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A series of drama, music and dance shows featuring hundreds of singers, dancers and theatre artists offering something for everyone in HCM City will begin this weekend.  Pop star Cam Van (right) and veteran and young singers, dancers and musicians will perform in many music shows to usher in the Christmas and New Year in HCM City. — Photo from the singer's facebook Trong Dong Entertainment Centre will cheer the Christmas and New Year and celebrate its 30 years of working with a great open-air music programme on Saturday. The event, 30 Năm Ký Ức Trống Đồng (30 Years - the Best Moments of Trong Dong Centre), will feature about 100 veteran and young singers and dance groups. Pop stars Ngoc Son and Cam Van, who began their career in the 1980s, will be featured. The concert will also highlight Vietnamese-American veteran singers Giao Linh and Thai Chau. The artists will perform Vietnamese songs in praise of love and life written by famous … [Read more...] about Music shows bring Christmas cheer to HCM City

The average selling price of a street-view house in HCMC’s District 1 was VND490 million ($21,124) per square meter in Q3, according to a report by real estate trading site Batdongsan.com.vn. This was 56 percent higher than the average price in neighboring District 3 and 87 percent higher than in District 10. For alley-view houses, the average price in District 1 was VND259 million ($11,164) per square meter, 32 percent higher than District 3 and 52 percent higher than District 10. For apartments, the average price in District 1 was VND114 million ($4,914) per square meter, twice that of the second-ranked District 10. Dwindling real estate supply in HCMC as population increases has pushed real estate prices up in recent years, especially in central business districts. According to real estate firm Savills, total supply, which includes unsold units and newly built units in the city in the last quarter of 2018, fell 44 percent year-on-year. This number fell by a further 34 percent … [Read more...] about District 1 house prices top Saigon real estate chart

The multipurpose park, to be situated in Thanh Xuan and Thoi An wards, would increase the total area of parks in the city by a third from the current 491 hectares. The district will draft detailed construction plans but has released no information yet about the timeline and cost. There are only 102,000 trees in Vietnam's biggest city, which is home to 13 million people. That is a lot fewer than in Hanoi, which has over a million trees, or Singapore with two million. The World Health Organization has recommended nine square meters of green area per person for a healthy urban life. HCMC has lost its trees to rapid urbanization, uprooted or damaged to build roads and sidewalks and chopped down in large numbers to accommodate the metro lines. Many of the city’s outlying districts, including District 12, currently have no public park. Le Hoa Binh, director of the city Department of Construction, said at a conference in August that the city would need VND100-200 billion … [Read more...] about HCMC to get 150-ha public park

“We think that in 2020-2022, Vietnam may face negative impact from the trade war instead of short-term positive impact, ” said Tran Toan Thang from the Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF). Vietnam's 2016-2020 socio-economic development plan has gained impressive achievements despite difficulties. The economic structure has shifted too quickly into the service sector while the industrial base remains weak, supporting industries have developed slowly and enterprises mostly still do outsourcing. The economic structure has shifted too quickly into the service sector while the industrial base remains weak, supporting industries have developed slowly and enterprises mostly still do outsourcing. Thanh Mai  Vietnam’s economy stays positive amid global growth slowdown: PM Vietnam’s economy remains positive despite the slowdown in global economic growth, especially in Asia, over the last 11 months, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc … [Read more...] about Vietnam may see negative impact from trade war in 2020: economists