VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City’s annual spring flower festival will be held at Tao Dan Park and on Cong Truong Quoc Te Street from February 3 (the 25th day of lunar December) to February 14 with a myriad of activities.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 28 presented a Government’s draft Resolution on key tasks and measures guiding the realization of the Plan for socio-economic development and state budget estimate in 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high school in HCM City has tried organising exam in an open-air playground to prevent cheating.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A major drug trafficking ring was recently uncovered in Ho Chi Minh City, local police said on December 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many entertaining activities will be held at different places for people in the HCM City to have a joyful night welcoming the turn of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The high rent for retail premises in large cities, especially HCM City, has forced retailers to give up their business.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City government has signed up private firm Trungnam Group to carry out a massive anti-flood project in build-transfer mode.  

Some believe that HCM City needs a special economic zone (SEZ) in the southern part of the city which will be in accordance with the city’s sea development strategy. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of HCM City has proposed limiting spam by tightening management of pre-paid subscribers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC is calling for private firms to implement flood control projects in public-private partnership (PPP) or build-transfer format as chronic flooding is taking its toll on the city.

Many people in HCM City applying for a new certificate of land-use rights and ownership of housing and associated assets on the land have not received certificates on time as the city's land-use right registration office is overloaded with work.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has agreed to the Department of Planning and Architecture's proposal to remove 29 old villas from a conservation list and issue construction permits that would allow owners to repair

Three of the four Deputy Secretaries of HCM City Party Committee previously worked at the HCM City Youth Union. One is a doctor of economics and two others hold master's degrees in philosophy and law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 70 per cent of primary school teachers in HCM City find it impossible to make ends meet on their current incomes, according to a survey conducted in nine districts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Increased traffic and on-going construction in Hanoi and HCM City have driven air pollution beyond safe levels, especially in terms of dust concentration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Sai Gon Medical Equipment Joint Stock Company was ordered to stop selling Pentaxim five-in-one vaccine and return deposited money to parents after an inspection of HCM City Health Department on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A myriad of activities will be held across Ho Chi Minh City to ring in the New Year 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Indian Yoga Association (IYA) opened its first Viet Nam office at VYOGA on 59 Nguyen Thai Binh Street in HCM City's Tan Binh District yesterday, Dec 15.

If HCM City wants to offer its residents quality living, the most important thing is to improve its environmental quality, a city leader told a meeting held recently to discuss how to deal with polluting companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While flea markets are relatively new in HCM City, many of them have become busier than ever, offering a wide array of old and vintage items.