Ho Chi Minh City

The announcement was issued in a teleconference that was chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 26 with the participation of officials of all ministries, sectors and 63 provincial-level localities. Speaking at the national meeting via teleconference, deputy chairman of HCMC People's Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen said that the municipal authorities have allocated capital from the State budget for projects that have been granted with investment licenses from October 31, 2018 onward; made adjustment of plans for foreign investment in 2019 that use ODA fund and foreign preferential loans, not exceeding the disbursement rate of public investment capital in 2019 through the Central budget. According to the People’s Committee of HCMC, obstacles leading to low disbursement rates include low site clearance, investment procedures, rearrangement of project management boards, processes and requirements for fund allocation and … [Read more...] about HCMC speeds up disbursement of public investment capital

This is an activity in the framework of the international conference ‘International and Domestic Experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Application – Recommendations for HCMC’. In his opening speech, Director of the HCMC Department of Science and Technology Nguyen Viet Dung stated that this training aims at introducing new knowledge and updating the latest information on AI and its application in research, management, and manufacturing. Taking charge in this training is a team of prestigious lectures from member universities of the Vietnam National University –HCMC, international experts from leading corporations in the world like GovTech Singapore and Microsoft. The content of these sessions is a comprehensive view on AI, its implementation, its challenges; AI’s application for image analysis in such fields as security monitoring, traffic control, healthcare diagnosis, river and lake monitoring via satellite pictures; AI’s … [Read more...] about HCMC launches training on AI application

The recent smog phenomenon in HCMC (Photo: SGGP) Many areas in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) yesterday experienced heavy smog again. The specialized website on air quality Air Visual continuously warns residents of severe air pollution that can negatively affect their health. According to the conclusion report, the main reason is the combination between temperature inversion and high humidity. This has resulted in a trap of existing pollutants and made the air stiller and murkier, also known as photochemical smog. This disturbing phenomenon happens annual in 6-7 days during September and October when Southwest monsoon weakens while the cold air mass from the North is moving slowly to the South. It leads to an intertropical convergence zone and subsequently temperature inversion. Obviously, the underlying cause of the recent heavy smog is existing pollutants and dust in the air of HCMC, most of which come from human activities like vehicle exhaust fumes, industrial manufacturing, … [Read more...] about Formal conclusion on recent alarming air pollution in HCMC

According to the proposals of 11 districts with 50 landslide sites, the agency collaborated with the Municipal Department of Transport to inspect the scenes, evaluate and classify the risks of landslides at riversides, riverbanks, canals and dykes in the city.  According to the Division of Irrigation under the Municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, some locations among the above landslide sites have been effected by other construction works.  The rest sites have seen landslide prolong for a long time but the issue has not been repaired yet. They include the left bank of Phuoc Loc Bridge, Cay Kho Canal, the right bank upstream of Kinh Lo - Tac Muong Lon junction, the right bank from Long Kien Bridge to upstream area of Nha Be, the left bank of Tac An Nghia in Can Gio, Xom Cui canal in Binh Chanh. Many landslide sites in District 2, 8 and Binh Thanh District have existed for over the past ten years.  An embankment erosion in Tau Hu - Lo Gom canal has … [Read more...] about HCMC has 37 dangerous landslide sites

According to the Management Board of Traffic Infrastructure Investment and Construction of Ho Chi Minh City, the above project is being deployed with the ongoing completion of a rainwater drainage system, contributing to reduce flooding for this basins on a total area of 2,150 hectares with its total investment of VND 11,282 billion, including Japanese ODA loans and reciprocal capital from the city budget. Particularly, the project has five construction and installation bidding packages, two technical consultancy packages. Of which, the J package to expand and increase the daily capacity of Binh Hung sewage treatment facility from 141,000 to 469,000 cubic meters contributed in solving the water pollution on the Tau Hu - Ben Nghe canal. Meanwhile, the K package to renovate the water drainage system and build the secondary water drainage lines and pumping stations in the basin of Hang Bang canal is to solve the current flooding situation. The G package is expected to construct a 33.7 … [Read more...] about City adjusts water environment improvement project