Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have been named among the top 50 safe destinations for solo travellers by US-based news website Business Insider.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to speed up resettlement of residents living in landslide areas along the river and canals.

 Faculty and students of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music will get opportunities to hone their talents at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory under an agreement between the two conservatories. 

Even though retail premises in the central business district (CBD) of HCMC are becoming more scarce and the rents are increasing, premises far from the center are still unpopular with new retailers.

Public hospitals in HCM City will be allowed to employ doctors and other health staff members without the city’s household registration book starting in November, helping them solve a shortage of medical staff, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – High investment costs and low parking fees have made investors less interested in building automated car parking lots in HCM City, experts said at a workshop held on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is planning to extend Metro Line No 2 Ben Thanh – Tham Luong to 9.3 km.

With warnings about the ill effects of groundwater on users’ health and possible land subsidence due to overexploitation of water, 10 years ago HCM City authorities had adopted policies to reduce the use of groundwater.

Innovative Technology Development Corporation has sent a proposal to the HCM City People’s Committee to install automatic tollbooths to collect tolls from vehicles entering the city centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More flyovers and tunnels will be built in HCM City to reduce traffic congestion, the city’s Department of Transportation has said.

HCM City Department of Transport and the Department of Justice’s auction centre has unanimously approved an auction for advertising on the sides of the city’s public buses at the end of this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – A district in HCM City has stepped up its efforts to respond to residents’ complaints within five seconds via a newly-launched mobile application.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every commune or ward in HCM City will be allocated VND500 million (US$22,000) this year towards addressing a funding shortage for sorting waste before it is treated.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people in HCM City’s rural areas have steady jobs thanks to a city programme to provide free vocational training.

 Two young pianists – Nguyen Quynh Trang from Vietnam and Jisoo Kim from the Republic of Korea – are set to enthrall Vietnamese audiences at their piano duo concert “Gemini” this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents of autistic children in HCM City now have another option to save their children from autism: traditional medicine.

An exhibition displaying 218 photos on Viet Nam’s development process opened on Thursday in HCM City, celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution and Viet Nam’s Independence Day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After months of anticipation, the first official “food street” in HCM City opened on Monday (August 28) in District 1.

HCM City wants to get support from UNDP in programmes on public administrative reform, climate change adaption, flood prevention, and start-up development.

The HCMC Food Safety Board, the HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority and the HCMC Labor Federation have signed an agreement on cooperation in enhancement of food safety management in 2017-2019.