Ho Chi Minh City

During its development and integration, Ho Chi Minh city has developed export processing and industrial zones to attract domestic and foreign investment, increase export turnover and create jobs for residents.

Not only assisting tourists to find roads and hotels in districts 1 and 3, members of the Voluntary Youth Public Benefit Service Company (BESCO) do not hesitate to face criminals and re-take properties for tourists.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes to cooperate with and receive support from overseas resources, including French-speaking countries and their localities, to address challenges such as urban traffic, environmental pollution and climate change, said a local official.

A meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs of the Francophone Parliamentary Assembly (APF) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 24th, bringing together over 50 delegates from 20 APF’s sub-committees.

Ho Chi Minh city People's Committee has issued a plan to launch a walking movement in the city in the 2017-2020 period to reduce traffic congestion and traffic accidents.

Visiting a dairy farm in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh city, on March 23rd, Israeli President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin and his spouse fed cows.

On March 23rd, the 13th Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Festival, themed “Welcome Summer 2017”, opened at the Le Van Tam Park.

On March 23rd, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Party Central Committee member and Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee, met with Israeli President Reuven R. Rivlin and his delegation who are on visit to Vietnam.

Aiming to manage Ho Chi Minh city under the smart model, the city People’s Committee has assigned the Department of Education and Training to host the building of a smart education management project.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the Commission of Popularization and Education of District 8 Party Committee and District 8’s Cultural Centre have launched the “Month of reading books and displaying the image of Uncle Ho”.

The Ho Chi Minh city Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients in collaboration with Hanwha Life has presented 9,561 medical insurance cards, worth nearly VND2 billion, to poor people in 8 localities.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on March 22nd inaugurated the Mapletree business centre in Ho Chi Minh city during the Singaporean leader’s visit to Vietnam from March 21st-24th.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports and the People's Committee of District 1 will jointly organize an Olympic Day 2017 on the Nguyen Hue Walking Street on March 26th.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang received the Donia Gorjului traditional art troupe from Gorj province, Romania, to visit and perform in Vietnam on March 20th.

Recently, a pavement reclaiming campaign which started in district 1 in Ho Chi Minh city has attracted much attention from the public.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has organized a ceremony to launch a movement of creation and promotion of works about studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thought, ethics and style, at the Ho Chi Minh city Conservatory of Music.

On March 20th, the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Tourism announced the program for the 2017 Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival with various activities and special promotions.

From March 20th to 23rd, a delegation of 20 companies, universities and research institutes, led by Ms. Marjolijin Sonnema, Deputy Minister in charge of agriculture of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs is visiting and working at Ho Chi Minh city, Vinh Long and Hanoi.

(CPV) The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City on March 10th simultaneously carried out measures to clear congestion at 37 hot spots in the city.

In realization of the Politburo (term XII) 05 on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style, 100% of Party members from the Ho Chi Minh city Post have registered to practice following Uncle Ho’s example.

Uncle Ho’s example and teachings have been imbued in each thought and behaviour of each citizen, including farmers in Ho Chi Minh city who are acting to contribute to successfully realizing the program on building new style rural areas.

(CPV) – On March 6th, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien presided over a seminar titled “Assessing the implementation of food safety policy and legislation in the 2011 – 2016 period in the South”.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh city now has more than 900 kilometers of waterways, offering huge potential to develop public transport by waterway; reducing pressure for road transport in the inner hub, according to the city Department of Transport.

The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh city is improving its business environment to create the best conditions for foreign enterprises, including those from Singapore, to make productive investments.

(CPV) - The Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee has issued Decree 11 - CT/TU on increasing its management of urban order.

Foreign direct investment in real estate is recorded to be on the rise in Ho Chi Minh city, marking a convenient factor for the real estate market.

Last year, the Ho Chi Minh city Fatherland Front mobilized over VND50.7 billion from all classes of people through practical movements to contribute to the fund for sea and islands.

A meeting to summarize the Vietnamese prioritizing use of Vietnamese goods campaign in 2016 was held in Ho Chi Minh city, on March 16th.

Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee, on March 15th held a reception for Ambassador Bruno Angelet, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, in which some cooperative programs between the EU and Ho Chi Minh city were discussed.

(CPV) – The Party Central Committee (PCC) Theoretical Council and the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee will cooperate with each other in diverse areas in the 2017-2021 period after they signed a cooperative program on March 14th.