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Tightening credit for luxury home purchases might rock realty market: experts

If credit policies for luxury home puchases were tightened, it could be a shock for the property market, experts have warned.

 

Major projects languish as speculators abandon land plots

Property speculation and a lack of roads and facilities such as hospitals, schools and shopping malls have led to a number of so-called “deserted towns” in real estate hotspots in HCM City.

 

VN start-up based in US launches first on-demand expert service cloud for analytics

On-demand expert platform and artificial intelligence innovator Got It on Wednesday US time launched Querychat for cloud data warehouses starting with Google BigQuery.

 

China exempts tariffs on 33 Vietnamese seafood exports

China has exempted tariffs on 33 kinds of Vietnamese seafood exports, the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has said.

 

Tax payers have right to appeal audit decisions: NA deputies

Tax payers can appeal the decisions of State audit agencies if they believe the decisions are illegal or harmful to their operation, National Assembly deputies said on Friday.

 

Vietnamese businesses eye trade promotion in RCEP region

Vietnamese enterprises were looking forward to promoting their businesses under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to take advantage of a market that is home to 50% of the global population. 

 

Vietnam in group of death for AFC U16 women’s champs

Vietnam were drawn in Group B on Thursday for the AFC U16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019.

 

Scams via telephone and internet on the rise

The Hanoi police have warned the public about the increasing incidence of cybercrime and scams after many people were recently cheated out of money.

 

Officials to be prosecuted for Son La exam cheating

Eight officials in Son La Province will be prosecuted for abusing their positions to adjust high school graduation and university entrance exam scores last year.

 

Auchan shocked at sales riot

A representative from Supermarket giant Auchan Vietnam expressed shock at what they described as shameful behaviour customers at a recent sale at its stores.

US$1.2bil. to be spent on forest protection

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a project worth VND28trn (USD1.2bn) to protect forests in the Central Highlands.

 

Vietnamese PM’s visit expected to foster multifaceted partnership with Sweden

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming visit to Sweden from May 26-28 is hoped to further strengthen the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

 

Industry hoped to help Vietnam overcome middle-income trap

Policies to develop the industrial sector will be the key to keeping Vietnam’s out of the middle income trap, experts said at a workshop in Hanoi on May 23.

 

Support given to Vietnamese Cambodians in Kampong Chhnang

An inter-sectoral working delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong has visited Vietnamese Cambodians in Boribour district of Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province.

 

Viettel group establishes seventh subsidiary

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) on May 24 established Viettel High Technology Industries Corporation (VHT), its seventh subsidiary.

 

ASEAN-Australia Joint Cooperation Committee holds 9th meeting

The 9th meeting of the ASEAN-Australia Joint Cooperation Committee took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 24.

 

HCM City fosters partnership with German state of Hessen

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan paid a working visit to Hessen state of Germany from May 22-24.

 

Bac Giang’s early litchi sold at good price

The northern province of Bac Giang is well-known for its litchi. This early litchi season, farmers in the in Phuc Hoa commune, Tan Yen district are happy as their litchis are selling at a good price.

 

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Full steam ahead for expressway work

Mothers of sick children learn to support themselves with embroidery

At 7pm one evening, Le Thi Ut eagerly arrives at the library on the sixth floor of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) to study embroidery.