The HCM City People’s Committee on Monday asked Nha Be District authorities to take urgent measures to prevent landslides on the left bank of the Giong Canal – Kinh Lo River in Hiep Phuoc Commune.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty six buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) began plying on route No 32 on Saturday in HCM City.

The portion of Ba Bo Canal that runs through the southern province of Binh Duong has dramatically changed after its clean-up, but not in HCM City, and authorities need to keep a close eye on

 Ho Chi Minh City wishes to boost cooperative ties with Intel Group, particularly in high-tech human resource development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A salary “bubble” is forming in the IT sector, posing challenges to employers, a workshop heard in HCM City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has set up a special task force to look into the expansion the Tan Son Nhat Airport and submit to the Government early September, 

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Transport to seek measures to tackle traffic congestion at 37 traffic-congestion hotpots across the city,

HCM City last Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness of the fight against drug use following Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s instructions to authorities nation-wide to mark Action Month...

The HCM City People’s Committee will issue temporary construction permits to allow owners to renovate old houses or build new houses in areas where construction projects have been suspended.

In HCM City, the number of people brought into the social, health, and unemployment insurance net increased by 10.3 per cent year-on-year to 142,943 in the first five months this year, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic jams have eased somewhat in HCM City but not been eliminated, a top transport official has said.

HCM City in the first half of the year sold 1,000 state-owned houses and apartment buildings, far short of its plan to sell 5,000 of the buildings by the end of the year.

Nearly 3,000 student volunteers on 18 June attended the opening ceremony of Tiep Suc Mua Thi in HCM City to assist candidates sitting the national high school graduation examinations and seeking college admission.

Tran Thi Diem Suong was about to enter her third year of university when her mother told her she could no longer afford to pay her tuition and living expenses in HCM City.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – As least seven waterway tourism products will be developed in HCM City by 2020, according to its tourism development plan. 

HCM City will provide great support for the public-private-partnership (PPP) model in infrastructure development, its leaders told a meeting held yesterday to discuss attraction of funding through the model.

Authorities in the southern economic hub have issued an ultimatum, ordering all its districts to submit plans to the People’s Committee on getting rid of unplanned markets by July.

The HCM City Department of Construction has recommended compensation and financial support for households affected by higher road levels caused by relaying them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City expects to launch the first river bus route as soon as early July, connecting the Bach Dang Wharf in District 1 with Thu Duc District, 

HCM City has 40 landslide locations including 23 dangerous areas near rivers and canals in eight districts, according to the city’s Department of Transport.