denmark opens visa centre in ho chi minh city

Denmark opens visa centre in Ho Chi Minh City

The Danish government launched a new visa application centre in Ho Chi Minh City on September 5, to help streamline the process for applicants.
ho chi minh city officially launches river tours

Ho Chi Minh City officially launches river tours

The list of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism features welcomed Tuesday a ‘specialty’: seven river tours that will take tourists around the city via its diverse system of canals and rivers.
ho chi minh city plans five waste treatment plants

Ho Chi Minh City plans five waste treatment plants

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee is preparing for the implementation of five waste treatment projects.
learning to love the peoples food in ho chi minh city

Learning to love ‘the people’s food’ in Ho Chi Minh City

In the summer of 1996, fresh out of college, I moved to Ho Chi Minh City for one simple reason: I loved Vietnamese food. At restaurants in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, I’d grown fond of the staples of the cuisine — grilled meats, startling herbs, crunchy vegetables — and particularly of pho, the aromatic beef noodle soup that is Vietnam’s national dish. As graduation approached, I knew I wanted to live overseas, and Communist Vietnam, which had just opened its doors to the West, was the obvious choice. In fact, it didn’t even feel like a choice at all — it felt like destiny.
cbre ho chi minh city office market recovering

CBRE: Ho Chi Minh City office market recovering

Ho Chi Minh City’s office rental market has lifted itself and will continue a marginal increase until at least this year’s third or fourth quarter, according to CBRE Vietnam.

New Zealand Prime Minister to visit Ho Chi Minh City

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rt. Hon. John Key, will visit Ho Chi Minh City this week.
ho chi minh city more efforts needed for ic development

Ho Chi Minh City: More efforts needed for IC development

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged Ho Chi Minh City to promptly finalise its Integrated Circuit (IC) Industrial Development Programme for 2013-2020 to serve the revolution in information technology.
first guests take residence at capri by fraser ho chi minh city

First guests take residence at Capri by Fraser Ho Chi Minh City

Capri by Fraser Ho Chi Minh City yesterday marked the arrival of its first guests at its new serviced residence in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7.
ascott opens its fourth property in ho chi minh city

Ascott opens its fourth property in Ho Chi Minh City

CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has opened its fourth property in Ho Chi Minh City.
in ho chi minh city a smaller project trend

In Ho Chi Minh City, a smaller project trend

Developers of serviced apartment projects in Ho Chi Minh City are thinking small - or at least smaller - in contrast to the bigger-is-better trend of that past.
indias republic day celebrated in ho chi minh city

India’s Republic Day celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City

The 63rd anniversary of Republic Day of India (26/01/1950-26/01/2013) was marked by the Union of Friendship Organisations and the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the Vietnam-India Friendship Association on January 24.
ho chi minh city to house first starbucks store in vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City to house first Starbucks store in Vietnam

Starbucks, the world’s biggest coffee shop company, will open its first store in Vietnam early February as part of a large expansion in Asia.
ho chi minh city kazakhstan air route to open

Ho Chi Minh City-Kazakhstan air route to open

Kazakhstan’s national flag carrier, Air Astana, has announced it will officially launch a direct air route from Almaty, the country’s largest city, to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on January 1, 2013, with two flights a week, every Wednesday and Friday.
international school of ho chi minh city announces new headmaster

International School of Ho Chi Minh City announces new headmaster

The International School Ho Chi Minh City announced today that Simon Leslie will assume the reigns as headmaster from the 2013 – 2014 school year.
novo nordisk opens new office in ho chi minh city

Novo Nordisk opens new office in Ho Chi Minh City.

Denmark-based healthcare company Novo Nordisk decided to open a new office in Ho Chi Minh City, a step to further expand its business in Vietnam.