VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is seeking US$1.9 billion for the second phase of metro line No 5, which extends from the new Can Giuoc Bus Station in District 8 to the Bay Hien intersection in Tan Binh District.

 Shares of many big enterprises have become hot commodities in recent days on the over-the-counter (OTC) market as investors bet on yet to list companies to be superstars on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM).

Total FDI registered in the country saw a year-on-year decline of 10.5 per cent in the 11 months of this year to $18.1 billion, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

 The online tax refund pilot project would be implemented in 13 municipal taxation departments this year and expanded next year.

 Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-level Party and State delegation left Hanoi on November 28 for Cuba to attend the State funeral for Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who passed away on November 25. 

If the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement fails, Vietnam will miss an opportunity which can help it boost growth, but this would not have a negative impact on the national economy, analysts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Enterprises in Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) are finding it difficult to recruit trained factory workers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The mid-end smartphone market segment with prices between VND6 million and VND10 million is attracting more customers. 

The environment in the coastal areas of Binh Dinh province is facing risks – fishing activities, oil spills, waste from shrimp hatcheries on sand, and waste water from fisheries logistics services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Perhaps this is the time for the Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh to show if he has the qualities of a leader of one of the largest and most important ministries of Vietnam in an extremely difficult period or not.

VietNamNet Bridge - As it is difficult to expand production scale due to the limited land fund in Vietnam, local investors are going abroad to develop their agricultural businesses.

Mr. Olivier Do Ngoc, art collector and judge of VietArt Today 2016, a professional young artist contest, shares his opinion on the potential of an official art market in Vietnam.

 The National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center last night warned that Typhoon Tokage has entered the East Sea with constantly changing path jeopardizing boats at sea.

Hanoi plans to carry out the inspection and handling of land management and use at all levels from 2016-2020.

 There is no need to worry about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact which U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said would be scrapped after he takes office, as Vietnamese enterprises can benefit from other free trade agreements.

 Truong Minh Tuan, Minister of Information and Communications, speaks to the media about irritating messages sent from unregistered SIM cards and the role of  telecom companies to control them.

Dead fish drift to Vinh Yen Wharf in Van Ninh District. Initial report says deaths may have been caused by red tide.

With daytime temperatures almost always above 30 degrees, and lows never below 20, the site of ice in the middle of Ho Chi Minh City is an understandable draw.

 VietNamNet presents an article by Prof. Dang Hung Vo, former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment about agricultural reform.

 Vietnam national football team will meet Indonesia in the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup’s semi-final, after the team defeated Cambodia 2-1 in the last Group B match at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium on Saturday.