The Party chief’s visit is significant after the National Assembly approved a resolution on February 19 to pilot mechanisms for Ho Chi Minh City’s urban railway development.

The road construction project is in line with the city's general planning guidelines and ensures connectivity with existing transportation networks outlined in approved planning schemes.

The line is expected to boost socio-economic growth along the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Haiphong corridor, improve national and international rail links, and support industrialization and modernization.

Hanoi People`s Committee has approved the report of the RoK-sponsored technical assistance project, "Strategy on urban development planning along Red River`s banks from Thang Long Bridge to Long Bien Bridge."

The FLC Group held a ceremony to inaugurate the FLC Samson Beach and Golf Resort in the coastal town of Sam Son, the northern central province of Thanh Hoa on July 12.

Hanoi People`s Committee has issued a decision approving the general plan of Soc Son urban satellite area by 2030.

Government`s regular meeting on June 30 discussed about a report on special mechanisms and policies for urban development along the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai Highway in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has proposed the Government to consider the pilot use of official development assistance (ODA) capital and concessional loans in social housing projects in order to make this type of accommodation more accessible to low-income people.

The Hoa Binh Construction and Real Estate Corporation (HBC) has won the contract for the first phase of the project to expand the T2 International Terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City. The contract, worth 600 billion VND, is scheduled to finish in 417 days.

Officials of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai held a working session with a delegation from Hong He county in China’s southern Yunnan province on May 25 to discuss preparations for a bilateral cross-border economic cooperation zone.

The Ministry of Transport has approved restructure of the air freight market by 2020 to develop the cargo transport market and increase the role of airfreight, especially in key economic zones and remote areas.

The construction of the Song Hau 1 Thermal Power Plant started on May 16 with a ground-breaking ceremony in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang launched by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

A ceremony marking the start of construction on the Phu Quoc International Passenger Port was held on the island, which lies in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, on April 29.

Travelling by railway from Hanoi to the northwest province of Lao Cai now takes 40 less minutes than it used to, thanks to a project on upgrading the Yen Vien-Lao Cai railway, which had the first phase completed on April 25.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to extend a programme to build flood-proof resident areas in the Mekong Delta region through 2020, housing over 8,400 additional households.

Hanoi has accelerated the process of granting land use rights, with more than 40,500 certificates issued for commercial housing projects in 2014.

The PM has approved a project on upgrading weak and inter-provincial bridges on highways, which is funded through a preferential loan of the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

According to the Centre for Information Technology and Communication at the Ministry of Construction, this year’s Vietbuild Home International Exhibition in Hanoi, known as Vietbuild Hanoi 2015, will attract to the participation of 450 businesses from 18 countries and territories worldwide.

Representatives of the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Airlines Corporation had a working session on the investments and construction of a new terminal for Cam Ranh International Airport in Nha Trang city, on March 19.

Building a comprehensive planning system is the main focus of a workshop organised by the Institute of Rural and Urban Planning under the Ministry of Construction in conjunction with Japan’s Tokyo University and Nikkensekkei Research Institute in Hanoi on March 17.

The Ministry of Transport held a ceremony to commence trial operation of an electronic toll collection system (ETC) at the Km604+700 station on National Highway No1 in the central province of Quang Binh on March 13.

The Nhat Tan Bridge, Terminal 2 of the Noi Bai International Airport and the road connecting the Nhat Tan Bridge and the airport will officially come into operation since January 4, 2015, the Ministry of Transport announced recently.

The construction industry has experienced steady growth over the past few years, which has greatly contributed to the nation’s movement to a more modern industrial society, says Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh.