(Construction) - According to JICA, HCM City and the Japanese Government on Friday signed an agreement for non-refundable aid worth JPY1.882 billion (US$16.84 million) to upgrade the city’s existing sewerage system using trenchless technologies.

(Construction) - Tokyo-based air mobility startup SkyDrive begun development of a heavy-duty cargo drone which can deliver goods and equipment to construction sites. The firm and construction company Obayashi jointly launched testing to demonstrate the capability of the drone carrying 30kg construction materials by autonomous driving. Pre-orders have been accepted since December 2019.

(Construction) - On February 20 in Kon Tum, the Government Council for Construction Acceptance conducted a meeting to review the results of Thuong Kon Tum reservoir under the hydroelectric project.

(Construction) - Decommissioning works are underway at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant as nearly nine years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake wrecked the area. The company is cleaning up rubble on the reactor buildings in preparation for removing spent fuel debris while treating the contaminated water.

(Construction) - On 19/2/2020, at Tokyo (Japan), Japan Association of Private Financial Initiatives (JPFI) has a meeting with Vietnam Association of Road Traffic Investors (VARSI).

(Construction) - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has urged all districts to conduct programmes on smart city development.

(Construction) - The Management Authority for Urban Railways is working hard to speed up the construction, ensuring that 85 percent of the four-package project will be completed this year.

(Construction) - On February 14, 2020, at the headquarter of the Ministry of Construction, Minister Pham Hong Ha had a meeting and working with the new Korean Ambassador and the Korean Embassy Counselors in Vietnam.

HÀ NỘI - Real estate firms were the major corporate bond issuers in the market in January, according to updates from SSI Securities Corporation.

(Construction) - Japanese civil engineering consulting firm Nippon Koei developed the data correction method to adjust climate change predictions for major cities in the world. The method can reduce bias by comparing the data on GCM developed by international organizations with the observed climate data and modifying the values. The firm launched a website to provide time-series predictions of the rainfall and the  temperature up to 2099.

(Construction) - On February 11/2020, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Association of Road Traffic Investors (Varsi) had a roundtable meeting with the Japan Private Financial Investment Association (JPFI).

(Construction) - In the morning of February 10, in Hanoi, the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Construction Newspaper and the Japan Association of Private Financial Initiatives (JPFI) was witnessed by the leaders of Departments and Institutes of Ministry of Construction.

(Construction) - Recently, Construction Mechanery Technical College has held a solemn ceremony to announce the decision of the Ministry of Construction to appoint the title of Principal to Mr. Pham Van Tu.

(Construction) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just signed Decision No. 196 / QD-TTg for a appointment of Mr. Nguyen Tuong Van - Director of Urban Development Agency as Deputy Minister of Construction from February 6, 2020. 

(Construction) - Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. and Nomura Real Estate Development will join with Vietnamese Vingroup on a smart urban development project in Ho Chi Minh City.

(Construction) - Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha signed the Decision No. 58 / QD-BXD dated January 20, 2020 on the Action Program of the Construction industry.

(Construction) - This is an important content emphasized by the Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha in the interview with the Government Newspaper on the occasion of the New Year.

(Construction) - Japanese construction contractor Takenaka Corp. announced that it has been appointed as a contractor of expansion of Terminal 2 of Changi International Airport in Singapore by the airport operator CAG.

(Construction) - The appraisal council for regional planning tasks in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, is responsible for organizing the appraisal of regional planning tasks in accordance with the planning law.

(Construction) - Tokyo-based engineering consulting firm Nippon Koei announced that it won multiple contracts of transport infrastructure in Chennai, a southern city of India.

(Construction) - On January 14, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 82/QD-TTg approving the task of planning a railway network for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

(Construction) - The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and neighboring areas in western Japan 25 years ago on January 17th, which overturned the “safety myth” of infrastructure and buildings and caused a significant impact on urban planning. Images of the city changed completely in a flash such as the toppled expressway viaduct were imprinted in people’s memory. Japanese have since faced a question how to use lessons learned.

(Construction) - The meaning of Lunar New Year is extremely sacred and important, but it seems that not everyone knows its true meaning.

(Construction) – Tết is Vietnamese New Year which is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture.

(Construction) - Many Vietnamese prepare for Tet by cooking special holiday foods and cleaning their house. There are a lot of customs practiced during Tet.

(Construction) - Responding to the movement "The whole country joins hands for the poor, no one left behind" by the Prime Minister, on January 19, Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Yen Bai organized a reception of 10 tons of rice donated by Sao Mai Group and Construction Newspaper to the poor in Yen Bai province on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

(Construction) - On January 16 in Hanoi, the Vietnam Construction Union held a Conference to summarize its works, movement of workers and employees in the construction industry in 2019 and deploying missions in 2020.

(Construction) - In the atmosphere of the whole country preparing to welcome the traditional New Year, in Hanoi, Deputy Minister Le Quang Hung had a meeting with the Government Acceptance Council of construction.

(Construction) - As usual, every New Year comes, the Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha visits, wishes New Year and presents to encourage construction workers on the construction site.

(Construction) - On January 12, Deputy Minister Bui Pham Khanh presented Medals for Construction Career to Mr. Noh Tae Keuk - an expert of Korean Land and Housing Corporation working at the Administration Department on housing and real estate market, Ministry of Construction.