Ho Chi Minh City

According to the department’s report, the city has 180 projects approved in the annual land use plan from 2015-2018 in districts with the total area of 812.9 hectares but they have yet to be implemented. Of these, District 10 has 22 projects, Binh Chanh has 17, District 9 has 15 , Thu Duc has 13 and District 6 has 12 projects. They have been long delayed because there have been no investors; land use purposes, plan and road boundary have been changed; they have been short of funds or met difficulties in site clearance; investors are unqualified or unexperienced to implement projects. By MINH HUY – Translated by Hai Mien Tags: long delayed projects HCMC People’s Committee … [Read more...] about HCMC revokes 180 long delayed projects

That will be the 16th time which HCMC People’s Committee requires Saigontourist Travel Service Company to work with agencies to organize the flower street to replace previous flower market in Nguyen Hue street which has become a traditional cultural symbol of the city every spring. This year, Nguyen Hue flower street will be built along 720 meters of the street with three parts representing humane city, smart city and innovative districts. Decoration in the area around Ho Chi Minh President statute will be the combination between yellow apricot blossom and peach blossom. In the front entrance gate of the flower street will be a nine member family of pigs to celebrate Year of the Pig 2019. The pig family image stands for family reunion in the Tet holiday. Six piggy banks will be put along the street for visitors to donate for disadvantaged students. Right after the flower street closes, Saigontourist together Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in HCMC will transfer the entire … [Read more...] about Nguyen Hue flower street to open on February 2

According to unofficial figure of employment companies, employers need to hire 30,000 seasonal employees playing Santa Clause, wrapping up gifts, reception and shipping goods. Stores, commercial centers are struggling to hire seasonal helpers in the last weeks of the year. Human resource director of X.T Company in Quang Trung Street in Go Vap District Le Anh Nguyen said that year-end work is up to ears, accordingly, she has to put on adverts to hire more seasonal employees, sometimes even hundred of employees. Additionally, the company has signed contracts with schools to deliver Christmas gifts to schools, families and enterprises. Many employees accepted to work as seasonal helpers in many stores; consequently, they quit the job without noticing beforehand. Therefore, the company must look for seasonal employees at all time, said Ms. Nguyen. Income of seasonal employees fluctuates from VND20,000 – VND30,000 per hour or VND100,000 - VND150,000 a shift ( 4 - 8 hours a shift ), … [Read more...] about Plentiful seasonal employment in year-end

These events are of various aspects, ranging from politics, economy, culture, society, urban matters, administrative renovation, national security, social security. The nominated events must have great effects on the public. A judgement council will be formed, chaired by the Chief of the Office of the HCMC People’s Committee, to evaluate nominated events. Firstly, the HCMC Department of Information and Communications will choose the 20 prominent events in 2018 from the media. After that, the public’s ideas will be collected. Then, the secretary team of the council will summarized all suggestions and list eligible candidates for the public’s approval via the e-information port of the city. From this list, the judgement council will discuss and select the 10 most prominent events and formally announce them in the end-of-year meeting of the HCMC People’s Committee.By KIEU PHONG - Translated by Thanh Tam … [Read more...] about HCMC to vote for 10 most prominent events in 2018

Providing high-quality living standards to attract talents The municipal authorities have already established its intention to ‘encourage creativity among the public for urban development in the period from 2018 – 2020 and further’. As said by Secretary of HCMC’s Central Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan, most of the existing trouble in the city could be tackled if this creativity is at its full power. It is high time that the local government fostered innovation movements among all laborers as well as the authorities. Learning from real examples of successfully developed cities thanks to their innovation force, which possesses the three specific features of Technology, Talent, and Tolerance, HCMC is going to focus on transforming itself into a city with high-quality living standards. This is supposed to attract and then retain sufficient talented human resources. According to Mike Douglass from Hawaii University of the US, a good city for living owns these … [Read more...] about HCMC sets target of innovative city