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Two Chinese-invested firms own rights to 21 land lots in Danang

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Danang City said on September 20 that two firms with Chinese involvement own the rights to 21 coastal land lots in the central city.

Serious irregularities found in Hanoi railway project

The State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) has uncovered several financial irregularities in the 13.5-kilometer-long Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban rail project in Hanoi, which has faced repeated delays.

 

Vietnamese infrastructure discourages foreign investors

Many foreign investors have expressed interest in the Vietnamese market but poor infrastructure and logistics have made them hesitant to do business here in the country.

 

HCM City should carefully weigh motorbike ban: Transport Ministry

Authorities of HCMC should study the impact of a motorbike ban in inner-city areas to avoid affecting the daily commutes of the locals, said the Ministry of Transport.

 

Rising automobile imports put domestic sector at risk: expert

Some experts and government units have voiced concern over the future growth prospects of the local automobile sector due to the upsurge in car imports from foreign markets in recent months.

 

POLITICAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 28

Friendship orders presented to Lao NA collectives, individuals

 

Bamboo Airways to go IPO next year

Bamboo Airways, a subsidiary of real estate developer FLC Group, is planning to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020 to serve its expansion plans.

 

Vietnamese runner to compete at World Athletics Championships

Ngan Ngoc Nghia will be the only representative of Vietnam at the World Athletics Championships which began in Qatar on September 27.

French artisan teaches disabled children to make pottery

Parisian ceramic artisan Oliver Oet, 62 years old, has crossed thousands of miles with his Japanese ceramic production techniques to bring new life to the disabled children at Hue Hope Centre in Hue.

Vietnamese romantic poems to be published in US

Poet Tran Le Khanh's latest book, Sự Bắt Đầu Của Nước (The Origin of Water), will be published in the US next year.

NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 28

Jail terms proposed for defendants in fake cancer drug case

 

Ethnic minority women empowered to fight poverty

There were times 30-year-old Sung Thi Sy thought of running away to escape her violent husband, who regularly beat her when he was drunk.

BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 28

 Solutions needed to facilitate export of goods and services to ASEAN 

Quang Ngai seeks to solve waste nightmare

Residents and authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai are still at loggerheads over whether a waste treatment plant should re-open, more than a year after its debut.

Miss Capital ASEAN 2020 kicks off

Miss Capital ASEAN 2020 will be held in Vietnam with the participation of contestants from the association’s 10 member countries in April next year.

Jacques Chirac, former French president, is dead at 86

Former French President Jacques Chirac, known for a carefully crafted "everyman" image but whose later years were dogged by allegations of corruption, has died at the age of 86.

Cancellation of international bidding for expressway facilitates local investors

Nguyen Minh Cuong, Principal Country Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), talks to bizline.vn on the effect of halting international bidding for eight projects on the North-South expressway.

FPT’s profit up 28 per cent in first 8 months

IT giant FPT Corporation reported revenue and pre-tax profit of VND17 trillion (US$726 million) and nearly VND3 trillion in the first eight months of this year, up 21 per cent and 28 per cent, respectively.

 

K-Pop superstars BTS are back, a month after announcing their extended break

Only last month they announced they were taking "an official and extended period of rest and relaxation."

Vietnam Airlines and ST Engineering Aerospace team up for aircraft maintenance service

Vietnam Singapore Technologies Engineering Aerospace (VSTEA), a joint venture between Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO) and ST Engineering Aerospace, was introduced in Hanoi on Thursday.