Teacher Ngo Van Thieu collects lollipop sticks, old electrical wires, bottle caps, used straws and other discarded materials to make models that demonstrate scientific theories in his physics classes.

HCM City People's Committee has proposed to set up a special child protection force amid the rising number of child abuse cases.

Instead of investing millions of dollars to build properties in HCM City’s inner districts, real estate developers are renting properties and furnishing apartments and putting them up as mid-priced serviced apartments for rent.

Circus troupes from the Vietnam Circus Federation will entertain audiences in HCM City and Da Nang with an extravagant programme this week.

Binh Dien Wholesale Market in HCM City’s District 8 wants city authorities to help reduce the waste it produces.

The three-day Xposition ‘O’ contemporary dance fiesta (XPO) will introduce contemporary dance performances to local audiences at the Soul Lie Project Complex on Thursday in HCM City.

The lack of teachers for students with disabilities in HCM City is posing concerns to educational experts.

Food and beverage and fashion and lifestyle will continue to drive demand in HCM City’s retail property market, according to real estate consultancies.

The HCMC government is increasingly resorting to cameras to enhance the enforcement of traffic rules and impose fines on traffic violators, reported Thanh Nien newspaper.

Nguyen Trung Ky from Ho Chi Minh City has spent his life promoting marquetry. The artist has used this foreign art style to create gorgeous pictures about Vietnam.

HCM City is now home to around 37 eroded sites along rivers and canals, including 19 that have been classified as very dangerous, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

Dozens of trees are dying in Van Lang Park in Ho Chi Minh City's District 5.

Students at Le Ngoc Han and Luong The Vinh primary schools won the top prizes in the annual Robothon Contest 2019 for students at primary schools throughout HCM City held on October 20.

Performing pioneering AI research in Vietnamese language for the Vietnamese people is the mission that AILab under the HCM City National University is pursuing.

District-level authorities and departments in HCMC will connect surveillance cameras in the city to a centralized monitoring system, in addition to consulting with contractors on the creation of a smart urban monitoring center.

The HCM City Department of Construction will work with local districts and agencies to create a construction order management team to address the increasing number of violations.

A private movie studio has opened in HCM City’s Binh Chanh District after three years of construction.

Two women died last week in HCM City after undergoing plastic surgery.

MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

The 2019 HOZO International Music Festival in HCM City would not only be a significant cultural event of the year but also a magnet for tourists, the city Department of Tourism has said.