According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), housing credit has been on the rise as the property market finds its footing and path to recovery.

Preliminary statistics from the municipal Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention show that more than 10,000 trees have fallen along many streets in the capital city after the typhoon.

With the Chinese real estate market stagnant, Chinese cement surplus is set to compete with Vietnamese cement in export markets like the Philippines, Central America and South Africa. This competition is straining the health of cement firms, a trend likely to persist through 2024.

The number of certified green buildings has now exceeded the target set in the national energy efficiency programme for the 2019-2030 period. Under the programme, Việt Nam set a goal of constructing 80 green buildings by 2025 and 150 by 2030.

Level 5 fires either kill five or more people, or destroy property worth over VNĐ50 billion.

Across the province, 145 out of 182 communes have met the new-style rural standards, with 59 achieving advanced new-style rural status and 12 reaching exemplary new-style rural status.

Long An Province will call for investment and develop 14 new industrial clusters by 2025, its recently announced development plan for industrial clusters for this decade shows.

Bình Hưng wastewater treatment plant and collection network expansion project, the largest of its kind in Việt Nam to date, was officially put into operation in HCM City on Friday.

The effort aims to provide residents in impoverished mountain areas with new homes, allowing them to settle and build stable lives.

Việt Nam is grappling with significant real estate inventory that could comprise nearly 80 per cent of some developers’ assets, raising concerns of potential bad debt and macroeconomic stability, experts warned.

Hundreds of training courses on outlining plans to evaluate disaster risks were arranged to improve the community's capacity, helping them integrate risk mitigation measures into planning and budgeting processes.