Condominiums remain the best bet for people living in big cities thanks to their affordable prices, and not surprisingly the HCM City apartment market is showing signs of recovering after the slowdown caused by the Carina Plaza fire at the beginning of this year, insiders said.

The availability of a series of new foreign domain names in the Vietnamese market is offering more choices to local companies and opening up new opportunities for domain name registrars.

Hardly anyone in Tân Phú Đông Island does not know about the story of Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Thái Dũng.

A recent proposal to stop schooling on Saturday received applause from parents and students, but was frowned upon by schools over fears of breaking curriculum guidelines.

HCM City will waive fees for secondary school students from the next academic year if it can balance its budget without collecting them, according to Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân.

Việt Nam still faces a shortage of policies for start-up development. Ministries therefore are striving to research and propose to the Government new policies for start-up community development, heard attendees at a conference on investment in start-up and innovative firms held in Hà Nội on Tuesday. 

The failure of the Power Generation Corporation 3 (Genco 3) to sell its stake through initial public offering (IPO) has raised concerns about the upcoming IPO’s of the two other similar companies – Genco 1 and Genco 2 – at the end of this year.

The HCM City school system faces a shortage of facilities and teachers for physical education classes for the upcoming school year.

The central city plans to build a logistics complex  to position Đà Nẵng as an international-standard logistics centre for Việt Nam, ASEAN and the Asia Pacific region by 2030.

The rapidly growing demand for organic agricultural produce offers huge potential for businesses to invest in production and develop retail networks, experts said at a workshop Thursday in HCM City.