Nguyen Thi Luyen, the 65-year-old owner of the home, said she met with local officials on Wednesday and agreed to move to a 300-square-meter lot, a size equal to her current house. "I found the location suitable. My family is tired of living in the middle of the street," Luyen said. Her family moved temporarily to a communal house on Thursday and will stay there while waiting for their new house to be built. Their current house will be demolished this week to serve the completion of the road project. Luyen’s was one of 151 families asked to relocate in 2021 to make way for a road that would connect the residential area with another larger street. The road now stretches 2.3 kilometers long and seven meters wide, but a section 14 meters long has been left uncompleted as Luyen’s house still stands in the way. The house occupies two-thirds of the road, leaving a space of just two meters wide for traffic. Luyen had rejected authorities’ original relocation plan earlier as the … [Read more...] about Family agrees to relocate from house blocking street
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Land law points further scrutinised
Land law adjustments aim to protect entities as well as the real estate market, photo Le Toan In a seminar to collect opinions from enterprises and experts regarding amendments to the Law on Land held last week in Ho Chi Minh City, Seck Yee Chung, a representative of the Vietnam Business Forum’s Trade and Investment Working Group, said that Article 35.d of the draft law provided that domestic companies only have the right to mortgages with their land and properties attached to the land at credit institutions licensed to operate in Vietnam. “This means that companies in Vietnam cannot mortgage their factory or land through foreign lenders, which creates great challenges for them to access competitive financing resources outside the country,” Chung said at the seminar, which was organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE). “Foreign lenders will look for security assets of Vietnamese companies to secure their … [Read more...] about Land law points further scrutinised
Enticing Vietnamese sardine dishes that will leave you craving more
A large dish of deep-fried river sardines with a stomach full of eggs, or grilled sardines served with ginger garlic chili fish sauce, are among the tastiest sardine recipes that you should not miss in Vietnam, especially during the start of the sardine season. Sardines can be found in the sea and brackish water areas at the Han River mouth in Da Nang City of central Vietnam. However, during spawning season in spring, schools of sardines migrate to the An Trach irrigation dam, a national irrigation project located in the Yen river section running through the city’s Hoa Vang District, to lay eggs. Though sardines can also easily be found in other rivers in the area, such as Tuy Loan or Cu De, local inhabitants said the sardines from the Yen River are a blessing from nature with outstanding characteristics. Every afternoon, fishing boats sail back and forth in the Yen river section to catch sardines. Sometimes, schools of sardines suddenly jump out of the water, splashing … [Read more...] about Enticing Vietnamese sardine dishes that will leave you craving more
Effective public investment as a top political mission: PM
The National Assembly approved the 2023 budget of VND712 trillion ($30 billion), a significant increase from more than VND130 trillion ($5.5 billion) in 2022. The effective performance of public investment should be considered as a top political task for all levels and sectors in order to ensure a strong push for the socio-economic recovery of the country. The construction of Ring road No.2 section Vinh Tuy - Nga Tu Vong in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Hung Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the view in Directive No. 08 on missions and tasks to promote public investment and economic development in 2023. This year, the Government set a target to disburse at least 95% of the public funds allocated for this year, which is more than VND676 trillion (US$28.47 billion). For the current year, the National Assembly has approved a budget of nearly VND712 trillion (US$30 billion), a significant increase of more than VND130 trillion (US$5.5 billion) over 2022 and VND250 … [Read more...] about Effective public investment as a top political mission: PM