How will technology advance in 2018, and how will it affect the construction industry? It’s a great question and one that has no clear answer. The future is hard to predict and we certainly don’t have a crystal ball – but here’s a list of 10 technology trends to watch in the year ahead. 1. […]
Read MoreThe Prime Minister’s working group has asked the ministries of Finance and Planning and Investment to swiftly lift the foreign ownership limit of 49 per cent at enterprises where foreign investment is not restricted. The request for removing the foreign ownership restriction at certain businesses is mentioned in a PM’s working group report on the […]
Read MoreWhile the land plot fever is raging across Hanoi, more than a few realty projects and plots are left fallow. Not only in southern locations and the Vietnam’s up-and-coming special administrative-economic zones, the land plot fever is spreading across the whole country, including Hanoi and neighbouring provinces. According to the latest report published by the […]
Read More$616.7 million Cocobay complex, home to Cocobay Towers where football legend Cristiano Ronaldo registered to buy a condotel, is the latest name on the list of projects without a construction permit in the central city of Danang. The Danang Department of Construction (DoC) has just issued Decision No.18/QD-XPVPHC to penalise Thanh Do Investment Development and […]
Read MoreEfforts to restore and upgrade National Highway 12B section in Nho Quan district and Tam Diep city of Ninh Binh Province will likely not be completed by late June as scheduled due to lack of progress on ground clearance. Efforts to restore and upgrade National Highway 12B section in Nho Quan district and Tam Diep […]
Read MoreThe smart city project near Hanoi’s Nhat Tan Bridge will be developed by four Vietnamese developers and a Japanese partner by 2030. A proposal to develop a smart city has just been submitted to the Hanoi People’s Committee by a group of Vietnamese and Japanese investors. The developers include BRG Group, Phu Cuong RICO., LTD., […]
Read MoreVIR has talked with Eximbank’s Mochizuki Masashi, senior director of Japanese Customers, and Yutaka Moriwaki, board member, senior director, and head of the Eximbank Restructuring Project, to gain a closer look into investment trends and the Japanese bank’s strategic investment. Slower foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from Japan in the first quarter do not worry […]
Read MoreIndeed, architectural trends can lead architects to focus more on the future and understand the needs of society. This means that architects are practically foretellers as they can predict what cities and communities would be like in years from now and try to act upon that knowledge during design. We receive 2018 with much hope […]
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal today reported that Google parent company Alphabet will spend as much as $30 million buying 300 prefabricated homes from Vallejo-based Factory OS, citing executives at both companies. Google wants the modular homes to serve as temporary housing for employees, a small but significant indicator that, like rival Facebook, the internet giant will tackle the housing crisis […]
Read MoreThere are numerous optimal factors for foreign businesses, including Italian ones, to do business in Vietnam, said Stefano Balsamo, founder of the Diplomatia association and Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan in Italy. He made the remark at a workshop on sustainable investment in Vietnam held by the Diplomatia association and the Vietnamese Embassy in Rome […]
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