VietNamNet Bridge - The land price in old quarters is quoted at nearly VND1 billion per square meter, but few plots are available for sale.

VietNamNet Bridge - A clip on Facebook showing dark waste water flowing into the My Khe sea near Da Nang has shocked the public. 

The Vietnamese government continues to publicise the portfolio of investment assets to be restructured. This time, it laid out the detailed list of state-owned enterprises marked for divestment during the 2017-2020 period. 

 The total State budget collection hit upwards $27 billion in the first eight months this year, meeting 64.4 percent of the yearly estimate and rising by 10.8 percent annually.

The rupture of two undersea cable lines Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and Intra-Asia (IA) in waters off Hong Kong’s coast on August 28 has insignificant impacts on Internet traffic in Vietnam, said domestic Internet service providers.

 Sexual imbalance at birth is increasing and is currently at a serious level in Vietnam, with the sex ratio at birth (boys per 100 girls) remaining quite high, stated a report on population and family planning, released on August 29.

 There are pay gaps among application groups, programming languages, and scope of work, according to a report from VietnamWorks and TopITworks on Salary in Information Technology in mid-2017.

 Several provinces held ceremonies on August 31 to honour local athletes who made outstanding performance when competing at the recently-concluded 29th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in Malaysia. 

 Former chairman and director of VN Pharma JS Company Nguyen Minh Hung who has been sentenced 12 years in prison in the cancer medicine scam said that brother-in-law of Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien works for the company. 

 Police in District 2 in HCM City are investigating into complaints by residents in Thao Dien Ward that their pets have suffered from mass poisoning. 

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed to remove as much as 3,000 unnecessary business conditions that cause extra costs for many businesses.

 A tropical depression intensified into the eighth storm in the East Sea today (August 31), according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ministries have been increasingly hearing calls for help from many industries.

 Administrative procedures in many ministries, sectors and localities remain complex, causing difficulties for enterprises, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the monthly Government meeting on Wednesday.

The National Traffic Safety Committee has announced 10 hotlines to receive residents’ reports about traffic safety on National Day, which is on September 2, and the start of the new school year.

A regulation recently issued by the Hanoi People’s Committee requires basements be part of new constructions in the inner city.

 With strong support from parent companies, many foreign life insurers are expanding their distribution networks and diversifying insurance products and services to utilise the potential of the Vietnamese market.

 The city has seen positive results from its programmes on “building a civilized city without waste”, according to participants at a meeting held by HCM City’s Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee on Tuesday.

 A new circular issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has postponed the opening of modern slaughterhouses and delayed the closing of old facilities.

VietNamNet Bridge - As warned by experts, the revenue from Nhan Co and Tan Rai bauxite projects has been disappointing.