With the current urbanisation rate of only 42.6%, there is plenty of room for Vietnam to promote urban development, Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi said at a forum on sustainable urban development held in Hanoi on November 8.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi's Hoan Kiem downtown district has exerted efforts and taken numerous measures to conserve, embellish, and promote the value of unique cultural, historical, and architectural heritage in Hanoi's Old Quarter, contributing to effectively developing tourism and cultural industry in the capital city.

VOV.VN - Women’s lack of representation in digital leadership in policy, media, and research is a critical issue in the ASEAN region.

A workshop on sustainable urban areas was held in Hanoi on April 14 as part of the 12th Vietnam-France decentralised cooperation conference.

Experts have held that the real estate sector will begin a recovery phase in 2023 with many difficulties lying ahead. However, difficult times will present opportunities for long-term investors to buy low.

Alongside urbanisation, flooding in cities of Vietnam, a country highly vulnerable to climate change, is getting complicated and needs concerted solutions, according to experts.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 30 presided over a national urban conference in Hanoi aiming to make a breakthrough in urban development in the coming years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 26 stressed the need for a new mindset, new breakthroughs, and new values to promote the development of the southeastern region.

Vietnam’s urbanization rate would be at least 45% by 2025 and over 50% by 2030 under an action programme adopted by the Government.

As of June, Vietnam had 883 urban areas of all types across the country, representing an urbanisation rate of 41%, up 0.6% from the same period last year.