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Oktoberfest to light up HCM City

 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.

Flooding, traffic accident remain major challenges in HCMC

 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,

HCM City needs regional urban visions to tackle flooding

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,

HCM City to invest $5.5 billion in traffic projects

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.

Book street to go up in town

 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.

More people become ill from drinking contaminated water

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.

5th “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” festival held in Hanoi, HCM City

 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.

HCM City struggles to cope with record rainfall, floods

 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.

Theatre festival comes to HCM City

 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].

High-quality pre-schools in demand in large cities

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. 

HCM City to build irrigation lakes to cope with flooding

 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.

Ho Chi Minh City bustling with M&A transactions

 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.

Kindergarten pilot project short of teachers, classrooms

 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.

HCM City needs more statues, parks, squares to make public space pretty

 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.

A little corner of Hollywood in Viet Nam

 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.

Children with bone disease find relief

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

Schools face challenges in English curriculum

 VietNamNet Bridge – Schools in Ho Chi Minh City are facing many difficulties in teaching maths and science in English due to a lack of textbooks and teachers.

HCM City, Budapest establish friendship cooperation

Ho Chi Minh City and Budapest have inked an agreement to establish bilateral friendly cooperation, which is expected to usher in a new era of collaboration between the two sides.

Many HCM City kids have belly fat

One in three children aged between 10 and 15 in HCM City has belly fat, which according to scientists is more significant than body fat percentage unlike hitherto believed, a survey by the city's Nutrition Centre has found.

HCM City comedy scene breaks out

 VietNamNet Bridge – Comedy enthusiasts in HCM City have never had it so good, with 45 comedic stage troupes performing three shows a week and spoiling them for choice.