Last updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
HCM City has hundreds of flooded sites caused by flood tides and rains. Total losses caused by floods are estimated at over 14 trillion dong (nearly $780 million) a year.
Floods cause great losses to the city, directly and indirectly, according to a research work from the Institute for Irrigation and Environment. The research, based...
Last updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
VnnNews – Though student anticipated that room rents would increase after Tet, they complain that the rates have risen to unimaginably high levels.
According to Dan Tri, most owners of rooms in “student villages” like Trieu Khuc, Phung Khoang in Thanh Xuan district, Den Lu, Tan Mai, Dinh Cong in Hoang Mai district, Co Nhue,...
Last updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s real estate market has awakened after two months of hibernation.
In the first month after Tet, real estate developers launched many new projects. The first 116 apartments (out of 512) for CT3 Hoang Quoc Viet Residential apartment bloc in the Co Nhue new urban area will be officially marketed on March...
Last updated: Monday, March 8, 2010
VnnNews – Many of the school reports were seen as a formality and 175 omitted financial issues.
Director of the Planning and Finance Department under the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) Nguyen Van Ngu admitted on March 6 that while 100 percent of universities and junior colleges have submitted their official reports to the ministry,...
Last updated: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
After burning incense at the Temple of Literature, Thach left Hanoi at noon on the first day of the lunar year on a trans-Vietnam tour to publicize his “family bookcase” project.
Nguyen Quang Thach (right) presents books to a family. Travelling alone in his auto, reports VnExpress,Thach missed a lot of festive family meals...
Last updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – It’s smaller cheaper houses that will sell well in 2010 according to property experts.
They say that it will be a good time to sell the apartments priced at 15 million dong per square meter and lower, according to Chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association Le Hoang Chau. Anticipating a high demand...
Last updated: Friday, February 12, 2010
VnnNews – While some athletes achieved good records in 2009 and received big bonus from the state and local governments, most returned home for Tet holidays empty handed.
Boxers still practised at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace, Hanoi several days before Tet holiday. Football players are said to have the highest Tet bonuses. Dao Thi...
Last updated: Thursday, February 4, 2010
VnnNews – While apartments were the choice of many property buyers it appears tastes are changing and instead people are wanting street-fronted houses.
After a long period of escalation, prices of apartments in Hanoi have been decreasing over the last two months, coming back to the original prices Investors had hoped that prices...
Last updated: Monday, February 1, 2010
VnnNews – Many are offering gilded and silver-plated dollar bank notes on the Internet, attracting special attention from the public.
The new fashion is to “li xi” people with special bank notes, making the recipients feel happier and luckier on New Year. Those who give the special money also show that they are “connoisseurs.” The...
Last updated: Monday, January 25, 2010
VnnNews – While kumquat and peach gardeners in the north are happy because they can be sure of a prosperous Tet sale season, gardeners in the south are more concerned.
Kumquat and peach trees are on show in the homes of most Hanoians on Tet days, while southern people prefer to decorate their homes with apricot trees. Nguyen Van...