VietNamNet Bridge - Enjoying a boom in 2006-2007, then witnessing a decline in the following years, the resort real estate market has heated up again, especially in Phu Quoc, Nha Trang and Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

A farmer in the southwest of Vietnam is being hailed by local residents as King of green-skinned grapefruit since he owns a remarkable grapefruit variety.

  Situated in the Van Ha Commune of Viet Yen district, Tho Ha village was once known as one of three major northern ceramic centres, along with Bat Trang and Phu Lang. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Only commercial banks which have successfully reduced bad debt ratios to below 3 percent of their total outstanding loans will be allowed to open new branches.

 Hi-tech agricultural zones in each region of the country would contribute to improving the competitiveness of the agricultural sector once the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) takes effect at the end of 2017.

  From sale to disposal there is an absence of robust control over electronic goods in Vietnam.

 The arrival of the TPP presents Vietnam’s logistics sector with the possibility of becoming a key part of regional and even global transport if cooperation comes from other sectors and also authorities to help it develop.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This special market opens for a few hours, from 3pm to 6pm, and only from October through December, when field mice are fat and often hide in holes to avoid the cold.

A national database of the real estate market in Vietnam will be developed in an effort to provide basic market indicators with greater accuracy and improve the market transparency.

Vietnam will start the construction on its first nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan in 2020, six years later than scheduled, to ensure safety and efficiency, said Hoang Anh Tuan, director general of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency.

Over 70 percent of businesses in the Mekong Delta are suffering from the potentially devastating effects of climate change.

Indicators in National Financial Supervisory Commission report in good shape.

 Indonesia plans to import one million tonnes of rice from Vietnam to meet the country’s high demand, according to Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Mayerfas.

 Vietnam ’s inflation is forecast to rebound to 4.9 percent in 2016 while the Gross Domestic Product growth is forecast at 6.7 percent, according to the December report of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province granted an investment license to Taiwan-based Cheng Loong Binh Duong Paper Ltd, Co. on December 4 for the construction of a 1-billion-USD paper plant.

A flux of investment waves from Japanese businesses are coming to Vietnam’s agricultural sector, which plays an important role in the national development.

The 104th council meeting of the International Investment Bank (IIB) opened in Hanoi on December 4, along with a business forum on global opportunities for local sustainable development in Vietnam. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has told President of International Investment Bank Nikolay Kosov that Vietnam’s Government support IIB’s plan for comprehensive reforms to develop the bank in accordance with international standards.

Vietnam and Japan agreed to boost collaboration at international and regional forums at their 6th strategic dialogue in Tokyo, Japan on December 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Not only urban areas in the lowlands but cities in highlands have suffered from heavy floods which have caused heavy damages and fatalities.