Forecast on Vietnam's infrastructure investment demand

 The Thua Thien-Hue Provincial People’s Committee has proposed the prime minister to permit the development of a casino in Laguna Lang Co integrated complex.

Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) announced opening its first store on September 9, 2017 at Vincom Centre Shopping Mall in Ho Chi Minh City.

HCM City has set a target of renewing 1,680 buses this year giving priority to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. 

 The People’s Committee of HCMC has assigned District 9 to set up a land withdrawal plan which will be submit to the Prime Minister for approval to develop a science and technology park project.

VietNamNet Bridge - The products which bear retailers’ own private brand account for a small proportion in the Vietnamese market. 

 Vietnam remain in third place in the Southeast Asian region, behind the Philippines and Thailand, as FIFA announced the men’s world rankings for August, on Thursday.

A high-ranking delegation from Hanoi led by Vice Secretary of its Party Committee Dao Duc Toan has paid a working tour starting July 31 to Belarus, Latvia and Croatia.

The Anti-Dumping Commission of Australia chose not to apply anti-dumping duties on wind towers imported from Vietnam 60 days after it began investigating the alleged dumping of the goods,

 Ho Chi Minh City will become the second fastest growing economy in Asia by 2021, according to a study by the UK-based Oxford Economics, reported Bloomberg. 

Vietnam now has favorable conditions for logistics services to develop: an e-commerce boom, increased consumption, and shift of production from China to SE Asia.

 PV Power hopes to complete its equitisation in December this year, after having missed the deadline numerous times, according to information published on the company’s website.

 A South Korean man was found dead hanging from a tree in front of his rented house in the northern city of Haiphong.

 The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) on August 10 held a seminar on the development of automobile clusters in the world and experience for Vietnam. 

Increased merger and acquisition (M&A) activities can spur infrastructure development in Vietnam, a current growth imperative, Planning and Investment Minister Nguyen Chí Dung said yesterday. 

Vietnamese taekwondo artists hope that hard training under the guidance of a Korean expert at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi in the lead-up to SEA Games 29 will pay off in a treasure trove of medals.

 Seven Vietnamese cueists on August 9 stormed into the semi-finals round of the Verhoeven Open, a three-cushion billiards tournament held annually in Flushing, Queens, New York, according to the Vnexpress online newspaper.

A ceremony was held by the Ministry of Finance and the State Securities Commission in Hanoi on August 10 to launch the derivatives market. 

Vietnam always attaches importance and gives top priority to consolidating and developing the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive, sustainable, long-term cooperation with Cambodia.

 Hanoi will postpone the opening of a pedestrian street at Trinh Cong Son street near the West Lake until October 10, the anniversary of the capital city’s liberation from French occupation, instead of the initially planned August 19.