Nearly 80 percent of the customers who buy high grade villas and apartments at real estate projects in the central city of Da Nang come from Hanoi, according to Savills, a real estate service provider.

The Hanoi municipal People’s Committee has issued a decision on naming and renaming a number of streets and public places in the capital city.

Revisions to the Housing Law allowing Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) to buy houses freely in Vietnam are not yet in effect, owing to tardy promulgation of implementing instructions.

The Government has decided to allocate an addition of VND200 billion (US$11 million) for a project to upgrade the North-South railway, section through central region, from Quang Binh to Khanh Hoa provinces.

Vietnam is looking for partnerships with foreign investors to develop Phu Bai Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue into an international one that can serve five million passengers in 2020.