S’pore investor sells golf course stake to local partner; HCM City calls for investors into wastewater project; Handicraft exports to hit US$1.6 bln in 2013; RoK, Japan to build a thermal power plant in Vietnam

The investor and the rich Vietnamese once dreamed of having a Vegas in Vietnam by developing the Ho Tram resort project. However, the “Ho Tram dream” has been become far away as MGM has decided to quit the project.

HCM City deal to boost IT use; Market changes hit furniture village; Housing laws await huge alterations; Investment needed in renewable energy; Fund rolls out sustainable development projects

HCM City needs US$66 million for Tan Thuan sluice; ADB helps Vietnam enhance low-carbon agriculture; Cloud computing achieves strong revenue growth; Another insurer enters Vietnamese market

New bond trading system launches; Businesses respond to e-customs procedures; First BPO joint venture established in Southeast Asia; Plans surrounding Vietnam’s largest int’l airport

Curb on licences for titanium exploitation; Foreign investment in healthcare sector stagnant; Ministry to oversee tax on used car imports; Vietnam partners with India in biotechnology

Many investors had to sacrifice their projects for the Ke Ga Port while many others have invested in projects in order to serve the future port. Now, the port project is cancelled, making investors cry.

Sugar makers hope to cut stockpiles; Ha Noi posts 3.3% boost in import turnover; Japanese banks finance highway project in Viet Nam; US still largest importer of Vietnamese seafood

Having been blighted in the past by pollution, disease-ridden water and other health hazards, poor households in Ha Tinh are being given a new lease of life thanks to a pioneering eco-village project.

Vietnam Airlines runs HCM City-Thanh Hoa route; Asiana Airlines to buy stake in shopping centre; Trade surplus with Americas hit 15 billion USD; Skills shortage threatens to stunt business growth

Involved parties still argue about how “high technology projects” means.

The Ba River is now getting depleted, because it has to “bleed itself dry” for the An Khe – Kanak hydropower plant.

Domestic software firms bemoan skewed tax breaks; No respite for Ha Noi real estate; Military Bank leads in profitability; New fund will help firms to issue affordable bonds; Steel giant hurries projects; Auto market recovers before Tet

VietNamNet Bridge – About 60 hectares of forests in the core area of the Yok Don National Park in Dak Lak province would be eliminated when the Drang Phok hydropower plant is built.

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2013 is believed to be the suitable time for starting up new urban area projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Different sides of life in Ha Noi have been captured by young comic artist Nguyen Thanh Phong.