Ho Chi Minh City is examining the possibility of allowing COVID-19 infected cases (F0) and close-contact cases (F1) to return to the workplace if their health is guaranteed.

As more COVID-19 cases are detected among school children, education institutions in HCM City are taking measures to adapt and prepare for the upcoming end-semester exams.

After the pandemic, many businesses, especially those in the fields of fashion and cosmetics, want to open large-scale stores in prime locations in the center of Ho Chi Minh City.

The aim of making HCM City an international financial hub depends on greater financial liberation that the country has to achieve by 2030 at least, experts say.

The HCMC Department of Construction has sought VND19.28 trillion for 25 projects to remove 6,500 makeshift houses along canals in the city.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many foreign language centers in HCM City to the brink and parents of enrolled students are finding it difficult to contact them.

HCM City is reviewing the land fund and removing obstacles in legal procedures to soon put IPs Le Minh Xuan 2, Phong Phu, Le Minh Xuan, Vinh Loc and Tay Bac Cu Chi into operation.

Real estate developers are spending more time preparing documents for investment and many projects are under legal examination or inspection, contributing to a housing shortage.

The environmental sector of Ho Chi Minh City has taken various solutions to intensify the management of plastic waste that piles up amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A project to renovate the area surrounding HCM City’s Turtle Lake into a cultural square is set to start around April 30 and put to operation around September 02, 2022, expected to accommodate from 19,700 - 63,100 people.

The Transport Ministry has asked HCM City to deal strictly with taxi drivers who aggressively solicit and charge exorbitant fares from passengers at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Pilates have over the past few months emerged as a new fitness trend in HCM City.  The exercise is a form of low-impact work-out that aims to strengthen muscles while improving posture and flexibility. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism (DoT) on February 18 publicised a list of hotels eligible to welcome foreign tourists arriving in the city in the coming time.

The first electric-bus route in Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to open within the first quarter of this year, the municipal Department of Transport has said.

Maintaining pandemic control and enhancing the quality of urban management in HCM City will help the city recover this year, experts say.

The HCM City People’s Committee has announced that 4,850 businesses in the city resumed their operations in January, up 36.3 percent year-on-year, and nearly 500 percent month-on-month.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPP) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on studying the plan of building the International Financial Hub of Vietnam in the city. 

The deadline for the first round of Thu Thiem land use fee payment has expired, yet none of the four winners of the land auction on December 10, 2021 perform its duty.

All public and private hospitals in HCM City that meet the conditions mandated by health authorities can now treat people entering the country with COVID-19.

Air passengers arriving at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport that test positive for COVID-19 are immediately taken to field hospital No 12, as per protocols.