Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City will begin its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on June 19, with priority groups to get injected with about 800,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses donated by the Japanese Government.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh city has just been nominated as one of the eight candidates for the title “Asia’s leading MICE travel destination" within the framework of the World MICE Awards 2021.

From March 20 to June 16, the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front and the city committee on reception and distribution of COVID-19 funds, received over VND310 billion in support of COVID-19 prevention and some VND2.3 trillion in support of the COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Nearly one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Japanese Government arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on late June 16.

The Government has agreed with Ho Chi Minh City's proposal to allow businesses in the city to actively negotiate to source COVID-19 vaccines from the world’s prestigious manufacturers and distributors.

By June 14, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has received over 211 billion VND for COVID-19 vaccine procurement.

At a meeting with officials of 21 districts and Thu Duc city on June 14, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that the city will continue to apply city-wide social distancing in line with the Government's Directive No. 15 until the end of June to amid complicated developments of coronavirus outbreaks in the city.

In addition to this recommendation, the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Industry and Trade has also proposed solutions related to rent money for market stalls and supporting costs for businesses participating in fairs and exhibitions organized by the city.

Ho Chi Minh city has assigned and allocated details of the city's public investment capital plan with a total capital of more than 35.74 trillion VND for 2021. By the end of April 2021, the disbursement rate reached 13.1%.

On June 10, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee held an online meeting with local business representatives to discuss solutions to meet the southern city's dual goals.

Total budget collection in Ho Chi Minh city reached an estimated more than 174.5 trillion VND in the first five months of the year, equivalent to 49% of the estimate and an increase of 22.8% compared to the same period last year, according to the city People’s Committee.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City on June 9 received 99 billion VND (4.3 million USD) from organizations, businesses, and individuals to support the COVID-19 fight in the city.

A centre supporting businesses in digital transformation has been established by the Quang Trung Software City Development Company in Ho Chi Minh City and the city’s Departments of Information and Communications and Science and Technology.

The second support package has been focused to distribute by the Ho Chi Minh City authorities to provide additional relief for people and businesses with financial difficulties.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has proposed to collect fees for COVID-19 tests.

At a working session with representatives of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Health on May 31, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said that the city needs to draw up plans for the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while ramping up efforts to seek vaccine sources.

So far, the trade unions at all levels in Ho Chi Minh City have taken care of 19,750 trade union members and workers affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the City Confederation of Labour has reported.

Ho Chi Minh City will urgently implement the most radical measures to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from continuing to spread.

At an urgent meeting of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 30, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong decided to apply social distancing in the city in order to prevent the pandemic.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee has ordered the temporary closure of hair salons and suspension of all religious events and ceremonies after a new cluster of 25 COVID-19 cases related to a Christian church in Go Vap district was found.

At a reception on May 26, Jefferey S. Goss, Associate Vice Provost at the Arizona State University (ASU) of the US, who is paying a working visit to Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, the university do its utmost in cooperation activities with HCM City.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)’s Organizing Board of Major Holidays has held an art programme entitled “A Nation's Festival” in the city to celebrate the success of the election of deputies to the 15th NA and all-level People's Councils for the 2021-2026 term.

Two billion USD of remittances was sent to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) during January-April, up 11 percent against the same period last year.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on May 19 chaired a virtual meeting between Ho Chi Minh City and Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Nearly 100 photos on President Ho Chi Minh’s life and revolutionary cause, and the city named after the President, are on display at an exhibition at Dong Khoi street, Nguyen Du precinct, district 1.

On May 16, a delegation of Ho Chi Minh City participated in the launching ceremony celebrating the 131st anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth.

Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders on May 16 launched a tree planting ceremony in Binh Chanh District to mark the 131st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

A launching ceremony of the National Olympiad on Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's Thought 2021 place under the theme “Anh sang soi duong” (The light illuminates the road) has taken in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).

Photos on President Ho Chi Minh in cinematography are on display at an exhibition which has opened in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 131st anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth (May 19) and the 110th anniversary of the President’s going abroad in order to find a way to liberate the country, with this event occurring in 1911.

Despite the complex development of COVID-19, the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos; and the good neighbourly, traditional friendship, comprehensive and long-term cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia have thrived, said Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.