Public housing needs official boost
Priority should be given to perfecting institutions related to real
estate development, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, who is
also head of the Central Steering Committee on Housing Policy and the
Real Estate Market, at the committee’s first meeting of the year in Ha
Noi on Friday.
Tax policies offer enterprises helping hand
This year is expected to remain challenging for the domestic economy.
Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue spoke to the Vietnam News Agency
about measures to assist enterprises and fulfill the nation’s economic
reform and development plans.
Melaleuca forests face fire risk
More than half of the melaleuca forests in the southernmost province of
Ca Mau are at high risk of wildfire due to prolonged dry weather.
Rumours weigh on stock market
Shares on the nation’s two stock exchanges retreated last week on false rumours related to a devaluation of the dong, petrol prices increasing and that the Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV) chairman Tran Bac Ha had been arrested.