More than 4,100 high-rise buildings in Việt Nam are at high risk of fire, the interdisciplinary team of the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Construction concluded in a recent investigation.

Administrative reform must be transparent and concrete, and “ambiguous language” that bureaucrats can ‘exploit’ must be absolutely avoided.

The Government Inspectorate (GI) has released findings of egregious wrongdoing in the implementation of a number of BT (Build-Transfer) and BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) infrastructure and environmental projects in Hà Nội City.

Four members of a family were found dead from inhaling smoke in an early morning fire that broke out today in Hà Nội.

In a move to relieve traffic pressure and environment pollution, Hà Nội is considering banning motorbikes entirely by 2030, as well as other measures like fee collection in rush hours and stricter regulations of app-based ride hailing services.

Being the economic hub of the country, HCM City has kept developing and attracting people from other regions as well as countries. This migration is one of the factors that keep its real estate market buzzing. Việt Nam News reporter Thu Ngân speaks with expatriates and real estate executives to find out how they see the market now.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on December 20 granted an investment certificate to the China Everbright International Company to build a US$47 million waste-to-energy plant.

Hoài Đức District on the outskirts of Hà Nội will be developed into an urban district by 2020, said Hoàng Trung Hải, secretary of the Hà Nội municipal Party Committee.

A novel by German author Karin Kalisa about expatriate Vietnamese was released in Vietnamese recently in Hà Nội.

The Republic of Korea’s (RoK) consumer goods firms are shifting their overseas focus to Việt Nam, increasing investment and aggressively opening new branches, Yonhap news agency quoted industry watchers in an article on Monday.