of illegal parking lots.

 Launched in 2016 by members of the Dai Viet Co Phong group, “Patterns of Great Viet”has created a rich database of typical Vietnamese patterns dating back from the Ly to the Nguyen Dynasties. 

 According to the latest released Passport Index report, Vietnamese citizens can travel to 48 countries and territories without visas. 

 Many investors in the central city of Da Nang are seeking to sell their small and medium hotels to cut losses as the city has ample accommodation.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam yesterday terminated Tram Be’s and Tram Khai Hoa’s membership in the management board at Sai Gon Thuong Tin Joint Stock Commercial Bank (Sacombank).

 Pragmatic policies are needed for the Government to realise its goal of promoting start-ups in the agriculture sector.

 A new deadline – January 1, 2018 – has been set for the nation to make a complete switch from the popular RON A92 petrol to biofuel E5, but many obstacles lie in the path of achieving it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat have jumped to fourth place in the ASEAN Basketball League after their 78-74 win over Alab Pilipinas on their home turf at HCM City’s Canadian Interntaional School Arena yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Futsal Championships this year, which will kick off from March 17 to June 24, will see two recruits Sanest Tourist Khanh Hoa and Kim Toan Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artisans in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) are asking for financial support from local authorities to preserve ethnic Jarai epics, oral folk literature that is now known by the elderly only.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A couple and their two children aged nine and three were killed yesterday after their house in Binh Duong Province’s Thu Dau Mot City caught fire early in the morning.

Around 15km from the centre of the central highlands Da Lat City, the two-ha field of hydrangea flowers in full bloom look like a very wonderful picture appealing to numerous visitors.

 Vietnam young tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the China F3 Futures tournament set to take place on February 27-March 5 in Anning, Yunnan Province.

 Universities nationwide are going to hold the preliminary rounds of Robocon Vietnam 2017 on March 1-20 to shortlist 6 teams for the qualifying round scheduled to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 1-5.

“Keep Hanoi Clean”, a volunteer group led by James Joseph Kendall, has been clearing household wastes and planting trees across the capital city.

 A workshop was held in Hanoi on February 26 to launch a Vietnam encyclopedia.

 Contributions from committees under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to APEC Year 2017 will help fulfill the Bogor Goals by 2020, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said. 

VietNamNet Bridge - So many big seafood companies have met with misfortune that some analysts have predicted the decline of the industry.

Vietnam and Belarus have enjoyed sound relations in the past two decades, said President of the Vietnam-Belarus Friendship Association (VBFA) Nguyen Thai Lai.