HCM City is willing to pay up to VND120 million a month to the heads of public science and technology institutions to help retain talented staff and avoid a brain drain

A growing number of parked vehicles, vendors, and businesses are encroaching upon these spaces, rendering them virtually impassable to pedestrians.

Vietnamese enterprises are boosting domestic sales. The domestic textile-garment and woodwork consumption index grew by 41.5 and 30 percent in the past 10 months.

The surface of HCMC is highly sinkable, according to ground subsidence research by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).