12-09-2015 09:50
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), a contagious viral illness, is surging in Ho Chi Minh City, with the number of hospitalized patients in a recent week being over 30 percent higher than the average of the four preceding weeks, according to health authorities.
07-09-2015 08:41
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have decided to spend VND950 billion (US$41.8 million) building three large-scale reservoirs in the most flood-prone areas of three districts.
18-08-2015 16:30
A motorbike race was organized last weekend at Phu Tho Sports Center in Ho Chi Minh City, stirring speed lovers in the city and neighboring localities.
18-08-2015 10:46
Many residents in apartment buildings, particularly old ones, in Ho Chi Minh City have been increasingly vexed by their neighbors who keep pets which cause incessant noise and pollute the surroundings with their waste.
01-08-2015 10:04
The Party leader of Ho Chi Minh City, Le Thanh Hai, has said the city welcomes British firms to invest in areas where both Vietnam and the UK have advantages, especially in infrastructure and finance.
12-06-2015 18:49
Cisco, a worldwide leader in IT, and the Management Authority for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City entered into an agreement to conduct a feasibility study relating to the Integrated Telecommunications Control Centre for the Ho Chi Minh City urban railways at the MAUR headquarters last week.
11-06-2015 10:50
While parking in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, car drivers should keep a close watch on their vehicles’ accessories or they could lose them to swift-handed thieves, as discovered by Tuoi Tre(Youth) newspaper correspondents recently.
06-06-2015 19:00
Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) will join hands with Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association (HCA) to hold the Vietnam IT Outsourcing Conference (VNITO) between October 14-16 this year in Ho Chi Minh City.
04-06-2015 14:30
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City will begin to collect road maintenance fees as of July under a recent decision made by the municipal People’s Committee, thus becoming the last local government in Vietnam to apply such fees to bikers.
27-04-2015 08:35
A U.S. blogger has recently caught the attention of food lovers by sharing a list of 25 must-eat dishes in Ho Chi Minh City, where to find and even how to eat them.
11-04-2015 12:18
Only about 30 percent of the total number of drug addicts without stable residence in Ho Chi Minh City has been detected since December last year, although 2,800 drug addicts have been sent to drug detoxification centers, the city’s vice chief police has said.
09-04-2015 09:28
A Vietnamese firm is planning to build an Arsenal-supported football (soccer) academy in Ho Chi Minh City following the success of the first such facility established in Vietnam eight years ago.
16-03-2015 09:30
Ho Chi Minh City and a seaplane operator are in discussions on a new tourism product that will allow tourists to tour the city from the sky.
09-01-2015 09:23
Ho Chi Minh City will launch an electric car tourist service in the downtown area on a pilot basis in April, according to the local Department of Transport.
24-12-2014 10:00
As Christmas is coming, people in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City flock to the streets, buying decorations and clothes, and take pictures to celebrate the holiday.