Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City and Tay Ninh province have agreed to open a closed tour from Cu Chi tunnels to Ba Den mountain from October 16.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Union of Business Associations (HUBA) has organized a ceremony to celebrate the 17th anniversary of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13) with the theme “Ho Chi Minh City Entrepreneurs: Solidarity - Responsibility - Dynamic – Creativeness”.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Trading Cooperatives (Saigon Co.op) has presented medical supplies and some essential items to the representative of the No. 14 Field Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to contribute to encouraging and sharing the difficulties and hardships of medical forces and doctors on the frontlines against the COVID-19 epidemic.

The Ho Chi Minh City Federation of Labour together with grassroots trade unions, 21 districts and Thu Duc city presented 200,000 welfare bags to workers returning to work.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoa Binh and Vice Mayor of France’s Lyon city Sonia Zdorovzoff has signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation in artistic lighting for the Ho Chi Minh City State Treasury building via videoconference on October 11.

People in need of travel assistance should apply for support on the portal at https://thongtin-sgtvt.tphcm.gov.vn/dich-vu-cong/dang-ky-di-chuyen, according to Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport.

The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA) Business Association said that foreign investment in Vietnam in general and the southern city in particular has showed positive signs over the past time.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has appointed Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung, Director of Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, as Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Health.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has allowed buses, taxis, passenger cars and tech-based vehicles with fewer than nine seats each to resume their operations from October 5.

The Thu Duc City People’s Committee has issued an Official Letter approving more support for people facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 epidemic. This is the third support package provided by the city authority.

On October 4, workers at a number of export processing zones and industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City returned to their factories, after the city issued Regulations on control and adjustment of measures to COVID-19 epidemic control and prevention, and gradual socio-economic recovery and development.

Some districts, wholesale markets, and traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City have said they were ready to reopen, after a long interruption due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, with a step-by-step roadmap.

(CPV) - Oxfam in Vietnam, in collaboration with the New Zealand Embassy and the Embassy of Switzerland, on October 5 announced a humanitarian aid project of nearly VND 1.3 billion to assist vulnerable migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City to overcome the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Lee's Sandwiches system, a chain of Vietnamese food restaurant in the US, has launched a charity program to support the people in Ho Chi Minh City amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City.

Starting 6:00pm on September 30, Ho Chi Minh City will further revise COVID-19 preventive measures in the direction of gradually easing social distancing rules, in accordance with the local development of COVID-19 and the Ministry of Health's guidance on risk assessment, the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said at a press conference on September 30 morning.

A program was launched by the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) to raise funds to support people in difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has made several suggestions for a draft decree on some solutions supporting businesses and individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Saigon Tourism Corporation (Saigontourist) continues to sponsor and organize 8 tours to Can Gio and Cu Chi district, with the purpose of paying tribute to the frontline forces of the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, signed and promulgated Decision No. 4255/QD-UBND on September 27 on financial support for Ho Chi Minh City to ensure social security in the COVID-19 pandemic condition.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City is planning to resume the economy based on the principle of safety and flexibility in accordance with the results of the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, gradually adapting to the epidemic to move towards reopening all production and business activities from January 15, 2022.

A number major construction projects in Thu Duc city were restarted on September 23 in order to carry out the task of "dual goals" to prepare for economic recovery activities, as well as ensure safety to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic.

Nearly 600,000 employees from over 4,660 businesses and units received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and more than 140,000 people were fully vaccinated as of September 23.

Nearly 900 gifts donated by overseas Vietnamese in Australia, who are members of a fanpage about succulent plants, and Binh Phuoc Provincial Youth Union together with groups, organizations and businesses in Binh Phuoc province, have been presented to cancer patients and residents in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).

A program named "ATM: Donate Blood to Save Lives" will be launched by the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association Central Committee, in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Hematology and Blood Transfusion from September 28 to October 7 in response to the call for voluntary blood donation of the National Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation Mobilization.

Many charity activities have been carried out by the Vietnam-Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) in coordination with domestic organizations and units to help people in difficult circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to soon control and push back the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has just issued a set of safety assessment criteria in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic for tourism activities in areas with a high level of safety.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has coordinated with Can Gio district to build a pilot programme to organise a trip for frontline forces in fight against COVID-19 epidemic in the city.

The HCM City Department of Tourism in coordination with the Can Gio district People’s Committee, has piloted reopening tourism by organising tours to local historical sites with the more than 100 participants being people working on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.

Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City plans to reopen tourism on September 30 after it has basically controlled the COVID-19 epidemic.

After 24 days of tightening social distancing, Cu Chi district achieved positive results, being one of three localities (along with District 7 and Can Gio district) to loosen distancing regulations, gradually opening from September 16.