The HCM City Real Estate Association has proposed social housing lending rates to be lowered to 3-3.5 per year to create favourable conditions for low-income earners to afford homes.

The national industrial production index (IIP) in February was estimated to decrease by 16.8 per cent over the previous month due to the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Economic experts and scientists gathered at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội Saturday to work on documents on socio-economic development strategies to be summited to the 13th National Party Congress.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has urged credit institutions to ensure adequate funds to meet the capital demands of rice exporters for the winter-spring crop this year.

Việt Nam is in the early stages of developing renewable energy sources and needed to introduce more incentive policies to attract more investment, experts have said.

Vietnamese shares are forecast to advance in March as investors may seize the chance to invest in companies that are about to provide clearer visions for 2019 at their annual shareholder meetings.

A series of co-operation agreements were signed during a conference on marketing to promote Vân Đồn International Airport in the northern province of Quảng Ninh last week.

Thái Bình Xanh JSC and the Finnish group Poyry on Friday held discussions with Quảng Trị provincial People’s Committee on a paper mill project, worth VND11.6 trillion (nearly US$500 million).

Demand for shophouses is soaring in HCM City with the mushrooming of small service establishments, experts said.