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Garbage collection fee set to increase sharply in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has more than doubled the fee for household garbage collection.

HCM City to transfer waste depots

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will reduce the number of waste depots in inner districts while increasing the number in the city’s outlying areas.

BMW owner arrested for fatal car crash

Police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for the owner of a BMW who allegedly killed one woman and injured another six after she drove into several vehicles at a traffic light in HCM City last weekend.

Residents benefit from non-state agencies’ administrative services

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City residents have better benefited from the faster administrative services provided by non-state agencies despites shortcomings from these administrative procedures.

UNICEF seeks young innovators for global initiative

UNICEF and partners are organising a new challenge calling on young innovators in HCM City and surrounding provinces to design solutions that will improve skills and training for young people, and empower them 

HCM City to revamp BRT plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities will redesign a proposal for a bus rapid transit (BRT) route after the Department of Transport said the plan was not feasible. 

MoC defends pricey theatre plans

Plans to build a theatre worth some VND1.5 trillion in Thu Thiem New Urban Area, HCM City, have sparked a public opinion controversy, but Nguyen Thai Binh, speaker of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 

Pets the latest addition to HCM City coffee shops

 VietNamNet Bridge – You cannot talk about Ho Chi Minh City without mentioning coffee.

HCM City urged to tackle flooding, pollution and traffic congestion

 VietNamNet Bridge – The chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Council urged the city’s People’s Committee to seek better solutions to tackle flooding, pollution and traffic congestion 

HCM City’s new programme to reduce traffic congestion, accidents by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – A decision to implement a programme to reduce traffic congestion and accidents by 2020 was signed by Tran Vinh Tuyen, deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, last Friday.

Government News 5/10

 ASEAN calls for enhanced anti-terrorism capacity, HCM City, UK promote cooperation between elected agencies, Japan lauds Vietnam’s role in Mekong-Japan cooperation: Ambassador, Vietnam enhances friendship with international friends

Enjoy seafood at HCM City suburban market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hang Duong Market in coastal district of Can Gio is the best destination for seafood lovers in HCM City.

HCM City expands online administrative services

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed agencies to continue to use information technology to improve public services online.

Company proposes adverts on rubbish bins in HCM City

The Goda Green Technology Joint-Stock Company has asked permission from the HCM City People’s Committee to place advertisements on rubbish bins in exchange for setting up 12,000 bins around the city.

HCM City must pick up economic pace

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s economy needs to pick up pace to achieve this year’s growth targets, a meeting held yesterday to review socio-economic development in the first nine months heard.

Hunt for old comic series begins in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Collectors of HCM City are hunting for comic series published in Vietnam 20-30 years ago.

Labour accidents plague HCM City construction sites

A dramatic scene unfolded last week in HCM City when three young workers fell from the Giga Mall construction site on Pham Van Dong Boulevard (Hiep Binh Chanh Ward, Thu Duc District) and were seriously injured, 

Seminar warns against demolition of 150-year-old colonial-era building in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thuong Tho Palace in HCM City, built in the mid-19th century as the seat of administration by the French colonialists, needs to be preserved, a seminar heard on Friday.

HCM City shophouses warned on fire threat

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City fire brigade has called on people running shops at home to take proper preventive measures against fire.

Disease season peaks in south

Hospitals in the southern region have admitted many patients diagnosed with hand-foot-mouth disease, measles or upper respiratory infections as the peak season for contagious diseases has arrived.