HCM City needs to consider the creation of a museum system as an important aspect of the city's cultural development, according to a report in Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper.

The pair of lovely ducks has become a source of joy for traders and children in a corner of Thiec market.

If we believe that Ho Chi Minh City will be a very modern, fastest-growing, and the most dynamic city in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific within the next ten or fifteen years, we will not be wrong. 

The HCM City Department of Transport will invite bids for operating 90 subsidised bus routes to improve their quality and efficiency.

The HCM City Department of Transport will work closely with agencies to simplify procedures, improve bidding quality, and enhance the supervision of major traffic projects to ensure quality and progress.

Import-export activities through the system of seaports are vital to HCMC’s economy. However, they have been plagued by constant traffic jams on the roads leading to them.

The HCM City People’s Committee has submitted to the Prime Minister two preservation plans for the Rex, Kim Đô, Continental and Majestic hotels.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the National Assembly to allow HCM City to retain 23 per cent of its budget revenues, up from the previous 18 per cent, to create conditions for sustainable development.

From now to the end of 2021, Ho Chi Minh City will launch 11 anti-flood projects and one environmental sanitation project with a total cost of more than VND8 trillion.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the police and Department of Transport to set up 12 checkpoints at the city’s gateways by May 15 to head off any possible spread by infected visitors.  

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged HCM City's leaders and agencies to continue the “dual goals” for the rest of the year at an online meeting yesterday. 

HCM City authorities on Tuesday promised enterprises that they would continue to support enterprises amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and would speed up major projects that have been delayed for years.

“The Showcase: Dan Ni” exhibition offers the community a chance to admire the world of everyday artefacts, urban solitude and forgotten presences.

The HCM City Department of Transport has called for solutions to speed up the progress of major projects, including ring roads and railway stations, as part of its effort to develop a modern, highly connected transport system.

The rapid rise of new apartment blocks in HCM City has exerted intense pressure on infrastructure while local communities gain little benefit from new homes.

Old floodplains in HCM City still have not been cleared, while new flood sites continue to appear.

A delegation of HCMC officials led by Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on May 8 visited victims and site of tragic house fire which killed eight people in District 11 on May 7.

HCM City is looking for breakthrough models and solutions to realize the goal of becoming a smart, dynamic, creative, regional- and international class metropolis, the city’s Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said.

Flood control projects in HCM City will be sped up in preparation for the upcoming rainy season.

The HCM City's People Committee has added 35 old villas in the city to the list of ancient villas that need to be preserved.