The important task of renovating and rebuilding dilapidated apartment buildings in Hà Nội has faced several obstacles related to planning, land clearance, and profits for investors and residents, Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper has reported.

The approved land-use master plan for HCM City will have significant impact on the city’s development in the future, Nguyễn Toàn Thắng, director of the municipal Natural Resource and Environment Department, said.

An endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) has been released to the sea after being captured and kept at a house in the central city, a source from the city’s sub-department of Aquatic Resource Protection said yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh, and Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh co-chaired the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore on Friday within the framework of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

The Ministry of Education and Training, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japanese Embassy are calling for applications for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship funded by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) 2018.

HCM City People’s Committee has sent a document to the Government Office to ask Prime Minister to issue regulations on officetel, condotel and resort management.

Social housing development not only improves societal strength but also boosts the economy overall, said Minister of Construction Phạm Hồng Hà, emphasising that Government spending on social housing can lift the real estate industry as a whole.

The real estate sector in the central province of Quảng Ngãi has strong potential to grow, thanks to its geographic attributes but still-low property prices that appeal to investors.

Education and investment in human resources is the most important factor in HCM City’s future development, the city’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said at a seminar held yesterday (July 26).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has told the central province of  Hà Tĩnh the time is right to strive for self-financing. He praised the province for its good growth and high disbursement of public investment capital in the first half of the year.