The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Planning and Architecture has just submitted to HCMC People’s Committee a proposal for the project ‘Forming and Developing the Eastern highly interactive, innovative urban area in the period 2020-2025’.

HCM City and southern border provinces are working hard to fight against counterfeit goods, trade fraud and illegal cross-border smuggling as the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches.

A mobile barbershop has opened on a bus to offer haircuts at only VND12,000 (0.5 US cents) to students in HCM City.

The latest cold spell to hit the south of the nation caused by tropical depressions has forced the local people of HCM City to wrap up in an extra layer of clothing as they try and stay warm amid the arrival of chilly weather and torrential rains.

Certain areas in Ho Chi Minh City at present are facing serious sinking owning to various reasons like geological structure, illogical urbanization, and illogical groundwater extraction, leading to negative effects.

Leaders of the HCMC People’s Committee have given their go ahead to a pilot project for the Mobike shared bicycle service, the city’s Department of Transport announced on December 18.

HCMC’s annual New Year's Eve countdown party will not be held in its usual format this year, but the form of a virtual event to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bong Sao Primary School in HCM City’s District 8 is running a free night class to help improve education standards for migrants.

HCM City has drafted a long-term plan to combat the detrimental effects of climate change.

Italy’s Culture Days in Saigon 2020 will take place from December 18-27, featuring a review of movies and short-film screenings, thematic conversations on design, and a music performance to celebrate the holiday season with an Italian twist.

Director of the HCM City Department of Science and Technology, Nguyen Viet Dung, speaks about policies for attracting scientists.

Visiting HCM City this time of the year, churches and dioceses are seen being well decorated to celebrate Christmas 2020, offering travelers an exciting opportunity to enjoy the festivities.

The HCM City Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday lifted lockdown orders on several areas with a total of 148 households and 500 residents in the city after those suspected of exposure to COVID-19 patients tested negative for the virus.

Alarmingly falling birth rate in HCM City worried authorities as falling birth rates in the city could spell disaster for economic growth and welfare systems.

Work on many long-stalled infrastructure projects in HCM City will resume next year.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) lately has paid much attention to attracting experts and scientists to many fields with various policies, yet the reality shows that these methods are not truly effective.

Despite strong objections among businesses, Ho Chi Minh City will start collecting infrastructure and service fees at seaports from July 2021, triggering concerns over logistics cost increases.

A hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has been badly damaged after facing serious subsidence.

HCM City traffic inspectors have begun to enhance inspections and handling of traffic violations of passenger transport services from now to February 21.

HCM City experiences an average subsidence rate of 4 centimeters a year, partly due to rampant groundwater exploitation.