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HCMC resumes non-essential services while still says no to karaoke, bars, gyms

15:31 | 26/02/2021

HCMC will allow most non-essential services except bars, dance clubs, karaoke parlors, gyms, and pool table services to resume starting March 1.

HCMC and Hanoi allow students to stay at home amid new coronavirus outbreak

08:10 | 15/02/2021

HCMC government announces on Monday to let students stay at home until the end of February to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, Hanoi decides to open online studying and learning after Tet holiday.

Fireworks cancelled in HCMC amid the new outbreak of Covid-19

20:09 | 07/02/2021

HCMC authorities have decided to cancel Lunar New Year's firework show and other public activities since Covid-19 pandemic is developing more complicated, in order to ensue citizen's safety.

Exploring street food paradise at Sai Gon flower market

08:02 | 05/01/2021

Ho Thi Ky flower market, one of the most famous flower markets in Ho Chi Minh City, will not fail to entertain you with beautiful flowers and street food paradise with over 100 stalls.

Thu Duc "on the way" to officially become a city of Ho Chi Minh City

10:23 | 10/12/2020

Thu Duc has been greenlighted to become a city within a city of Ho Chi Minh City, an unprecedented move from the National Parliament.

Central provinces in Vietnam ramp up Covid-19 prevention efforts

16:55 | 06/12/2020

Quang Nam is the next province to ramp up Covid-19 prevention efforts by placing people that frequented the same Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) locations into centralized quarantine.

Hanoi, HCMC to halt unnecessary crowded activities over COVID-19 concerns

10:53 | 05/12/2020

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City issued an official dispatch to quickly direct urgent pandemic preventive and control measures, including the ban of unnecessary crowded activities.

HCMC listed as world’s 10 cheapest cities for expats

14:50 | 09/11/2020

Ho Chi Minh City is listed among the world’s top 10 cities with the cheapest living-cost for foreigners by the prestigious Business Insider.

Convertible McLaren 720 Spider supercar casts doubt on attaching fake number plate in HCMC

23:05 | 28/09/2020

A convertible McLaren 720S Spider supercar in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) estimated about 1 million USD is rumoured that using fake number plate.

Ex-vice chairman of HCMC sentenced to eight years for causing a great loss to treasury

07:22 | 22/09/2020

Nguyen Thanh Tai, former vice chairman of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was sentenced to 8 years in prison for crimes relating to a great loss to the treasury.

HCMC's Eastern City of strategic importance to national development

10:49 | 20/07/2020

Ho Chi Minh City government is preparing for the "Eastern City" and it has a strategic importance to national development.

PM expects Southern KER to be 10 year early to reach the nation’s goal for 2045

07:33 | 31/05/2020

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged the Southern key economic region (SKER) to become the first economic region in realizing Viet Nam’s vision for 2045. He said that Ho Chi Minh City and the remaining 7 provinces will be the "diamond octagon" to reach the Vietnam's goal at least 10 year earlier than the whole country with a prosperity of a powerful region by 2035.

Nearly 250,000 businesses in HCM City conduct online tax transactions

13:21 | 31/03/2020

Among 258,520 enterprises operating in HCM City, nearly 250,000 enterprises conduct online tax declarations.

Ho Chi Minh City sets itself no more than 150 infection target

08:16 | 30/03/2020

HCMC is the second city confirming most Covid-19 infections in Vietnam, following Hanoi city. In efforts to cope with different scenarios and contain the disease outbreak, city Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said on Sunday to set targets of limiting its Covid-19 cases to below 150.

Travel restrictions are imposed in Hanoi and HCMC to commute Covid-19

08:54 | 28/03/2020

Public transportation and transport in Vietnam's largest cities Hanoi and Hochiminh City to other localities must be reduced to help curb the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.