Ho Chi Minh City

President Tran Dai Quang reported on the outcomes of the third session of the 14th National Assembly and made clear issues of concern during a meeting with constituents in districts 1, 3, 4 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 7th.

Ho Chi Minh city has been listed among the top destinations for solo travellers, according to the Airbnb website.

Diverse policies serving people’s life were adopted during the 5th meeting of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Council (term IX), which concluded on July 6th.

After one year, the campaign of practical support by Ho Chi Minh city students on building Tho Chu Island, Phu Quoc district, Kien Giang province, has been reported successful with diverse constructions and actions completed.

Ho Chi Minh city’s export turnover reached an estimated USD17 billion in the first half of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 17.4%.

During his reception for Simon vander Burg, Dutch Consul General to Ho Chi Minh city, as he came to the end of his term on July 4th, Politburo member and Secretary of the city Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan expressed his thanks for activities linking the city with the Netherlands.

On June 29th, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong and General Director of Vietnam Airlines Duong Tri Thanh signed a deal for cooperative programs in the 2017-2021 period.

Ho Chi Minh city greeted 376,173 foreign tourist arrivals in June, a 16% increase year-on- year, reported the city Department of Tourism.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee on June 29th held a ceremony to mark the 50th year of the Vietnam - Cambodia diplomatic relations (June 24th).

Receiving Mr. Shim Won Hwan, General Director of the Samsung Complex in Vietnam, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee confirmed that the city will be willing to join Samsung global supply chain.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on June 28th received Ms Sherry S. Boger, Vice President and General Director of Intel Products Vietnam.

The Disabilities Research and Capacity Development Center in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam on June 28th presented 15 wheelchairs to children who are being treated at the Ho Chi Minh city Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital, through the Wheelchairs Of Hope program.

Ho Chi Minh city will focus on accelerating administrative reform and addressing traffic congestion in the second half of this year, as targeted during the 10th meeting of the city Party Committee held from June 27th-28th.

The Ho Chi Minh city Agency of Market Management on June 27th destroyed illegally imported and fake goods worth over VND10 billion.

Businesses in Ho Chi Minh city will recruit 139,000 laborers in the second half of this year, as the demand for laborers increases by 10% compared to the first half, according to Tran Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the city Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (FALMI).

The Saigon Innovation Hub (SiHub) and Bosch Vietnam on June 27th signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in supporting and promoting innovation startup in Vietnam.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on June 27th received Mr. Ilkka - Pekka Simila, Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam, on the occasion of ending his term of office in Vietnam.

“Online Tourism Day” will be held for the first time in Ho Chi Minh city on July 5th, 2017.

(CPV) - The 10th International Exhibition On Electrical Technology and Equipment (Vietnam ETE 2017) and the 7th International Exhibition On Products, Technologies Of Energy Saving and Green Power (EnertecExpo 2017) will be held from July 19th to 22nd, at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh city.

So far, 6.567 million residents in Ho Chi Minh city have medical insurance cards, accounting for 79.2% of the city’s population that needs to join medical insurance, according to Cao Van Sang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh city Social Insurance.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has agreed with the city Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) to carry out trade, investment and tourism promotion activities during the friendship visit of the city high-ranking delegation to Laos.

Ho Chi Minh city’s sixth agricultural products fair will be held from June 29th from July 3rd at Go Vap flower village park, Le Van Tho street, Ho Chi Minh city.

The 2nd International Student Science Forum in 2017, with the theme about the 4th Industrial Revolution and smart city building, opened in Ho Chi Minh city on June 22nd.

Ho Chi Minh City will expand pedestrian area in District 1 to include Bui Vien Street as from July 15th.

Remittances to HCM City in the first six months of the year were worth USD2.1 billion, marginally up from the same period last year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City branch.

Vo Thi Dung, Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee, on June 22nd received Mujahidul Islam Selim, President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, who was on a visit to Vietnam.

Over 1.2 million visitors have visited Ho Chi Minh city’s book street in the first six months of this year.

(CPV) - The number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh city reached an estimated 2.8 million in the first half of the year, a 14.7% increase over a year earlier and fulfilling 51.5% of the year’s plan, reported the city People’s Committee.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has agreed to allocate 49,000 square metres in Xuan Thoi Thuong commune, Hoc Mon district, to build a centre for nurturing, treating and giving vocational training to Agent Orange victims and their children.

The quality of vocational training in Ho Chi Minh city has been increasingly high, helping 151,200 laborers find jobs over the past six months.