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The 9th International Jewellery and Watch Show opened on May 10 in Ho Chi Minh City. The four-day event gathered almost 100 leading producers from Hong Kong and Taiwan (China), Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. Co-organised by VCCI Exhibition Service Co Ltd (Vietcham Expo) and Hong Kong’s World Trade Fair Limited, [...]
A Ho Chi Minh City joint inspection team has discovered a large amount of chicken legs and pig udder carried by a truck from Hanoi into the city. Yesterday the city’s Thu Duc District Animal Quarantine Station and a traffic police force stopped a suspicious frozen truck for examination and discovered that it was carrying [...]
As fire-extinguishing guns, originating from China, have appeared on the market in Ho Chi Minh City and have been advertised as able to put out vehicle fires, experts have warned that the devices are unlikely to function as advertized. Meanwhile, the city police said this product is illegal and dangerous. The type of gun has [...]
An exhibition of more than 100 photographs of the Anti-American war, taken by photojournalists who worked for the Liberation News Agency (LNA) between 1965 and 1975, is open at the Reunification Palace in HCM City until Thursday. The exhibition is organised by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Reunification Palace to mark the 37th [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on April 21 launched a national week on clean water and environmental sanitation, towards marking the World Environment Day (June 5). At the launch, municipal authorities expressed their concerns about excessive utilisation of water resources. They were also worried that waste discharged by factories in the city [...]
Over the years, several ‘Tuong’ theatre companies have had to close down from lack of patronage, but the Ho Chi Minh City Classical Theatre is still struggling to make both ends meet and preserve the traditional classical ‘Tuong’ or ‘Hat Boi’ form of musical drama alive. Several ‘Tuong’ artists are struggling to preserve the classical [...]
On April 21, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue met and discussed with leaders of Ho Chi Minh City ways to resolve a number of issues aimed at clearing economic barriers in Vietnam’s biggest economic hub. Leaders from the Ministry of Finance and HCMC focused on issues of reducing financial deficit in the City’s budget. [...]
After blowing through Binh Thuan and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces, tropical storm Pakhar hit Ho Chi Minh City yesterday afternoon, and did not cause serious damage or human loss, thanks to the city’s precautionary measures, although it caused many houses to collapse, uprooted trees, and sank boats. Active measures had been made before the storm’s [...]
Hoan My Sai Gon Premier general hospital, a State-of-the-art one, was inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City in the last day of March. The private hospital, covering an area of 2,168 sq.m, was built at a cost of nearly 700 billion VND (33.3 million USD). According to Nguyen Huu Tung, CEO of the Hoan My [...]
Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Yunnan province have agreed to boost cooperation in trade and investment, especially tourism, a strong area of both sides. Under an agreement signed between HCM City leader Le Thanh Hai and visiting Governor of Yunnan province Li Jiheng on April 1, the two localities will promote exchange of high-level visits [...]