It is expected that from May, Ho Chi Minh City will organize helmet-change campaigns for local residents. Accordingly, people can change their fake helmets for quality ones, with the price deduction of up to 40 percent.

 Property transactions seen picking up; Power demand up 12 pct in dry season; Drop in rice price after Gov’t stockpiling program; Construction material market in severe deadlock; Market demand remains sluggish

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite strong growth in recent times, the information technology industry in HCM City and Viet Nam is still far from meeting Japanese companies' needs in terms of know-how and human resources,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is considering upgrading the current railway system to halve the travelling time from Ha Noi to HCM City while also looking to put another high-speed railway project into action.

HCMC will need around 27,000 more hotel rooms, with around 6,700 rooms meeting three- to five-star standards, to accommodate some seven million international tourists and 24 million domestic ones in 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Daniel Gazon will take the baton at a symphony concert of HCMC Ballet and Symphony Orchestra Opera (HBSO) at HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The title says it all. The A O Show, which translates phonetically as the Ahhh! Ohhh! Show, is being touted as the first variety performance of its kind in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 15,707 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly VND79.39 trillion were established in the first quarter of the year,

VietNamNet Bridge - To make illicit profits, the owner of the Gucci - Milano shop in Ho Chi Minh City directed his staff to turn Gucci brand products into Chinese goods to evade import tax.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh was voted the AFF's Best Female Player of the Year at the ASEAN Football Federation Awards on Wednesday in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violin virtuoso Maxim Fedetov will lead Russian and Vietnamese musicians in two classical concerts in Ha Noi and HCM City.

Four babies in the quintuplets born at Tu Du Hospital no longer live in the incubator. Doctors said the health conditions of the remaining baby, who suffered from severe respiratory failure a few days ago, was also improved.

 Live music is alive and well in HCM City though fans seem to prefer the more intimate ambience of smaller venues like bars and nightclubs.

A group painting exhibition by city-based artists on Wednesday opened at HCMC Association of Fine Arts, displaying about 30 pieces made of oil, mixed media and acrylic or stick oil on canvas.

Exhibition on world heritages in Da Nang City; First book fair of the year opens in HCMC; "Don't Burn" moves audiences in Argentina; Star-studded concert in memory of Trinh Cong Son

 HCM City to reclaim coastal land; Governor meets Danang entrepreneurs; Mekong Capital sells stake in phone distributor; Investors’ role should be enhanced in land withdrawal

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo 2013 (ITE-HCMC 2013) will be held in the city on September 12-14, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the peak time in the Tet holiday, many travel firms in HCMC have offered steep discounts to attract domestic tourists, especially those taking tours by air to central and northern Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five taxi companies in HCM City will equip their vehicles with invoice printers this year.

  China, VN party chiefs enhance partnership through phone talks; Government delegation heads for China; HCM City, Wales look to future linkages; Viet Nam supports arms trade control