Experts query the government’s ability to raise funds for a proposed VND100 trillion ($4.3 billion) railroad line to the China border and its requirement.

The Saigon River bus is struggling to attract regular commuters because it docks far away from residential areas and operates very few trips.  

The developer of condotel complex Cocobay Da Nang will stop paying buyers the annual returns it had promised due to financial difficulties.  

Vietnamese environment monitoring app PAM Air has won an international tech award in the community service category.  

HCMC will deploy a smart camera system to detect traffic congested areas and guide vehicles from afar on alternate routes.  

Saigon will become the first city in Vietnam to set up a comprehensive environmental monitoring system.  

Parts of Saigon and the Mekong Delta have sunk by up to 81.4 cm over the last decade, partly due to groundwater extraction.

Da Nang City has proposed a golf course and a horse racing complex with a total investment almost $2 billion, with construction to start this year.

Some local experts have backed the government's decision to award the construction of Long Thanh airport to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam despite lawmakers' concerns.  

Five Vietnamese sandwich (banh mi) stalls in Saigon have entered the global food map through just word of mouth.