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Land prices have sharply increased in the past month in the centre of the Central Highlands tourist hot spot of Dalat.

The upward inflation rate seen during the year’s first quarter was driven by hikes in energy prices, the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research has claimed.

Philips Vietnam and Hong Duc General Hospital have signed seven-year partnership agreement to provide a comprehensive turn-key solution of advanced healthcare equipment, training programs and service for newly -built Hong Duc II General Hospital in District 12, Ho Chi

From 2019 onwards, tenants in Hanoi’s office market will have even more options to consider, given the increasing volume of office supply to be introduced in both Grade A and B, according to CBRE’s quarterly report.

Delays in South Korean visa procedures have forced many Vietnamese travel companies to cancel tours to the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has insisted that Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line will enter operation in 2021.

Da Nang International Airport welcomed AirAsia’s first flight from Chiang Mai in Thailand on April 12, with 180 passengers on board.

Vietnamese ride-hailing firm FastGo has announced to launch its helicopter ride-sharing service in Hanoi, said the firm general director Nguyen Huu Tuat.

Farmers in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have thrown away tonnes of pineapples since China halted purchases.

The Ministry of Transport has allowed two app-based taxi services GoGar and FastGo to be piloted in HCM City following municipal authorities’ proposal.

The 29th Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2019) is being held in Hanoi from April 10 to 13 at the International Centre of Exhibition (ICE).

The Vietnam Cashew Association has complained about a new regulation which orders all imported cashew containers from Africa to be checked at the ports to prevent the Trogoderma SP worm from being spread into the country.

The Vietnam Sugar and Sugarcane Association is calling for help from the government as many of its members are facing bankruptcy.

The Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee announced on April 8 that the province will have 22 urban areas by 2035, of which Quy Nhon city will be a national marine economic hub and economic development will be focused on

Hanoi is willing to cooperate with and create favourable conditions for German enterprises as a whole and those from Thuringia State in particular to do business in the city, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung affirmed.

A steel project in the central province of Ha Tinh, which has a total investment of VND1.7 trillion (USD73.9 million), will be auctioned at the end of this month following its sluggish implementation.

The first flight of Malaysia’s AirAsia Airlines from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to Can Tho International Airport in the Mekong Delta landed on the morning of April 8.

The tourism property sector has great potential for growth thanks to the rapid growth in the tourism industry, a forum heard in HCM City last Saturday.

Many illegal construction works still exist on Phu Quoc Island despite the government’s instruction to deal with the problem.