Ho Chi Minh City

The Ho Chi Minh city Commercial Arbitration Association (HCCAA) has been officially launched according to Decision 5994 by the municipal People’s Committee on November 13th, 2017.

In 2017, agencies, businesses and individuals donated over VND223 billion to support the nation's sea, islands and the poor. The money was used by the Ho Chi Minh city Fatherland Front to care for cadres and soldiers working at border areas and islands, and poor families; and assist people in disadvantaged localities.

The fight against corruption and wastefulness is always an urgent task, requiring the active involvement of the political system and society, including the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), heard the 8th conference of the VFF Central Committee, which closed in Ho Chi Minh City on January 6th.

The expansion of Tan Son Nhat International Airport must be completed within one to two years, according to an instruction by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

Ho Chi Minh City has agreed to set up a working group to help investors navigate regulations and tweak policies where needed as part of efforts to ensure it can achieve the industrial growth target of 7.8 – 8.2 percent this year.

The 39th anniversary of Cambodia’s victory over the Pol Pot genocidal regime was marked in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5th.

The National Traffic Safety Committee on January 3rd, in collaboration with the Hanoi People’s Committee, launched a send-off ceremony on traffic safety in 2018 and a campaign to ensure traffic safety during the upcoming lunar New Year festival.

Together with the central level, diverse provinces and cities have established delegations to inspect food safety during the upcoming lunar New Year festival and the 2018 Spring festival.

Since 2014, Ho Chi Minh city has mobilized over VND450 billion for the fund for the poor, built and repaired 3,133 houses, allocated over 100,000 scholarships and vehicles to schools, and given loans and medical insurance to the poor.

Despite his age of 67, painter Truong Han Minh from Ho Chi Minh city, a member of the Standing Board of the Literature and Arts Association of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities, has been awarded with the third-class Labor Order for his contributions to ethnic minority communities.

Nearly 4,500 collectives and individuals who are outstanding followers of Uncle Ho’s example were honoured by trade unions in Ho Chi Minh city in 2017.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc handed over the decision on the appointment of new Chairman of the Member Council of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to Tran Sy Thanh, a member of the 12th PCC and former Secretary of the Lang Son province Party Committee.

The Central Interdisciplinary Steering Committee on food safety will establish six delegations to check food safety across 12 localities, the Food Safety Department under the Ministry of Health has reported.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has issued a document increasing capital for caring for disadvantaged people and beneficiaries during the 2018 lunar New Year festival (Tet).

During the reception on December 28th for Indonesian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh city Jean Anes as he bids farewell at the end of his working term, Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong stressed that the relationship between Vietnam and Indonesia had developed well, contributing to the development of the ASEAN Community.

Over the past few years, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) organized festivals to honour and commend teams and individuals with outstanding performance in campaigns and excellent models and solutions.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved adjustments to the plan for the construction of Ho Chi Minh city’s metropolitan region by 2030, with a vision to 2050.

Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee Vo Thi Dung on December 26th received a delegation from the Russian Social Bureau led by Sergey Aleksandrovich, Vice President of the Russian Social Institute, who is on a visit to the Vietnamese city.

As many as 19 individuals and collectives who gained excellent achievements in the community initiatives contest were awarded during a ceremony held by the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Science and Technology on December 25th.

Ho Chi Minh city’s district 1 has increased the implementation of Politburo Directive 05 on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style, creating a positive change in the awareness and actions of the whole political system, contributing to building a pure and strong Party.

The activities by Ho Chi Minh city’s leaders cover all areas of socio-economic and foreign relations.

Ho Chi Minh city’s labor market is developing with demand for increased numbers of high quality workers who have mastered science, technology, management, production and business skills.

The first giant lantern and light festival in Ho Chi Minh city is being organized from December 8th, 2017 to January 21st, 2018 as part of an array of events of “Allunee - Connecting the Community”.

Over the past five years, the Ho Chi Minh city Farmers’ Association has increased dissemination on building new style rural areas, and encouraged its cadres, members and farmers to join the program.

An art performance “Spring on distant islands” was held for the 8th time on December 17th to raise funds to support beneficiaries’ and island and frame-house soldiers’ and islands’ families, and give scholarships to pupils who are children of poor navy soldiers or poor fishermen.

A high-ranking delegation from Ho Chi Minh city led by Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and Secretary of the city Party Committee, gained notable results during the visit to the US from December 8th-16th.

These images of high-ranking leaders in the fields with farmers, talking and eating with workers, left a deep impression.

The total amount of goods Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) planned to supply for three months before, during and after the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018 is more than 130,000 tons, a 15% rise over a year earlier.

“A Night of Jean Sibelius”, a program to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence, will take place at the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city on December 19th.

Hoi An ancient city, Ha Long bay, and Phu Quoc island are among destinations loved by foreign tourists in Vietnam.