Update: March, 11/2021 - 15:00 |
Residential market remained most active with total transactions rising by 69% y-o-y for January and February combined, and expected to jump by 73% y-o-y in Q1
Investment into non-residential properties continues pickup commencing in Q4 2020, with retail and industrial properties remaining most favoured
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 11 March 2021 - Strengthened market sentiment helped boost Hong Kong real estate market growth in Q1, unleashing pent-up demand and transactions in both residential and investment markets. The wealth effect was amplified by the stabilizing COVID-19 situation locally and the eagerly awaited roll-out of a vaccination program, both considered prerequisites for sustained economic recovery.
Update: March, 11/2021 - 08:31 | Nguyễn Thị Thu Phương (standing) instructs her employees on how to pack macadamia nuts. VNA/VNS Photo Hoài Thu Hoài Thu ĐẮK LẮK For Nguyễn Thị Thu Phương, returning to her hometown to start a business after graduating from university was the best decision she ever made. In 2014, after graduating from the College of Commerce in central Đà Nẵng City, Phương, from Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province, stayed in the city to work. However, she struggled to find a job that suited her and decided to return to her hometown in Phú Lộc Commune, Krông Năng District.
Update: March, 11/2021 - 07:00 | Exhibition “Home: Looking inwards to the Outer World” features art created by Vietnamese artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo factoryartscentre.com The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre will launch two new exhibitions featuring works by Vietnamese artists on March 13. The
Within / Between / Beneath / Upon exhibition focuses on the art of sculpture by three acclaimed Vietnamese artists Lê Hiền Minh, Richard Streitmatter-Trần and Phan Thảo Nguyên . The artists use traditional and industrial materials like
dó paper, steel, and lacquer to enhance audiences’ understanding of sculpture today. Another exhibition
Home: Looking inwards to the Outer World is a project initiated by the Factory in March 2020, when COVID-19 began to spread across the world.
Update: March, 10/2021 - 08:08 |
A man donates blood during the festival. VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI The 14th Red Spring Festival, the largest blood donation drive in the country, collected more than 8,300 blood units during one week from March 1, according to the organising board.
The result topped the initial target of 5,000 units by 60 per cent.
The drive, launched by the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT), together with the Hanoi Youth Association for Blood Donation and the Hanoi Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation, aimed to address blood shortages in hospitals after the
Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.