VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism sector of HCM City is preparing new tourism products and promotional programs towards the year-end to realize its target to welcome 4.4 million international visitors this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Little Japan, an area around Le Thanh Ton and Thai Van Lung streets in downtown HCMC where there are over 70 restaurants, spas and other businesses of the Japanese community,

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Catholic Youth Group has launched a project to perform Broadway-styled musical The Eternal Lamb (Con Chien Khong Moi) for free starting from December 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A programme to privatise HIV prevention and treatment and foster growth of a viable commercial market for HIV-related goods was launched in HCM City last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 35 Japanese feature films and cartoons will be screened at the second Japanese film festival to be held in HCM City from November 13 to 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many National Assembly deputies yesterday agreed with the need to build a new modern but costly international airport, but said careful study was needed to ensure both economic and social efficiency of the project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National carrier Vietnam Airlines held a roadshow in HCM City on Thursday, to introduce investors to its business operations and development plans, before launching its initial public offering (IPO).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trillions of dong have been injected into projects to solve canal pollution in HCM City but the results have been temporary.

VietNamNet Bridge – New restrictions in HCM City banning the use of brand logos or pictures of products on shop advertisements have stirred concern among shop owners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Toyota Classics Concert 2014 will take place at the HCM City Opera House on November 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will send 1,000 engineers and workers abroad for training in urban railway operation in preparation for the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line, set to open in 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – French painter Manoel Pillard's 46 water colour and oil paintings of landscapes in the Cuu Long Delta will feature at a solo exhibition opening at HCM City's University of Fine Arts next Monday.

A police official said leaflets containing safety tips for foreigners will be suspended by the HCMC Police Bureau, following a complaint made by someone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Feeling Japan" is the theme of a festival that opened in HCM City yesterday, Oct 26, giving thousands of visitors, mostly young folks, a taste of Japanese culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hard Rock Cafe HCM City will host two "Excitingly Scary" Halloween events on October 31 and November 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A celebration of Germany's Oktoberfest will be held in Hanoi on October 23-24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's two-year-old community-based treatment for drug addicts has not proven very successful due to various reasons, including the fact that admission for treatment is voluntary.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Honorary Consul General of Finland in HCM City, Phung Anh Tuan, is leading a delegation of diplomats who want to preserve a portion of the Sai Gon Tax Trade Center,

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unconventional school in HCMCity offers classes in the arts while encouraging students to think creatively. Dinh Phuong Linh reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first Vietnamese movie about bisexual love, Lac Gioi (Paradise in Heart) produced by Tincom Media, had its premier showing on Monday in HCM City with 800 people attending.