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HCM City needs 27,000 more hotel rooms

HCMC will need around 27,000 more hotel rooms, with around 6,700 rooms meeting three- to five-star standards, to accommodate some seven million international tourists and 24 million domestic ones in 2020.

Daniel Gazon brings his magic to town

 VietNamNet Bridge – Daniel Gazon will take the baton at a symphony concert of HCMC Ballet and Symphony Orchestra Opera (HBSO) at HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

The A O Show in Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – The title says it all. The A O Show, which translates phonetically as the Ahhh! Ohhh! Show, is being touted as the first variety performance of its kind in HCM City.

New business numbers fall in first quarter

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 15,707 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly VND79.39 trillion were established in the first quarter of the year,

Police arrest one in smuggling case of Gucci products

VietNamNet Bridge - To make illicit profits, the owner of the Gucci - Milano shop in Ho Chi Minh City directed his staff to turn Gucci brand products into Chinese goods to evade import tax.

Goalkeeper Kieu Trinh named player of the year

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh was voted the AFF's Best Female Player of the Year at the ASEAN Football Federation Awards on Wednesday in Malaysia.

Two opera houses salute top violinist

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violin virtuoso Maxim Fedetov will lead Russian and Vietnamese musicians in two classical concerts in Ha Noi and HCM City.

Lovely looks of the quintuplets

Four babies in the quintuplets born at Tu Du Hospital no longer live in the incubator. Doctors said the health conditions of the remaining baby, who suffered from severe respiratory failure a few days ago, was also improved.

Intimate shows reign supreme

 Live music is alive and well in HCM City though fans seem to prefer the more intimate ambience of smaller venues like bars and nightclubs.

Meditations of urban life in town

A group painting exhibition by city-based artists on Wednesday opened at HCMC Association of Fine Arts, displaying about 30 pieces made of oil, mixed media and acrylic or stick oil on canvas.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 29/3

Exhibition on world heritages in Da Nang City; First book fair of the year opens in HCMC; "Don't Burn" moves audiences in Argentina; Star-studded concert in memory of Trinh Cong Son

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/3

 HCM City to reclaim coastal land; Governor meets Danang entrepreneurs; Mekong Capital sells stake in phone distributor; Investors’ role should be enhanced in land withdrawal

HCM City to host int’l travel expo

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo 2013 (ITE-HCMC 2013) will be held in the city on September 12-14, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Tourism enters sale season

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the peak time in the Tet holiday, many travel firms in HCMC have offered steep discounts to attract domestic tourists, especially those taking tours by air to central and northern Vietnam.

HCM City taxis to issue passengers with receipts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five taxi companies in HCM City will equip their vehicles with invoice printers this year.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 22/3

  China, VN party chiefs enhance partnership through phone talks; Government delegation heads for China; HCM City, Wales look to future linkages; Viet Nam supports arms trade control

MOF to restore tax incentives to encourage FDI to IZs

The draft of the corporate income tax law compiled by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is comprised of the provision saying that the tax incentives for industrial zones (IZs) would be restored.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/3

HCM City deal to boost IT use; Market changes hit furniture village; Housing laws await huge alterations; Investment needed in renewable energy; Fund rolls out sustainable development projects

HCM City seeks capital for hi-tech park

HCMC’s government on Tuesday told Saigon Hi-Tech Park management board to mobilize private capital sources and loans for the second phase of the park instead of using the State budget only.

Boston Youth Choir to come to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The well-known Boston Children's Choir will perform in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City at the end of June.