Vietnam-Spain trade targeted at US$5 billion
HCMC – Vietnam and Spain aim for bilateral trade at US$5 billion in the next two or three years, heard a meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez Castejón, in Brussels, Belgium, on December 14. Speaking at the meeting on the sidelines of
PM seeks to rescue gloomy real estate sector
HCMC – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh yesterday, December 14, wrote to ministries and localities, ordering them to step up efforts to eliminate hurdles facing the real estate market. PM Chinh told the Ministry of Construction and relevant authorities to carry out Decision 1435/QD-TTg issued on
Financial plan for Metro Line No. 1 company gets nod
HCMC – The Ministry of Finance has written to the Prime Minister presenting its plan to increase the charter capital of the HCMC Urban Railway No. 1 One-member Limited Liability Company (HURC1) after receiving a petition made by the HCMC People’s Committee. The ministry has approved the plan to
Tiny fish is likened to “heaven’s fortune” before everyone damns it as a specialty, priced at $4/kg
Only in rural markets in the West can these fish be sold. Haughty is a fish familiar to people in the West. Tiny fish is [...]
Kien Giang breaks ground on 40-km seaside road
HCMC – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang started work on a 40-km seaside road linking Hon Dat District and Kien Luong District at a total cost of some VND1.5 trillion yesterday, December 14. The 12-meter-wide road will be completed after some 26 months of construction, allowing a maximum
Public feedback sought for draft revisions of Land Law
HCMC – Lawmakers have decided to introduce draft revisions of the Land Law to the public to get feedback. At its 18th session on December 13, the National Assembly Standing Committee reached a consensus to gather public feedback on the draft of the revised Land Law and issues relating to the
Hanoi’s 2022 budget revenue to surpass estimate
HCMC – The total budget revenue of Hanoi City this year is expected to hit VND300,000 billion, or 107.9% of the year’s target, according to the city’s tax department. The budget revenue of the city this year saw a slight rise of 2.4% over 2021. According to Mai Son, director of the Hanoi Tax
12,000 Tet gifts to be presented to construction workers
HCMC – Coteccons Construction JSC and Dantri Online newspaper have cut a deal to initiate the “Building Tet 2023” program, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, to donate 12,000 Tet gift sets to construction workers nationwide. Construction workers at over 60
Binh Thuan Province vice chair arrested over alleged land violations
HCMC – Irregularities in the allocation of three land lots have led to a vice chairman of Binh Thuan Province and six others being detained. Ministry of Public Security (MPS) investigators yesterday, December 13, prosecutors from the Supreme People’s Procuracy and local law enforcement jointly
Business tax debts up 3% in Jan-Nov
HCMC – Total tax debt owed by businesses had amounted to an estimated VND126.64 trillion in the year to November 30, up 3% year-on-year, according to the General Department of Taxation. This debt was 10.1% higher than late last year. The department attributed the strong rise to the Covid-19
Ninh Thuan to host international kitesurfing week for first time
HCMC – The south-central province of Ninh Thuan will host an international kitesurfing week for the first time to spur local tourism. The international kitesurfing week is scheduled to last 10 days, from December 16 to 25, in Ninh Hai District as part of the Ninh Hai-Ninh Thuan Cultural and
The ‘hunger relief’ dish once in Nghe An village became a specialty that could not be sold in time
The “hunger relief” dish of one of the people of Tan Nhuong village, Hung Dao commune (Hung Nguyen), has now become a “strange” dish that [...]