VietNamNet Bridge – Don ca tai tu – southern folk music - was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2013. Since then, Ho Chi Minh City has been organizing activities to preserve and promote this art form.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lake in the heart of HCM City now sports a stunning look thanks to the "7 Up To Diem Viet Nam" (7 Up Beautifies Viet Nam) campaign, a project that kicked off in HCM City in March.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's monorail line No 2 linking District 8 with the Thanh Da - Binh Quoi Urban Area in Binh Thanh District will cost over VND15 trillion.

 Doctors at hospitals in HCM City and Hue this week conducted six successful organ transplant operations, saving the lives of four people and restoring the sight of two severely visually-impaired patients.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Police's investigation section on Sunday recommended to the municipal People's Procuracy the prosecution of four Vietnamese and four Taiwanese persons for allegedly swindling people via phones.

VietNamNet Bridge – 358,351 out of 1,874,114 households in Ho Chi Minh City have not accessed to fresh water supply meanwhile the city has set its target that by yearend, most of households in the city will be able to access to fresh water.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doan Minh Hung lives in a rented house, as he sold his land to open "love class", offering free education to over 130 underprivileged children in HCM City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The average room rate (ARR) in Ho Chi Minh City dropped 5 percent quarterly and 3 percent annually to 1.6 million VND/room/night in the second quarter of 2015, reported Savills Vietnam estate service provider.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A plan to operate electric cars in downtown HCM City especially targeted at tourists was presented by the Department of Transport at a meeting on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A "jogging movement" in HCM City is flourishing with the participation of people of all ages and from different walks of life. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic and foreign teams will compete at the National Women's Cycling Open in HCM City today, July 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At a site 15 minutes from HCM City's centre, local and expat families plant vegetables, fish in a man-made river and cook meals under bamboo lean-tos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The securities market in HCM City has seen positive changes since the issuance of Government Decree 60/2015 which would permit a higher rate of foreign ownership in domestic public companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 77 players from eight countries and territories in Asia will compete at the 29th Golden Racket table tennis championship, slated to kick off at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in HCM City from July 23-27.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is keen to develop inland waterway tourism into one of its key attractions by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to tear down some 70 old apartment buildings that house more than 7,200 apartments and move their occupants to resettlement areas as part of a programme to replace old buildings.

HCM City will leave out 17 industrial clusters from its master zoning plan for industrial production to ensure the city will have only 13 industrial zones (IZs) covering nearly 764 hectares in total in 2020,

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will clear more than 800 slums located near Van Thanh trench in Binh Thanh District to clean up the area through which the first metro line will pass.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Tennis Federation's Junior Circuit will be organised in HCM City from July 18 to 26 at the Phu Tho Tennis Club.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of manufacturing facilities and businesses are operating in residential areas, posing threats to workers as well as local residents, city officials have said.