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Compliance burdens for businesses
While Vietnam’s recent legislative surge has drawn praise, businesses also warn of growing compliance burdens and, at times, confusion.
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Primary driver for urban development
Stakeholders discuss the opportunities, risks, and policy priorities needed to turn Hanoi’s expanding metro network into the foundation of a more connected, livable, and resilient city.
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Transit-Oriented Development: A new urban development mode
Lessons from cities across the globe show how TOD offers relief from a host of ills by creating quality living areas surrounding public transit.
Vietnam Economic Times July, 06 2026
Vietnam Economic Times Issue 464 | Monday, July 06 2026
Benefits from biofuels
The nationwide adoption of E5 and E10 blended gasoline has proceeded smoothly though significant obstacles in production capacity, feedstock availability, and financing remain.
Transit-Oriented Development as backbone of urban planning
The true value of Transit-Oriented Development lies not in building adjacent to rail lines but in creating vibrant urban areas where mobility, housing, retail, and public spaces reinforce one another.
New opportunities for Hanoi’s real estate market
The launch of five new metro lines marks the beginning of Hanoi’s Transit-Oriented Development strategy, creating new opportunities for the capital’s real estate market.
Hanoi's fiscal capacity and its ambitious metro line scheme
Hanoi’s ambitious metro line expansion will require far more than fiscal capacity and new financing tools to deliver on its promise.
A new approach to Hanoi’s urban rail development
Hanoi’s simultaneous launch of five metro lines signals a new approach to the capital’s urban rail development, with lessons learned from past standalone projects.