Ho Chi Minh City

On March 14th, leaders of Ho Chi Minh city and Laos’ Houaphanh province held talks and signed a document on the cooperation between the two localities in the past time, and agreed on cooperation orientations for the 2017-2020 period.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is willing to assist Ho Chi Minh City in becoming a smart city, USTDA Country Manager David Ross told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen on March 10th.

Top leaders of Ho Chi Minh City had a working session on March 10th with visiting Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou.

On February 28th, the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee held a meeting to review corruption prevention in 2016 and work out missions for 2017.

As many as 3,000 people will wear Ao dai to perform on the red carpet on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh city at 19h00 on March 5th.

The investment in a waste incinerator using artificial lightning energy to process 1,000 tons of solid waste and 2,000 tons of hazardous waste per day has recently been adopted in Ho Chi Minh city by People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong.

The management board of environment and hygiene investment in Ho Chi Minh city has said that the bidding on building a drain system to collect waste water, the first construction of the second phase of the city environment and hygiene project, will be inaugurated this February.

In 2017, the Sai Gon Water Corporation (Sawaco) will invest in developing the safe water supply network with a length of 1,125 kilometres so that each household will have a water meter at home.

Ho Chi Minh city has been listed among the 19 cheapest holiday destinations on earth in 2017 by Airport transfer website Hoppa.

The 4th HCM city Ao dai festival 2017 will take place from March 3rd to 17th in many places.

The famous travel site CnTraveler has listed Ho Chi Minh city among the 50 most beautiful cities in the world.

HCM city will promote the movement of wearing Ao dai in daily life as well as at offices, not only in Ao dai festivals.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city and Hanoi have been named among the top 10 fastest changing cities around the world, according to the survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Dozens of balloons will perform during the 2017 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday for the amusement and entertainment demand of Ho Chi Minh city’s people.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh city reached USD5 billion in 2016, making up 57-58% of the amount for the entire country, up about 11-12% over a year earlier.

Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee, on January 10th worked with Ms Mary Tarnowka, Consul General of the United States of America in Ho Chi Minh city, together with some American groups and businesses to talk about cooperation in building it into a smart city.

In 2017, Ho Chi Minh city targets to boost multi-dimensional poverty reduction of 1.2-1.4%, in an attempt to eliminate poverty by the end of 2018.

Ho Chi Minh city will launch two river bus routes in 2017, which is considered a break-through solution for the city’s transport through reducing pressure on road traffic.