Thai Nguyen is home to hundreds of thousands of workers in industrial zones and clusters – a figure that will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years. The demand for social housing is therefore enormous and increasingly urgent. Recently, several projects have been launched, making the dream of stable housing a reality for many low-income earners.

HCM City is eyeing a comprehensive development project for the city’s waterway transportation to enhance regional connectivity and tourism, according to a conference on Tuesday.

Work has started on a key section of the Belt Road No. 4 – Hà Nội Capital Region expressway, one of the largest infrastructure projects in northern Việt Nam, with a total investment of more than VNĐ56 trillion (around US$2.2 billion).

Hưng Yên has 72 sand mines, including 50 river ones with an estimated reserve of 64.75 million cu.m and 22 coastal ones with around 75 million cu.m.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed a major change to the way low-income urban residents prove their eligibility for social housing, suggesting that ward-level police, rather than local People’s Committees, handle income verification.

Nearly 14,000 engineers and construction workers continued work through Việt Nam’s National Day holiday this week at Long Thành International Airport, as the Government pushes to speed up the project that has faced years of delays.

A ground-breaking ceremony on the construction of a new cargo terminal was begun at the Da Nang International Airport by the Airports Corporation of Vietnam, increasing the capacity to 100,000 tonnes per year.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has recently approved the locations of three new metro stations running through the Old Quarter and near Hoàn Kiếm Lake as part of the city's Metro Line 2.

HCM City plans to make “breakthrough” investments in regional road and rail links in the 2026–30 period, Lương Minh Phúc, director of its Transportation Works Construction Investment Project Management Board, said.

The Quang Tri provincial Border Guard Command, in collaboration with local authorities and sponsors, handed over 100 newly-built homes to poor ethnic minority households in Truong Son commune on August 27, coinciding with Viet Nam’s 80th National Day (September 2).

The transport industry must continue to shoulder the mission of ‘paving the way’ in the new era of national development, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng at an event marking the Traditional Day of the sector (August 28) on Tuesday.