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Ho Chi Minh City will organize a camping festival at the Suoi Tien Tourist Area in District 9 for disabled and disadvantaged people on December 3, to mark ‘Disabled People’s Day’. Suoi Tien Tourist Area Around 5,500 representatives from nearly 70 units and organizations across the country have registered to take part in the event. [...]
The proposal to develop boat taxis in Ho Chi Minh City must be submitted to the city government by the end of this year for approval, as requested by the city People’s Committee. Under the project, two boat-taxi routes will be developed in the city by Thuong Nhat Co Ltd. The first route runs on [...]
Photography and history lovers should head to Cosmo Cafe at the back of HCMC Museum before the end of this month to witness the photo exhibition themed Sai Gon xua (Ancient Saigon). A corner of the exhibition Ancient Saigon – Photo: Huy Nguyen According to organizers, HCMC Museum of Fine Arts and HCMC Department of [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients received 640 hearing aids to help poor hearing-impaired children at a charity programme on November 2. At the event, as many as 284 hearing-impaired children from 16 schools in Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring provinces of Tay Ninh, Ben Tre, Dong Nai, Binh Duong [...]
A truck hit three bikes at the same time at Nguyen Van Bua- National Road 22 crossroads in Ho Chi Minh City’s Hoc Mon district at 11am on Thursday, causing two women dead. When crossing the intersection, the truck was trying to avoid a contractor trailer on the opposite way when it lost control and [...]
“Bacardi Legacy Cocktail Competition 2012” will take place from November 4-16 in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City. The competition will be organised by Bacardi Vietnam LMT and Saigon Bartender Association, in coordination with the sponsorship of Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association. Saigon Bartender Sommeliers’ Guild (SBSG Association) president Vo Tan Si is [...]
With some Ho Chi Minh City apartment developers offering discounts of up to 35 percent, buyers anticipate a firm downward trend in apartment prices. The Saigon Times daily quoted Fiachra Mac Cana, CEO of Ho Chi Minh Securities Corp, as saying the housing market would see a rash of discounts by the end of the second quarter [...]
More and more motorists in Ho Chi Minh City are falling victim to the so-called “nail traps” or nails scattered on the streets by repair shops. A reader, who wanted to remain anonymous, yesterday told Tuoi Tre over the phone that “Đinh tặc” (a Vietnamese term to call those who scatter nails to flatten vehicles’ [...]
Ho Chi Minh City is gearing up to stop the spread of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease. Since early this year, the city has experienced 9,000 cases of dengue fever, up 1.6 times from a year earlier, including 6 deaths. According to the health sector, prolonged rain is ideal for mosquitoes to spread the disease. [...]
Two Australian naval ships, HMAS Huon and HMAS Yarra, with 56 officers and sailors aboard, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 10, beginning a five-day visit to the city. The visit aims to beef up the friendship between the two navies as well as cooperation between the two countries. Later in the day, [...]