Gov’t determined to pursue express railway project
	Thursday,  September 2,2010,00:12 (GMT+7) HANOI – The Government has reiterated its intention to press ahead with a controversial big-ticket project to build the country’s first express railway linking the two biggest cities, Hanoi and HCMC, but two priority stretches will be studied first.

CC1 fined VND222 mill. for construction violations
	Wednesday,  September 1,2010,20:17 (GMT+7) HCMC – HCMC authorities have just imposed an administrative fine of VND222 million on Construction Corporation No. 1 (CC1) for breaching construction rules in a road project linking Thu Thiem Bridge and the East-West Highway.

More incentives for cable undergrounding projects
	Tuesday,  August 31,2010,22:12 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC government will offer more incentives for investors involved in projects to underground overhead power and telecom cables as some pilot projects will be completed in the middle of next month.

Outdoor stage to move
	Monday,  August 30,2010,21:42 (GMT+7) HCMC – HCMC Parks and Greenery Company is preparing to relocate Trong Dong music performance stage in District 1 to Gia Dinh Park in Phu Nhuan District to make room for an underground car park.

City starts work on second metro line
	Thursday,  August 26,2010,00:10 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) on Tuesday kicked off construction of the city’s second metro line running from the downtown area to outlying District 12, marking an urgent need for mass rapid transit in a city where road traffic has become nightmarish.

Singapore keen on cruise ports
	Wednesday,  August 25,2010,20:57 (GMT+7) HCMC – Singapore tourism officials and entrepreneurs, after their fact-finding trips to some southern provinces early this month, have shown interest in cruise port development.

PM okays VND3 trillion for nuclear power training
	Monday,  August 23,2010,23:55 (GMT+7) HCMC - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a VND3-trillion project to develop human resources for the nuclear energy sector as part of the nuclear power development plan.

Government urges JV plan for Phu Bai Airport
	Monday,  August 23,2010,21:44 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Government has told the Ministry of Transport to urgently submit a joint venture plan involving foreign investment in developing Phu Bai International Airport in Thua Thien-Hue Province.

Wind power, titanium projects on direct collision course
	Friday,  August 20,2010,11:07 (GMT+7) HCMC, BINH THUAN – Several projects in both wind power and titanium mining sectors in the central province of Binh Thuan have been put on hold as most of the land reserved for wind power overlaps the sites for titanium mining, a provincial official said.

City asks TTI consortium to trim tramway cost
	Friday,  August 20,2010,11:01 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC government has just asked TTI consortium to reassess the investment capital of the first tramway project in the city, otherwise construction will not be allowed, said the head of the Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) on Thursday.