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The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed local authorities to raise the frequency of air monitoring. According to the department, the air monitoring is conducted just 10 days in the morning and afternoon per month. HCM City faces the serious pollution So the department suggested that it would be necessary to do the work daily in the morning, midday and afternoon. In the early morning, many local streets such as Truong Chinh, Cach Mang Thang Tam, Nam Ky Khoi Nghia and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai saw dense smog. The department also recommended the rise in PM10 and PM2.5 index measurement every day at all the city’s air monitoring stations. This would help the agency to have more information to provide for people on both its website and smart phone apps. The plan should be implemented in the 2020-2022 period, the department added. In HCM City, the air quality index on December 12 and 13 was at the level of affecting people’s health, … [Read more...] about Increase in air monitoring frequency in HCM City proposed

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Hospital managers, renowned doctors and investors from the Republic of Korea’s Gyeonggi province attended a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 4 to study investment opportunities in the field of health care in the southern economic hub. Director the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh said his department and the Gyeonggi counterpart had signed minutes in 2018 on cooperation in human resources training, professional and management experience exchanges, and information technology application to serve medical examination and treatment. Under this document, 24 Vietnamese students were sent to the RoK for professional exchanges and intensive training, he said, adding that the RoK province also assisted Vietnam in research, diagnosis and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer as well as in healthcare management issues. Ryu Yong Chol, director of Gyeonggi’s health department, evaluated HCM City as … [Read more...] about HCM City boosts medical cooperation with RoK’s Gyeonggi province

  Participants discuss smart healthcare at a workshop held in HCM City last Saturday . Photo Thu Hằng HCM CITY — HCM City has invested extensively in smart healthcare development, with a focus on healthcare big data platform and the use of information technology in hospital management and expertise management, senior health sector leaders have said. City hospitals are required to create electronic medical records of international standards for locals, according to Tăng Chí Thượng, deputy director of the city Department of Health. Each citizen would have a single national patient identifier, he said while speaking at a workshop on smart healthcare in HCM City on Saturday. The Thủ Đức District Hospital was the first medical centre in the city getting approval from the Ministry of Health to create electronic medical records, he said. Many hospitals were set to follow suit, he said. To develop smart healthcare, the city would … [Read more...] about HCM City fosters development of smart healthcare

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Remittance to Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of 2018 increased by 4.5 percent against the same period last year to reach 1.12 billion USD, a central bank official said. According to Nguyen Hoang Minh, Deputy Director of State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s HCM City branch, most of the remittance is invested in production and business instead of being poured into real estate, securities or savings as previously. Roughly half of the remittance to the city came from the United States, Canada and Australia, he said. The remittance to HCM City has been rising in recent years, Minh said, predicting that the capital source to the city will continue to be positive this year. HCM City remained the largest recipient of remittances in Vietnam last year, with an inflow of 5.2 billion USD, a 4.5 percent year-on-year increase. Last year’s remittance hike was a contrast to many predictions that the remittance to Vietnam would reduce due … [Read more...] about Remittance to HCM City increases to 1.12 billion USD

A 3D scene of what the book street festival will look like in Ho Chi Minh City. During a recent press conference announcing details of the event, Tu Luong, Vice Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, said the book festival serves as a popular destination for many local people and foreign friends to enjoy. Guests are able to visit the occasion during the biggest and most important annual festival in Vietnam, which is set to get underway next month. The festival will be divided into three parts depending on genre, with children books to be put on display on Mac Thi Buoi street. The main area on Nguyen Hue street will feature a range of genres, whilst a specialized area for science, technology, economics, and culture, in addition to a coffee area, will be arranged on Ngo Duc Ke street. An image of the DK1 platform which will make an appearance for the festival To mark the occasion, prestigious publishers and distributors including Phuong … [Read more...] about Book street set to open in HCM City for Tet holiday