Last updated: Saturday, February 4, 2012
Doan Van Vuon's family live in a tent after their house was destroyed in a land revocation that turned violent on January 5
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will chair a meeting next week on a headline-grabbing land revocation case that turned violent last month in the northern port city of Hai Phong, the government...
Last updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land
Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines...
Last updated: Monday, January 9, 2012
Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5.
A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in the northern city of Hai Phong last...
Last updated: Thursday, December 2, 2010
A scavenger of recyclable items wanders through an industrial zone in central Vietnam.
A recent foreign-backed study of Vietnam’s land system found what the people already know: it’s a disaster.
A recent study has found that land management corruption has become a “source of social instability” in...
Last updated: Saturday, September 4, 2010
In 1976, the National Assembly unanimously decided to rename Saigon-Cholon-Gia Dinh as Ho Chi Minh City.
The first settlers
Ben Thanh market.
In his book of literary works about the southern land in the 17th century when the first Vietnamese settlers arrived, Le Quy Don wrote: “From the Can Gio Estuary, the Soai Rap, Tieu...
Last updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The recent ‘land price fever’ in Hanoi brought billions dong to some speculators and landlords, but it also made many other people lose their fortunes.
VietNamNet Bridge – The recent ‘land price fever’ in Hanoi brought billions dong to some speculators and landlords, but it also made many other people lose their...
Last updated: Thursday, June 17, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – A large number of advertisements selling land have appeared in recent days in newspapers.
VietNamNet Bridge – A large number of advertisements selling land have appeared in recent days in newspapers. Analysts said that speculators have been trying to bargain land away over the last two weeks.
Hanoi property...
Last updated: Thursday, June 10, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – The sharp price decrease of land in Ba Vi district has made many land speculators suffer.
VietNamNet Bridge – The sharp price decrease of land in Ba Vi district has made many land speculators suffer.
Ha Noi land-price bubble expands
Ba Vi: a legendary land
< />Real estate bubble taking shape in Vietnam?
Just...
Last updated: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Since Innov Green rolled out its forestation project, 994 families of Cam Muon commune, Nghe An province have to face many worries caused by a company about which they know little.
Background: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on March 10 instructed local governments to pause leasing forest land to foreign investors until the Ministry of Agriculture...
Last updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Draft tax laws on housing and land and the environment were key issues under debate at the opening of the 29th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
According to the draft Law on Housing and Land Taxes, organisations, families and individuals with land-use rights, or those using the land, would be subject to relevant taxes.Most...

