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HCM City, Cambodia forge stronger collaboration

Politburo member and Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai and President of the Cambodian Senate Say Chhum have agreed to continue promoting cooperation in all fields between Vietnam and Cambodia.

HCM City to put CCTV in buses

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to install surveillance cameras to prevent sexual harassment and theft on buses, according to the city's Public Transport Management and Operations Centre.

Exhibition showcases aerial photos of HCM City

About 40 aerial photos of HCM City by photojournalist Gian Thanh Son are displayed at an exhibition in downtown HCM City.

Art troupes seek more funds for theatres

 VietNamNet Bridge – Art troupes in HCM City are asking the HCM City authority to invest in upgrading and building theatres to meet audiences' demand.

Government calls for reports on flood prevention in City

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has required the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and HCM City's People's Committee to submit in June reports on the implementation of flood prevention activities in the city. 

HCM City motorcyclists to pay road maintenance fee

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's People's Committee has set a target to collect some VND 307 billion (US$14 million) as road maintenance fee from motorcycle users during 2015.

HCM City urges drug tests for drivers

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have asked transport firms to periodically test drivers of container trucks for drug use in an aim to reduce the number of traffic accidents.

Bitexco tower- Symbol of prosperity

 VietNamNet Bridge – With its unique architecture, Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City has become a tourist attraction. Shaped like a lotus, the tower symbolizes Ho Chi Minh City’s prosperity.

Summer courses great for kids

 VietNamNet Bridge –Art troupes and cultural houses in HCM City are offering summer courses in traditional Vietnamese music and theatre in an attempt to lure children away from online games and films on their Ipads and smart-phones.

HCM City industrial plants continue to pollute

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City wants 1,361 polluting industrial plants to move out of downtown and residential areas to the suburbs, but no alternate location has been identified for them, they lack funds to set up new plants

No-bargain market in town

VietNamNet Bridge – For years people have known about K indoor area at Binh Dien Wholesale Market in HCMC’s Binh Chanh District where sellers offer dried seafood at fixed prices, making it impossible for customers to bargain. 

Hoa Mi returns to sing after 27 years

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Hoa Mi will stage a solo performance in HCM City next week at a special show for fans after 27 years of living away from her native land.

WB Vice President welcomed in Hanoi

 WB Vice President welcomed in Hanoi, NA debates draft revised State Budget Law, HCM City, Japan’s Saitama Prefecture seek partnership opportunities, Vietnam attends 104th International Labour Conference

French artists explore the human condition in Saigon's exhibition

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of new works by two French artists Nadege David and Sandrine Llouquet about the "poetic dimension to our human condition" has opened at Galerie Quynh.

Five killed in traffic accident in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five people including three Viet Kieu (Overseas Vietnamese) from the US were killed in a traffic accident yesterday morning (May 31) on National Highway A in HCM City's Thu Duc District.

HCM City seeks more skilled workers to fill employment gap

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of the 25,000 positions HCM City needs to fill in June, 35 per cent require manual labourers and 65 per cent skilled workers with training at vocational schools, colleges or universities.

Images: Hard-working scrap collectors in Saigon’s new urban area

 VietNamNet Bridge – Iron scrap collectors in the Thu Thiem urban area in HCM City use many tools and machines to do their work. Their job is as hard as that of miners.

Cloudy days ahead in the internet era

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Tuyet of HCM City was taken aback one day when many of her friends asked her about a party she planned to attend two weeks later.

Veteran shows shooting is more than violence

VietNamNet Bridge – "Many people think shooting an air gun is a form of violence, but actually the sport is like Japanese kendo, which teaches people discipline and patience, and how to remain calm under pressure,"

US, VN ‘building real partnership'

 VietNamNet Bridge – US State Department Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken held a roundtable meeting in HCM City on Tuesday where he spoke with Viet Nam News about relations between the two nations.