HCM City

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Widened Saigon canal improves environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 600 metre-odd stretch of the Hang Bang canal in HCM City's District 6 will be widened to 11m, its original size.

HCM City mulls tenders for waste treatment

VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC will select waste treatment firms via tenders to keep prices at reasonable levels, save the State budget and ensure a fair business environment for enterprises in the sector,

Indie film Flapping towards success

VietNamNet Bridge – The open ending of the Vietnamese feature film Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere, currently showing in Ha Noi and HCM City, proved divisive for audiences.   

A peaceful zen garden

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located in a spacious place in HCMC’s Hoc Mon District, Tung Son Thach Park recreates a typical Japanese zen garden with a carpet of tiny gravels, whispering artificial waterfalls and pine trees.

A place to go shopping ahead of Tet

Fashion shops on Nguyen Trai Street linking District 1 and District 5 in HCMC has become crowded these days with a lot of people rushing to buy clothes, shoes and other items in the run up to the Lunar New Year holiday

MST vows to develop chip industry

Vietnam has the capacity to manufacture microprocessors, but has yet to overcome many difficulties to fully develop a chip industry.

International investors hunt high and low for land in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investment funds and real estate developers have been looking for cleared land to purchase as the property market is expected to heat up in 2015.

Programme to welcome overseas Vietnamese returning for Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese will be welcomed back to the HCM City for Tet (Lunar New Year) with Xuan Que Huong 2015 (Homeland Spring 2015) cultural programme.

Foreign-invested industrial zones thriving in Vietnam

The major difference between Vietnamese-owned and foreign-invested industrial zones (IZs) is that the former aim to lease land to businesses, while the latter, which have had great success, want to provide industrial infrastructure.

HCM City concerned about monopoly in garbage treatment

VietNamNet Bridge – The government of HCMC is concerned that Vietnam Waste Solutions might become a monopoly in garbage treatment in the city if its integrated waste management facility in Binh Chanh District is allowed to bring

Intelligent transport system imperative for crowded HCM City: study

 VietNamNet Bridge – Siemens and consulting firm Arup recently presented a study on intelligent transportation system, which shows how intelligent infrastructure can help cities address rising demand for transport,

HCM City to provide vocational training, jobs for youth

VietNamNet Bridge – Employment services and vocational training centres overseen by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union will provide job training to 20,000 young people and jobs to another 25,000 youth this year.

HCM City residents take a stab at fencing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adventurous Vietnamese who want to test out their stamina and agility are flocking to the challenging sport.

Foreign-developed IZs have higher occupancy rates than Vietnamese counterparts

Most of the industrial zones (IZs) in Vietnam developed by foreign investors have higher occupancy rates than those developed by Vietnamese because they have better strategies to attract businesses.

Remittances to HCM City top $5 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese living abroad remitted over US$5 billion to HCM City last year, 4.2 per cent higher than in 2013, according to figures released at a meeting held by the city's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese yesterday, Jan 21.

HCM City canal remains dirty after $46m cleanup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though HCM City and Binh Duong have spent more than a trillion dong (US$46.7 million) in the past eight years to clean up the Ba Bo Canal, the increasing discharge of untreated wastewater

HCM City to build multi-story workshops in industrial zones

HCM City, the largest commercial hub in Vietnam, plans to built multi-story workshops in industrial zones (IZs) in an effort to lure small- and medium-sized investors who need space at “reasonable costs”.

Visitors to use free wi-fi to promote city’s Tet festivals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to Ho Chi Minh City’s annual Tet events would be able to access free wireless internet, allowing them to freely share photos of the city on the lunar New Year.

Public transport hits many bumps

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many efforts from HCM City authorities and the city's Transport Department, public transportation in the city, which is conducted mainly by bus, has not developed as planned.

Youngster takes the plunge in HCM City canal

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a chilly day just after Christmas, curious passers-by stopped at Hoang Hoa Tham Bridge in HCM City's District 1 to gawk at a young man who jumped into the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal.