HCM City

Update news HCM City

HCM City: New Year-welcoming parties available

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many entertaining activities will be held at different places for people in the HCM City to have a joyful night welcoming the turn of the year.

Retailers flee from shopping malls

VietNamNet Bridge - The high rent for retail premises in large cities, especially HCM City, has forced retailers to give up their business.

HCM City backs flood prevention plan

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City government has signed up private firm Trungnam Group to carry out a massive anti-flood project in build-transfer mode.  

Viewpoints vary about HCM City Special Economic Zone

Some believe that HCM City needs a special economic zone (SEZ) in the southern part of the city which will be in accordance with the city’s sea development strategy. 

HCM City takes steps to fight phone spam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of HCM City has proposed limiting spam by tightening management of pre-paid subscribers.

HCM City seeks investors for flood control projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC is calling for private firms to implement flood control projects in public-private partnership (PPP) or build-transfer format as chronic flooding is taking its toll on the city.

HCM City land documents delayed

Many people in HCM City applying for a new certificate of land-use rights and ownership of housing and associated assets on the land have not received certificates on time as the city's land-use right registration office is overloaded with work.

HCM City permits repairs of old villas

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has agreed to the Department of Planning and Architecture's proposal to remove 29 old villas from a conservation list and issue construction permits that would allow owners to repair

The portrait of HCM City Vice Party Secretaries

Three of the four Deputy Secretaries of HCM City Party Committee previously worked at the HCM City Youth Union. One is a doctor of economics and two others hold master's degrees in philosophy and law.

HCM City's primary school teachers suffer low salaries

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 70 per cent of primary school teachers in HCM City find it impossible to make ends meet on their current incomes, according to a survey conducted in nine districts.

Vietnam suffers from rising air pollution

 VietNamNet Bridge – Increased traffic and on-going construction in Hanoi and HCM City have driven air pollution beyond safe levels, especially in terms of dust concentration.

HCM City inspects illegal vaccine sales

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Sai Gon Medical Equipment Joint Stock Company was ordered to stop selling Pentaxim five-in-one vaccine and return deposited money to parents after an inspection of HCM City Health Department on Wednesday.

HCM City heralds New Year 2016

 VietNamNet Bridge – A myriad of activities will be held across Ho Chi Minh City to ring in the New Year 2016.

Indian Yoga Association opens first office in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Indian Yoga Association (IYA) opened its first Viet Nam office at VYOGA on 59 Nguyen Thai Binh Street in HCM City's Tan Binh District yesterday, Dec 15.

HCM City eyes moving polluting companies out

If HCM City wants to offer its residents quality living, the most important thing is to improve its environmental quality, a city leader told a meeting held recently to discuss how to deal with polluting companies.

HCM City flea markets attract big crowds

 VietNamNet Bridge – While flea markets are relatively new in HCM City, many of them have become busier than ever, offering a wide array of old and vintage items.

Tchaikovsky's 5th comes to HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony will be performed at a concert at the HCM City Opera House tomorrow by the HBSO Symphony Orchestra and three guest artists from the Goyang Philharmonic Orchestra of South Korea.

HCM City to issue new 12-digit ID cards

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will start issuing new identity cards to all local citizens from today.

As canals fill up, HCM City suffers from heavy floods

VietNamNet Bridge - As more and more canals in HCM City have been filled to make room for residential quarters, waste water drainage has been obstructed. 

HCMC to host Int’l Friendship Day this month

HCMC will host an International Friendship Day 2015 in the area around the Crescent Lake in Phu My Hung Town, District 7, HCMC to create an opportunity for the public to learn about Vietnam’s international integration journey.