Total value of property inventory nationwide has reduced in the first 11 months of this year, according to the Ministry of Construction.

 The coffee industry is restructuring itself to raise productivity, quality and value, according to the Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association.

 Viet Nam will continue to restructure its public debt with tighter monitoring of projects as it deals with the challenge of building macro-policies to deal with the issue, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 9.

 Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram of Viet Nam won four gold medals and set a record at the first day of the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championship in Thailand yesterday.

 Saigon Heat have recruited a 2.08m-tall player in their second match at the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) today on their home turf at the HCM City’s Canadian International School Arena.

 Saigon Liberation newspaper yesterday announced the list of candidates for its 2016 Golden Ball awards.

 The Asian Football Confederation has announced the seeds for the draw of the last qualifying round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

 Badminton player Vu Thi Trang will play Nguyen Thuy Linh in the all-Vietnamese women’s singles final at the Yonex Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge today.

 Traffic police nation-wide will begin a two-month-long campaign to ensure traffic safety and social order for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 A range of activities showcasing nearly four decades of development co-operation between Finland and Viet Nam will take place across the country as part of the “Finland 100 years” celebrations.

 Hanoi is the cradle of ca tru, an ancient genre of chamber music featuring female vocalists. Many talented singers have emerged from Hanoi’s Ca tru clubs.

 This coming December 18-27 the 10th annual Thanh Nien Newspaper U21 International Football Tournament will transpire at the Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City with six participating teams.

 Mother Goddess Worship or Dao Mau, which began in the 16th century in Vietnam has been recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

 The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) says Vietnam appears to be the new frontier of cocoa cultivation and is a promising region for production expansion given inadequate global supplies.

 On December 10, the Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City inaugurated the first robot-assisted surgery centre in Vietnam, allowing doctors to introduce and apply advanced technologies in minimal-access surgery to benefit patients.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has had a meeting with representatives from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism to discuss the decline in the volume of sediment in Vietnam’s rivers.

Vietnam has a long list of tasks to fulfill in order to meet its commitments to reduce 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 under the historic Paris Agreement, Jenty Kirsch Wood, senior technical specialist of UNDP said.

 Two classical music concerts will be held in HCM City on December 12 to welcome the Christmas season.

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 The property market expects to see a wave of developers expand into affordable housing developments, which faced a severe shortage until the Government took steps to promote investment.