The quietness of the real estate market is a reason for the slowdown in economic development. There are four problems in the real estate market, according to Tong Van Nga, Secretary General of the Vietnam Real Estate Association.

It remains unclear about the foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in the central city of Da Nang, since the city’s Department of Planning and Investment and Investment Promotion Centre (IPC) have given two different figures.

The Ha Noi Securities Trading Centre (HASTC) has received an application to list shares for the Phuc Hung Investment, Construction, Import and Export JSC.

The government has given Japan’s JFE Group permission to make a pre-feasibility research report on a steel complex in Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai.

The HCMC-based Khang Thong Joint Stock Company has just obtained an investment certificate to develop a new industrial park and a duty-free area in Nhon Hoi Economic Zone in the central province of Binh Dinh.

People's Committee yesterday ordered agencies to hasten roadwork projects and control prices of goods before the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Addresses in Ho Chi Minh City remain muddled despite many efforts in the last decade to fix them, city construction officials said at a meeting yesterday.

The sluggish implementation of several resort projects in central Quang Nam Province's Hoi An Town has seriously eroded coastal shores, local authorities warned yesterday.

Vietnam has a big retail market that holds great potential to both local businesses and foreign investors, especially in the wake of the global economic slowdown.

Early next year, Vietnam will completely open up its retail market to fulfill its World Trade Organization commitments. How will domestic retailers compete then?

The Ha Noi People's Committee has decided to move all households in block I1, I2 and I3 of the Thanh Cong residential area, which were damaged by the recent floods.