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 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of two underground parking lots in Trong Dong Centre and Le Van Tam Park will start in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the HCM City’s Department of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shops that buy and sell imported exotic animals in HCM City have become increasingly difficult to monitor, raising risks to human and animal health, according to authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City topped the medal tally of the National Youth Swimming Championship in HCM City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A significant increase in the number of students for the 2018-2019 academic year in HCM City is putting pressure on schools that lack a sufficient number of teachers and facilities, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City needs 148,000 skilled employees in key sectors this year, according to authorities.

HCM City authorities have submitted a new housing plan to the city People’s Council to ensure that new housing projects follow plans designed to improve city landscapes and residents’quality of life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to focus on the four key areas of exports, logistics, exhibitions and fairs, and wholesale and retail activities, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is facing ongoing issues from agro-product waste at its wholesale markets and has yet to come up with a solution, reported Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

HCM City’s People’s Committee has asked the Prime Minister and relevant agencies to approve an extension of the second phase of its environmental sanitation project to 2030 as a foreign contractor has yet to be selected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training has decided not to raise tuition at schools in all of the city’s 24 districts this year.

HCM City plans to cease the construction of high-rise apartment buildings in the downtown area while focusing on building apartment complexes along major public transport routes in Districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc.

The HCM City Federation of Labour on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saigontourist Cable TV Company to carry out a preferential pricing programme for television and internet service packages for manual workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Court yesterday handed down the death sentence to Nguyen Huu Tinh, 18, after he admitted to murdering five members of a family in Binh Tan District last February.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has approved an adjusted construction plan at a scale of 1/2000 for the C30 and Truong Tho complex areas in districts 10, Tan Binh, and Thu Duc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas visitors stayed in HCM City for 5.2 days on average in 2017, with foreign tourists on holidays spending four days, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Hi-Tech Park in HCM City has set up the Viet Nam-Japan Training and Technology Transfer Centre with assistance from Japanese human resource training companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – volume of industrial waste water in HCM City, while higher parking fees on city centre streets will curb traffic congestion, 

The ill effects of light pollution on human’s health and the environment has been acknowledged in many other countries, but the topic is rarely mentioned in Vietnam. 

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