Ho Chi Minh City residents appear to be negligent in wearing masks in public to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Authorities in HCM City are facing difficulties dealing with over 1,500 waste containers that have been left idle at the Cat Lai Port.

As one of the cities affected by climate change, HCM City has for many years been making plans to cope with it.

Employers’ recruitment demand in HCM City in the last months of the year is expected to see a 34 per cent decline compared to the same period last year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With 87.14 per cent of votes, National Assembly deputies on Monday morning passed a resolution on urban administration in HCM City to eliminate People’s Councils at district and ward levels in the city.

HCMC is drawing up a master plan on solid waste management and treatment for the next five years, aiming to have 100% of its domestic solid waste to be collected and treated and at least 80% of solid household waste classified at source.

Over the past five years, sport competitions for students in HCM City have increased significantly but the conditions of sport facilities at schools have not met demand.

HCM City is drawing up a master plan on solid waste management and treatment for the next five years, aiming to have 100% of its domestic solid waste to be collected and treated and at least 80% of solid household waste classified at source.

HCM City should learn from other countries’ experiences in building a world-class science and technology park so that it can shift to a knowledge-based economy, speakers said on Thursday at a conference in the city.

HCMC will borrow VND2.38 trillion from Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) to continue executing its water sanitation project, the HCMC People’s Council announced at a meeting on November 10.

Robberies have become more frequent in the suburbs of HCM City in recent months, worrying local residents.

HCM City authorities provided 668 online public administrative services at level 3 and 4 in various fields in the first quarter of the year, and more than 80 per cent of local residents and organisations said they were satisfied with the services.

A co-operation agreement was signed on Thursday between the police departments of HCM City and six southern provinces to increase efficiency in crime prevention and control in adjacent areas.

HCM City is considering building new roads and widening existing roads in its southwestern area to reduce congestion and traffic accidents in high risk hotspots.

Remittances flows into Ho Chi Minh City reached 4 billion USD in the first nine months of 2020 despite impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, representing a rise of 2 percent over the same period last year, according to a municipal official.

Despite Vietnam’s success in responding to the global coronavirus pandemic, the resulting economic slump has left many businesses dealing with significant challenges. 

Residents in the No 4 quarter in Linh Trung Ward in HCM City’s Thu Duc District take pride in their community by cleaning up the local environment and recycling products as part of a successful community-based model.

The authorities in HCM City will spend billions of VND on waste collecting machines to clean rivers and canals in the city.

HCM City is speeding up the progress of key sub-projects under the project to turn the city into a smart city from 2017 to 2020 with a vision to 2025.

As the economic hub of the whole country, Ho Chi Minh City located in the Southern Key Economic Zone (KEZ) contributes strongly to the future "Diamond Octagon” of Vietnam.