VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to work with the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations to develop cultural activities, the secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, Dinh La Thang, said at a meeting held on June 14 in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Tourism has proposed a plan to improve the efficiency of the tourist help force to ensure better safety in tourist sites in the city, especially in the downtown area.

The Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Đinh La Thăng has asked the Department of Transport to adjust roads that have been built at levels higher than the ground floor of houses. 

Hanoi’ streets were flooded on May 25 after a heavy rain, but have now come back to life. However, worries still exist. If the water drainage system does not improve, Hanoians will continue to see more floods in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge - With total area of over 2,000 square meters, it would take about VND500 billion to provide free wi-fi throughout HCMC, experts have estimated.

VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of a major flood-prevention project in HCM City will now last 24 months instead of 36 months as previously approved by the city People’s Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s new administration has ordered a careful review of the city master plan and amend everything that is impracticable to ensure people’s lives are not affected by bad planning. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local and foreign artists are displaying paintings and photos at four exhibitions that recently opened in downtown HCM City.

  Ho Chi Minh City is willing to boost cooperation and long-term investment with New Zealand, stated Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang when receiving New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on June 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government of HCM City on Friday signed a US$450-million contract with a private company for a project to prevent tidal flooding in a 570-sq km area of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City Education and Training Department has changed its mind again about the English textbooks to be used for primary school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Busy parents in HCM City are frantically looking for places that can mind their children as school's out for summer. Options include sending the unlucky kids on military courses to giving them mobile phones and iPads.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Better service quality, more transit bus stations, a new legal framework, and enforcement of fines are expected to shut down illegal bus stations and unlicensed transport firms in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though both HCM City authorities and US investors are determined to develop the project to build the TPP financial & conference center in district 2, it has stalled because it does not fit the city’s development program.

Around 460 establishments cause environmental pollution, with 40 of them causing serious levels of pollution in HCM City, according to the City's Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Laos’ Champasak province have agreed to further bolster their win-win partnership in various fields, especially economy.

The reports about the real estate market in the first quarter of the year released by consultancy firms all show a sharp increase in the supply of high-end apartments in HCMC. This has raised concerns about oversupply in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge - Billions of dong has been spent to save polluted canals in HCM City, but they are in danger of getting polluted again. 

VietNamNet Bridge – People come here for a coffee, and it takes them back to the days a few decades ago when the city was less crowded, less busy and more romantic. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The niche freshwater ornamental fish farming segment of the aquaculture industry in the city and surrounding region has been growing steadily over recent years, says the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.