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The average primary market price of townhouses, shophouses and villas in HCMC jumped 41% year-on-year to a decade-high VND480 million (US$19,150) per square meter in the second quarter. This marked a 17% increase from the first three months, real estate agency Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) said in a note. A …

Inward remittances to HCMC rose by nearly 20% year-on-year in the first half of the year to US$5.2 billion. Some 56% came from Asia, where the labor market saw positive developments, Nguyen Duc Lenh, deputy director of the HCMC office of the State Bank of Vietnam, said. HCMC’s policies to …

The central city government wants to aid each poor household VND2 million (US$79) to buy smartphones to ensure communication when the 2G network is shut down. Leaders of the Da Nang People’s Committee announced Thursday to have submitted a proposal to the city People’s Council, the legislative unit, to issue …