New-style rural area programme improves incomes in HCM City Forty seven of HCM City’s 56 rural communes have met all 19 criteria set in the national target programme on building new-style rural areas, according to the city Party Committee.

Cần Thơ voters informed about outcomes of NA’s 8th session

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has informed voters in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ about the outcomes of the freshly concluded 8th session of the parliament.

Quảng Ninh invests $1.6 billion in development of service infrastructure Quảng Ninh Province has invested more than VNĐ38 trillion (US$1.6 billion) in service infrastructure so far this year to promote socio-economic development.

State Bank warns of NPLs from transport projects The State Bank of Việt Nam has said it would continue to direct credit institutions to strictly control credit in potentially-risky areas such as real estate and securities, especially Build-Operate-Transfer and Build-Transfer transport projects.

Quảng Ninh plans infrastructure for economic development1

The northeastern province of Quảng Ninh has decided to invest in seven transport projects to promote socio-economic development in the period of 2020-22.

Careful planning needed for road toll collection Director of Hà Nội’s Department of Transport Vũ Văn Viện talks to Vietnam News Agency about the city’s plans to collect tolls from vehicles

Bank loans to BOT, BT infrastructure projects worth $4.72 billion Bank loans for build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-transfer (BT) infrastructure projects in the year to September reached nearly VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion), up 1.85 per cent against the end of 2018.

Phú Quốc tourism – objective views

Besides its outstanding potential, the recent development of Phú Quốc also reveals its shortcomings. It is also a challenge for local leaders to take tourism here to a new level.

Gov’t sets deadlines for major projects The Government has ordered ministries and sectors to keep up with the set deadlines of key transport and power projects in its resolution on September 13.

BOT projects need careful consideration

The Government's website (baochinhphu.vn) recently published an interview with Dr Trần Chung, President of the Association of Private Investors in Road Transport, on strong and weak points of BOT projects in Việt Nam