HCM City authorities vowed to speed up the relocation process to move various processing facilities out of residential areas to deal with local pollution problems.

The news about the establishment of Thu Duc City has pushed up land and house prices in the eastern part of HCM City.

HCM City’s infrastructure development is focused on transforming the economy and making it services-based.

HCM City has increased its budget allocation for preschool education and has called on the private sector to invest in building kindergartens to meet increasing demand.  

Many hotel owners in HCM City have had to close down their hotels as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic although rents at the premises have been cut by up to 70%.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training said it is closely monitoring private tutoring facilities since more and more of them are operating without a licence.

The HCMC government will announce a resolution on establishing Thu Duc City and arranging administrative units at district and commune levels of the city on December 31.

An agreement to borrow VND12 trillion (US$518.7 million) from the German development bank KfW for HCMC’s second metro line project will expire on December 30 but the city has yet to sign another contract with the consulting firm of the project, 

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Planning and Architecture has just submitted to HCMC People’s Committee a proposal for the project ‘Forming and Developing the Eastern highly interactive, innovative urban area in the period 2020-2025’.

HCM City and southern border provinces are working hard to fight against counterfeit goods, trade fraud and illegal cross-border smuggling as the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches.

A mobile barbershop has opened on a bus to offer haircuts at only VND12,000 (0.5 US cents) to students in HCM City.

The latest cold spell to hit the south of the nation caused by tropical depressions has forced the local people of HCM City to wrap up in an extra layer of clothing as they try and stay warm amid the arrival of chilly weather and torrential rains.

Certain areas in Ho Chi Minh City at present are facing serious sinking owning to various reasons like geological structure, illogical urbanization, and illogical groundwater extraction, leading to negative effects.

Leaders of the HCMC People’s Committee have given their go ahead to a pilot project for the Mobike shared bicycle service, the city’s Department of Transport announced on December 18.

HCMC’s annual New Year's Eve countdown party will not be held in its usual format this year, but the form of a virtual event to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bong Sao Primary School in HCM City’s District 8 is running a free night class to help improve education standards for migrants.

HCM City has drafted a long-term plan to combat the detrimental effects of climate change.

Italy’s Culture Days in Saigon 2020 will take place from December 18-27, featuring a review of movies and short-film screenings, thematic conversations on design, and a music performance to celebrate the holiday season with an Italian twist.

Director of the HCM City Department of Science and Technology, Nguyen Viet Dung, speaks about policies for attracting scientists.

Visiting HCM City this time of the year, churches and dioceses are seen being well decorated to celebrate Christmas 2020, offering travelers an exciting opportunity to enjoy the festivities.