Ho Chi Minh City

The Japanese Consulate General to HCMC, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), consultant firm NJPT, contractor joint venture and relevant agencies also took part in the inspection work. The delegation surveyed and inspected the depot at Saigon Opera House, the tunnel connecting the depot and Ba Son and Phuoc Long stations and rail track installation near Phuoc Long station. Construction of these stations have nearly been built. After the survey and inspection, HCMC leaders believed that the project will be built and put into operation at the end of 2020. Talking to the city leaders, consultants and contractors said that the most difficulty now is approval for total investment capital adjustment and late payment to contractors of done items. These have caused the project run behind schedule. Wokrers on the construction site of the first metro line (Photo: SGGP) The representative of NJPT consultant joint venture said that the largest consideration of the two sides now is … [Read more...] about HCMC leaders promise to solve difficulties for first metro line

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong attended the enlistment ceremony in Binh Chanh district. Speaking at event, chairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Chanh district Tran Phu Lu expressed his pride of the district’s youth. He hoped the young people will be trained to become useful and faithful citizens in accordance with Uncle Ho’s guidance and follow the traditional path of older generations. At the similar ceremony in Tan Binh district, Head of the Department of Propaganda and Training of the HCMC Party Committee, Than Thi Thu; colonel Pham Tien, Deputy Commander of the High Command of HCMC bade farewell 232 new soldiers registering for the February round of this year. Deputy chairman of the HCMC People's Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen encouraged 81 soldiers, including 3 Party members and … [Read more...] about HCMC leaders bid farewell to new soldiers

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong attended the enlistment ceremony in Binh Chanh district. Speaking at event, chairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Chanh district Tran Phu Lu expressed his pride of the district’s youth. He hoped the young people will be trained to become useful and faithful citizens in accordance with Uncle Ho’s guidance and follow the traditional path of older generations. At the similar ceremony in Tan Binh district, Head of the Department of Propaganda and Training of the HCMC Party Committee, Than Thi Thu; colonel Pham Tien, Deputy Commander of the High Command of HCMC bade farewell 232 new soldiers registering for the February round of this year. Deputy chairman of the HCMC People's Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen encouraged 81 soldiers, including 3 Party members and … [Read more...] about HCMC leaders bids farewell to new soldiers

Deputy chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thu was born in the northern city of Hai Phong in 1966. She used to work at many agencies in District 5 before being appointed to chairwoman of the People’s Committee in Nha Be District. From 2012-2015, she was the president of HCMC Labor Union. In December 2015, Ms. Thu was elected deputy chairwoman of HCMC People’s Committee. Tags: HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu … [Read more...] about Deputy chairwoman of HCMC People’s Committee passes away due to disease

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Danh, deputy head of the Department of Construction, HCMC is expected to implement 300 urban planning projects affecting 19,000 households from now until 2020; in the phase from 2021-2025, 226 projects will be carried out impacting 25,000 households. So the total number of families affected by the projects will be 44,000 by 2025. Preliminary survey shows that 16,800 households want to receive compensation and seek new accommodations by themselves while 27,200 cases want to be resettled by the local government. HCMC leaders hope that the resettlement program will comprehensively and harmoniously solve all aspects of life, ensure new accommodation for residents with suitable living space and synchronously invest technical and social infrastructure in association with welfare policies including job training to provide better employment opportunities to improve the life of residents after removal. At present, HCMC has 12,197 unused resettlement apartments and … [Read more...] about HCMC limits building resettlement houses with state budget