The event was attended by Politburo member and Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man, and former leaders and members of the Alliance and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF). In January 1968, the 14th meeting of the third Party Central Committee decided to establish a front that had a platform broader than the NLF’s. This second front would keep an attitude independent from the NLF but enter into an alliance with the NLF and all persons who wanted to strive for an independent, sovereign, democratic, peaceful and neutral South of Vietnam. On April 20 and 21, 1968, a congress to set up the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces of Vietnam was held in the liberated area. It mainly operated in cities, especially big cities, and Saigon (now HCM City) where it headquartered. The Alliance issued a declaration and an action plan which aimed to struggle for … [Read more...]

Accordingly, the two localities will strengthen mutual understanding and promote cooperation through the dialogue mechanism during high-ranking leaders’ visits. The authorities of HCMC and Gyeonggi will create favorable conditions and business environment for private and State enterprises of the two sides, as well as enhance cooperation in various fields, such as science-technology, culture-art, tourism, education, environment protection and exchange. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem highly appreciated Gyeonggi’s initiatives in building and enhancing cooperation with HCM City. He hoped the two localities will continue to promote exchange in the key fields. By MINH TAM – Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: Gyeonggi provincial government Ho Chi Minh City Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Kim Jin-heung … [Read more...]

At 1am yesterday, a 29 meter long barge No. 14139 carrying 224 tons of cement from the southern province of Dong Nai to An Ha bridge in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi district was collided with a barge No. SG 6939. The collision resulted in sunk barge No.SG 6939 in the upper reaches of Phu My river in district 7. As per crew Nguyen Van Mua of barge No.14139, there were three people in SG 6939 barge; luckily, they escaped death because they jumped to the river. Immediately, river cops arrived in the scene to handle the incident. On the same day, the retrieval of the sunk barge was conducted. Further investigation will be carried out.By staff writers – Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Barge collision Sai Gon River … [Read more...]

The visit is part of the activities to mark 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations, the 20th anniversary of defence ties between the two countries and the official elevation of bilateral ties to a strategic partnership. According to the agenda, commanders and crews on the Australian ships will pay courtesy visits to leaders of HCM City People’s Committee, the heads of the commands of Military Region 7 and the naval force in the south. The crews will engage in several friendship activities like sport exchange and some other social activities held by the city’s Department of External Affairs.   The HMAS Anzac and Toowoomba will join ships from the Vietnam People’s Navy in some joint exercises in practicing the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea.  Vietnamplus Tags: Royal Australian Navy frigates HMAS Anzac and Toowoomba auxiliary oiler HMAS Success Sai Gon Port four-day goodwill visit 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations … [Read more...]

The visa waiver programme for five European countries will expire at the end of June. It remains unclear if the Government will extend the visa waiver, causing uncertainty to the tourism industry and making it difficult for tourism agencies to develop marketing plans for these markets, the association said. The visa waiver for tourists which began in mid-2015 has helped increase the number of foreign visitor arrivals. The association has asked the government to approve exemptions for five years instead of renewals every year, and to increase the maximum stay to 30 days from the current 15. The association chairwoman, Nguyễn Thị Khánh, also asked the government to exempt visas from other countries, including from key markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Austria, Netherlands, and Belgium. Arrivals from these markets have risen sharply, with many people taking a long vacation and spending a lot, Khánh said. Visa waivers for … [Read more...]

At the meeting, the city party chief Nguyen Thien Nhan extended his warm greetings to the Iranian top legislator on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties. Mr. Nhan highlighted cooperation proposal on boosting bilateral trade by Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. For his part, Mr. Ali Ardeshir Larijani called for Vietnamese investors to invest in the fields of petroleum, petrochemicals, liquid petroleum gas and agriculture, sea transport, port construction in his country. He hoped that Vietnam will share agricultural experience with Iran and learn about wood product export to Iranian market. The Speaker proposed the two countries to cooperate closely in the area of banking and create favorable conditions for businesses of the two sides to increase bilateral trade turnover in the upcoming time. By XUAN HANH – Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Ardeshir Larijani the 45th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic … [Read more...]

The meeting was yesterday held by the HCMC Institute for Development Studies (HIDS) and the welfare caring association for elderly and disabled people in Asia and Japan. Participants said that there are the number of important things that Ho Chi Minh City authorities have to take into consideration such as building community-based houses for caring senior people, developing more care home that specialized in looking after elderly as well as training people to look after elderly people at homes. With the elderly population of 460,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City accounting for 5.4 percent of the whole population, the city is encountering social security problems for senior people, said Le Van Thanh from HIDS Vietnamese elderly people dislike to be sent to an old people’s house but if they stay at home, nobody take care of them because their children must go out to work. Mr. Thanh said that some senior people accumulate not enough for spending when retiring while there are more and … [Read more...]

Every station has two storeys and a length of 137 meters connecting with pedestrian overpass over the Hanoi highway. The line No. 1 consists of 11 stations, including Van Thanh, Thao Dien, Rach Chiec, Phuoc Long, Binh Thai, Thu Duc, High-tech Park, Suoi Tien, Tan Cang, An Phu ... Metro Line No. 1 runs abut 20 km from Ben Thanh to Suoi Tien, passing through Districts 1, 2, 9, Binh Thanh, and Thu Duc in Ho Chi Minh City and Di An district in Binh Duong. The line is expected to open in 2020, including 2.6 km of underground line with three stations and over 17 km of elevated line with eleven stations with total capital of US$2.49 billion. By QUOC HUNG – Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: HCMC Urban Railway Management Unit Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien Metro Line No 1 stations of Metro Line No.1 … [Read more...]

At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong highlighted the company’s development plan of a smart complex at functional area 2a in Thu Thiem new urban area, district 2. As planned, HCMC will apply information technology in management to serve residents’ lives in accordance with a smart eco urban area, turning Thu Thiem urban area into a multifunctional finance-trade-service and residential center. For his part, CEO of Lotte Asset Development Lee Kwang Young said that the company will make all effort to turn the smart complex into a new icon in HCMC and Asian region. The construction of the project is expected to be kicked off on September 2. The smart complex will be built over 7.45 hectares at a total capital of VND2 trillion (US$88 million). Lotte Asset Development, a member of the Lotte Group from the Republic of Korea is selected as the investor of the project. By THI HONG – Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: construction of Thu Thiem urban area’s smart complex … [Read more...]

Le Thanh Liem, Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, made the suggestion at a reception for a delegation of three vice mayors of Edessa city on April 16.  He emphasised the trading of farm produce between the two sides, focusing on cherry from Edessa and coffee and dragon fruit from HCM City.  HCM City always pays attention to reinforcing cooperation with foreign partners, including Greece, the official said, noting that the city is willing to create the best possible conditions for Greek firms, including those from Edessa, to invest in the city.  HCM City also stand ready to intensify information sharing, exchange between businesses of the two cities and trade promotion in such areas as tourism and culture, Liem added.  Anastasious Diou, head of the delegation, said as the first Greek locality to organise a working trip to Vietnam, Edessa wants to establish the friendship with Vietnamese localities, including HCM City.  The Greek side … [Read more...]