VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of HCM City consulted international experts about flood-prevention solutions during a meeting chaired by the city's Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai yesterday, Sept 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi has lowered the target for foreign direct investment (FDI) into industrial zones (IZs), at a time when foreign investors are continuing to flock to HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite HCM City authorities' best efforts to speed up projects to prevent erosion of land along rivers and canals, it continues to progress at a snail's pace due to delays in site clearance and shortage of funds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When noted Saigon barbecue purveyors Quan Ut Ut held a gathering of craft brewers from around Saigon in January, opening a bar to sell the stuff wasn’t what they originally envisioned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Oktoberfest, which is held in Munich every year, featuring German cuisine and culture will be held at HCM City-based restaurants and hotels during October.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many economic norms exceeded plan while social issues such as flooding, traffic accidents and diseases still challenged Ho Chi Minh City’s socioeconomic development in the first nine months this year,

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City should create purposeful flooded areas to reduce flooding and the issue should be solved as a part of regional and national climate change adaptation strategy not a plan for the city’s administrative boundary,

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the HCM City People's Committee, the investment budget for road traffic projects in the next five years will be VND124 trillion tripling the amount in the period of 2011-2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Binh Street adjacent to the iconic Central Post Office building in downtown HCMC will be developed into a location where people can find book stands and attend publishing sector events from early next month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have rung the alarm bell over the increasingly high proportion of people suffering from acute and chronic diseases, including diarrhea, parasitic worms and cancer, caused by the use of contaminated water.

 The dance festival titled ‘Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance’ will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from September 30-October 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy rain continued to flood parts of southern HCM City last Saturday as the city's billion dollars worth of anti-flooding infrastructure could not drain the water out fast enough.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several music and dance performances will be held in HCM City to celebrate National Theatre Day, the 12th day of the eighth lunar month [which falls on Thursday this year].

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned preschools have too many applicants for the number of seats available, at a time when the demand for high-quality education for very young children is on the rise. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 103 irrigation lakes covering a total area of 875 hectares will be dug in and around HCM City to cope with flooding.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The property market in Ho Chi Minh City has been vibrant since the outset of 2015 thanks to buoyant merger and acquisition (M&A) activities which are expected to continue thriving in the time to ahead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One year ago, public kindergartens in HCM City began accepting children aged six to 18 months as requested by local authorities in a pilot programme that is expected to be expanded to all kindergartens by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Art critics, sculptors and officials from HCM City and neighbouring areas attending a recent seminar said the city should erect more sculptural works in public areas for landscaping purpose.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A HCM City movie fanatic's walls are adorned with signed posters from Hollywood stars. His small home's rooms are stocked with famous shoes, rubies and other memorabilia - and it's all open to the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Crocodile Village in HCM City is using glue made from crocodile bones to treat an untreatable disease often found in children