The Hanoi People’s Committee has sent a document to the Ministry of Construction and relevant ministries asking for evaluation of a smart town project having an investment of over US$4 billion.

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities are adopting measures in a bid to complete the traffic infrastructure especially in the eastern gateway.

VietNamNet Bridge - Educators and adults have finally begun paying more attention to school counseling needs after reports of a number of suicides of students. 

Living in the congested city of Hanoi and under huge pressure to perform academically, kids in the capital city almost have no space or time to play. Whatever happened to being young and carefree?

 Running a business is never an easy task for anyone, not to mention those with disabilities. Yet, there are still disabled people who overcome difficulties to pursue their start-up dream.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese beverage market remains very attractive to investors, with growth potential three times higher than the average growth rate in Asia.

 Newly released statistics from Kaspersky show that in 2017 there were around 3 cyber-attacks per second globally. Vietnam is classified as being highly exposed to hacking risks.

 Having spent more than 16 years studying yoga and meditation, Le Thi To Hai, founder of Golden Hearts Meditation & Yoga, is among the first people who have laid the foundation for naturopathy applying meditation and yoga in Vietnam.

The HCM City eople’s Committee will auction nine land plots located at the functional area I of Thu Thiem New Urban Area, to lure more foreign investment to the already bustling real estate scene in the city. 

 VET sought the views of chambers of commerce in Vietnam regarding its business and investment environment.

 The Vietnam Steel Association has sent a petition to relevant authorities to take action, including complaints to the WTO and counter-tariffs against U.S. products, to safeguard local enterprises from the U.S. steel tariff.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese FDI (foreign direct investment) flow to Vietnam has been increasing rapidly recently as Vietnam is one of the destinations included in China’s ‘One belt, one road’ strategy’.

 $616.7 million Cocobay complex, home to Cocobay Towers where football legend Cristiano Ronaldo registered to buy a condotel, is the latest name on the list of projects without a construction permit in the central city of Danang.

 The consecutive decrease in profit makes it questionable whether domestic private Hoa Sen Group can develop the $10.6-billion Ca Na steel project in the central province of Ninh Thuan.

Authorities in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi have requested a local family to dismantle a so-called palace illegally built on forest land.

A number of policies on insurance business, printing activities, property valuation, quality control of vocational training, etc. take effect in May.

 Viettel Group’s revenue from its overseas investment in 2017 surged by 38 per cent from the previous year to reach VND38 trillion (US$1.7 billion).

 The Viet Nam International Cafe Show 2018 opened in HCM City on May 3, attracting more than 200 booths by 100 exhibitors and brands from 12 countries.

 Wholesale petrol traders should make more efforts to raise the market share of bio-fuel E5 in the country, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Do Thang Hai.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign registered investment projects capitalized at several millions of dollars each have been set up in Vietnam. Economists have warned that the existence of the micro enterprises will cause difficulties for domestic ones.