HCM City authorities have given approval to five new housing projects worth a total of VNĐ4.6 trillion (US$206 million).

Vinmec Nha Trang, the fourth member of Vingroup’s hi-end hospital chain, was inaugurated in the central province of Khánh Hòa’s Nha Trang City Thursday.

Developers of low- and middle-income housing projects should pay attention to green designs, intelligent technologies and energy saving solutions, Đỗ Đức Duy, deputy minister of construction has said.

The national index of industrial production (IIP) in the first four months of this year surged 7.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

Bình Điền Fertiliser Joint Stock Company (BFC) planned to pay a 30 per cent dividend in cash for 2015 and would enter the regional markets of Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand this year, said the firm at its general shareholder’s meeting in HCM City on Wednesday.

Vietnamese shares yesterday rebounded from a two-day decline on both local markets before the national holiday as blue chips were boosted by higher investor confidence.

Retailers have announced a slew of promotions during the long Liberation Day-May Day holidays.

The business community faces a lot of difficulties and challenges and the Government would like to hear about and resolve them, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told a seminar in HMC City yesterday where he met with top business executives.

Major banks lowered their lending interest rates following official calls to ease business operations and assist the market.