The HCM City Department of Construction has asked the city’s People’s Committee to propose new regulations on the sale of State-owned housing.

Vietnamese-American singer Quang Le will stage a solo performance at the outdoor Trong Dong Music Stage in HCM City this weekend.

HCM City is home to thousands of migrant labourers working in industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs), but its housing projects meet only a fraction of the demand for stable accommodations.

Le Quoc Cuong, deputy director of HCM City Department of Information and Communication, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the installed camera system to monitor the city.

Large areas under elevated roadways in HCM City lie abandoned even as the city suffers from a severe shortage of parking spaces.

The Sai Gon Safari Park has been added to the list of projects in which HCM City is soliciting investment, the director of the Department of Planning and Investment, Le Thi Huynh Mai, said.

HCM City has stepped up inspection to prevent the risk of an African swine fever outbreak after the disease spread to neighbouring provinces, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Men’s Health Centre in HCM City’s District 10 is set to provide free health examination, tests and counselling to 300 men, including from the LGBTIQ community between today (May 15) and June 5.

The roads around 37 schools in HCM City’s districts 1, 5 and 6 will be modified by next year to ensure they are pedestrian-friendly and safe for their students under the Walk This Way programme.

The achievements in the first stage of a project to turn HCM City into a smart city 2020 were listed by its People’s Committee at a conference on Sunday.

Six pilot schools in HCM City have ensured food-safety standards and teachers have become more aware of food-hygiene regulations, but schools still need to ensure quality meals and publication of food prices 

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem hosted a reception on May 10 for visiting Deputy Mayor of China’s Shanghai city Peng Chenglei.

The DUMAU Saigon International Jiujitsu Championship will be held in HCM City on May 25-26.

Fahasa Nguyen Hue Book Store in HCM City’s District 1 on Friday unveiled a dedicated area for selling books, stationery and souvenirs imported from South Korea together with Korea-based Kyobo Book Centre Co Ltd.

The HCM City People’s Committee is encouraging groups of people in the community to donate blood for emergency needs this year.

The quality of tap water in HCM City is being closely monitored by production and distribution units as well as independent agencies such as the main Preventive Medicine Centre and district-level preventive health centres.

Two female artists will introduce their art in two installation exhibitions in HCM City. 

Vietnam needs to settle fundamental problems before it can think of building smart cities, experts say.

A social media user in HCM City recently got into a confusing situation when 20 half-hatched baby duck eggs she bought came to life.

HCM City will ban all vehicles between 5:30 pm and 9:30pm on Dong Khoi Street today, between 4:30am and 10:30am on Le Duan Street on Sunday, and between 7pm and 9:30am on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street next Tuesday in District 1.