HCM City in need of more affordable housing

HCM City is expected to need an additional 160,000 social housing apartments in the next decade to meet its rising population and demand for affordable housing, according to the city’s Department of Construction.

HCM City needs more overhead roads to ease traffic congestion The HCM City Department of Transport is urging the city People's Committee to approve investment for 55 urgent transport infrastructure projects next year, including new five overhead roads to ease traffic congestion at hotspots connecting eastern and western areas.

Việt Nam's economic recovery forecast to be on track Việt Nam’s real GDP would grow by 2.6 per cent in 2020 and hit an 8.2 per cent rebound next year, Fitch Solutions forecast.

HCM City seeks more funds for traffic infrastructure development HCM City estimated that it would need nearly VNĐ324 billion (US$14 million) to carry out 172 traffic infrastructure projects in the 2016-2020 period, according to the city’s traffic congestion and accident reduction programme.

HCM City seeks more funds for traffic infrastructure development HCM City estimated that it would need nearly VNĐ324 billion (US$14 million) to carry out 172 traffic infrastructure projects in the 2016-2020 period, according to the city’s traffic congestion and accident reduction programme.

Diversified activities to be held in ASEAN 2020 A series of business activities in ASEAN 2020 with the chair of Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) as assigned by the ASEAN National Committee 2020 would be carried out this year.

HCM City upgrades cultural and sports construction projects

The HCM City People’s Committee plans to build or upgrade cultural and sports construction projects and space across the city in 2020.

State Audit played important role in PPP projects: experts Experts discussed solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of auditing public-private partnerships (PPP) during a conference on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam needs new approaches to fund development: ADB expert As Việt Nam is estimated to need on average US$210 billion in infrastructure per year through 2030 to meet its development targets, Asian Development Bank (ADB) expert suggested the country should adopt new approaches to get the huge capital.

Investors sought for landfill improvement projects The HCM City People’s Committee are calling for investment in the form of public private partnerships (PPP) to improve environment at three closed landfills sites.