The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has been assigned to look for solutions for environmental problem especially air pollution.

A new training programme for first graders in the 2020-2021 academic year faces a shortage of classrooms and teachers, according to the HCM City Department of Education and Training.

Gas emissions from vehicles, exhaust from factories and industries and air pollutants from construction sites were identified as the three main causes of the deteriorating air quality in HCMC and Hanoi at an urgent meeting on air pollution yesterday.

The number of babies being born in Ho Chi Minh City continues to fall to a low birth rate of 1.33 children per family.

Bus transport capacity will be adjusted during a 21-day period for the New Year and Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to HCM City’s Public Transport Management Centre. 

Proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Law will add multiple benefits for insured patients, according to speakers at a conference held on Wednesday in HCM City.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Power Corporation (EVNHCMC) has recently installed a smart electricity grid for the whole city.

The body of the last of the three divers killed during a salvage operation on a sunken container vessel in HCM City has been found and retrieved, the municipal port authority confirmed on Monday night.

 More than 60,000 copies of books from local and international publishers and distributors are being offered at FAHASA Festival 2019 at the HCM City Youth Cultural House until December 22.

The Consulate General of Canada in HCMC has launched a competition where Vietnamese students will have a chance to lead the team at the Canadian Consulate and do activities in the name of the Consul General for one day.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has written to the Government Office and the relevant ministries and agencies, inviting them to a meeting to seek solutions to the air pollution in large cities, especially Hanoi and HCMC.

Many hotels across the country have been beautifully decorated with gorgeous Christmas trees to celebrate Christmas and New Year.

Many localities have raised their land prices by up to 70%, while on the national scale the Government is expected to issue a new price framework, driving up prices by 30%.

Six months after receiving a free X-ray and sputum test from HCM City's Right Care programme, a male patient who tested positive for tuberculosis (TB) was cured of the disease. 

Many Japanese investors have had to carry out cumbersome legal procedures to invest in real estate projects in HCMC, resulting in delayed projects and substantial financial losses.

There was not a single social housing project in HCM City this year, and with support funds for them being limited, there is a fear the situation could continue, experts said.

HCM City plans to integrate half of its online public services on its new national public service portal by 2020 in an attempt to further simplify administrative procedures, the city’s People’s Committee has said.

Due to a shortage of skilled and professional writers, HCM City’s theatre industry lacks quality scripts that meet the demand of theatre-goers.

The number of apartments eligible for sale in HCMC and Hanoi is estimated to fall 25% this year, reaching 43,000 units, according to a report by property platform batdongsan.com.vn.

A Vietnamese play will be restaged as a Broadway-style musical by artists from HCM City’s Buffalo Theatre Club this weekend.