Land fever is subsiding
11/05/2021 09:01 GMT+7
The real estate market has begun cooling down after a long hot spell.
At the first quarter regular press briefing organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Development (MONRE) some days ago, Mai Van Phan, Deputy General Director of the General Department of Land Administration, said that land fever halted after local authorities were instructed to publicize information about urban development planning, land-use plans and land prices.
He said the department has received reports from some localities about the local land price performance and it is still waiting for more reports before analyzing the reasons behind the recent land fever.
HCM City s health sector wins regional, int l acclaim Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
05/05/2021 14:05 GMT+7
HCM City s Department of Health is continuing its focus on developing the application of state-of-the-art healthcare techniques at general and specialised hospitals that its counterparts in Asia have also been pursuing.
In recent years, many new and advanced medical techniques have helped the city s health sector obtain significant achievements in treatment and prevention.
Sixteen-month-old conjoined twins who were separated by surgery at City Children s Hospital in HCM City, with their parents and doctors.
One of the outstanding achievements was the surgery to separate 16-month-old conjoined twins in July last year by a team of nearly 100 doctors at City Children’s Hospital, Children�
Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 16:48 GMT+7
At the age of 80, Tran Thi Vang, also known as Grandma Tu, still enjoys sewing blankets for people in need in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
For more than seven years, Tran Thi Vang, also known as Grandma Tu, in Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying district of Binh Chanh, has given away numerous handmade blankets to people in need.
The idea came to Grandma Tu when she saw a stock of leftover fabrics discharged by her daughter.
At the age of 80, she starts a day by sitting in front of a sewing machine at 5:00 am sharp.
Monday, May 03, 2021, 15:21 GMT+7
A traffic jam stretches over one kilometer on Ly Thai To Street in Dong Nai Province, which leads to the Cat Lai Ferry area in Ho Chi Minh City, on the afternoon of May 2, 2021. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre
Many entrances leading to Ho Chi Minh City were crammed with vehicles on Sunday as travelers came back to the city one day early before the end of a four-day holiday.
Many returnees had thought that they should come back to the city on Sunday instead of Monday, the last day off, to avoid traffic congestion.
Salaried workers in Vietnam are entitled to four days off from Friday to celebrate Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers Day (May 1).
Land ‘fever’ starts to break, prices expected to move sideways
By Trung Tin, Duc Minh  May 1, 2021 | 06:00 pm GMT+7
‘Land for sale’ in Hon Quan District in the southern province of Binh Phuoc in February 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Phuoc Tuan.
Land prices are showing signs of cooling down in both the south and north following months of intense speculation.
According to a recent survey by
VnExpress, land prices in five districts of Binh Chanh, Nha Be, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, and Can Gio in HCMC, have been moving sideways for the last four weeks or so after increasing by 3-20 percent in the first quarter.