Many streets in HCM City were submerged under 1.65 metres of water due to rising tides in the early morning on Monday, causing traffic jams and flooding of residents’ houses and stalled motorbikes. Drivers struggle to deal with flooding caused by rising tides on Le Van Luong St in HCM City’s Nha Be District in the early morning of November 6. — Photo tuoitre.vnThe tides flooded many streets and alleys in city districts, such as Trần Xuân Soạn and Huỳnh Tấn Phát streets in District 7; Lê Văn Lương, Nguyễn Bình and Nhơn Đức-Phước Lộc streets in Nhà Bè District; Hồ Học Lãm Street in Bình Tân District; and many sections of National Highway No 50 in Bình Chánh District.Transportation and business activities in flooded areas were seriously affected, flooding many houses and damaging furniture.Several spots in the city were … [Read more...]
HCM City debates teacher training
Many in the education sector are concerned that the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has permitted a pilot project allowing Hồng Bàng International University to offer courses in pre-school teaching.The university will become the first private educational establishment in the country to offer teaching courses, a task traditionally performed by public colleges and universities majoring in education.Prior to the ministry’s decision, many people were amazed at a proposal by HCM City’s People’s Committee that the education ministry allow some city-based colleges, such as the College of Construction No 2 and Phuong Nam Vocational College, to offer teaching courses, in co-operation with HCM City Pedagogical University.These moves come at a sensitive time. Many public schools majoring in education have been asked by the ministry to consider cutting the number of new enrolments as oversupply has resulted in an increasing number of unemployed trainee … [Read more...]
HCM City honours outstanding athletes
The city sent 97 athletes to compete in eight events of the ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia, including swimming, track-and-field, weightlifting, chess, badminton, boccia, football for the visually-impaired and table tennis. They bagged 35 gold, 45 silver and 35 bronze medals. Meanwhile, at AIMAG 2017 held in Turkmenistan, 41 of Vietnam’s 130 athletes were from HCM City, earning six gold, three silver and eight bronze medals.Huynh Cach Mang, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the athletes’ achievements showed the success of Ho Chi Minh City’s sport sector in training athletes for regional and international competition.He also voiced his hope that the city’s sport delegation will gain better results in the upcoming 2018 Asian Games and Asian Para Games, as well as the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Japan.At the ceremony, athletes and trainers of the city were granted more than VND8.9 billion (US$390,470) in total while 97 individuals … [Read more...]
HCM City struggles to control flooding
VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen An Nien, a leading water resources expert, says that controlling floods remains a thorny problem in HCM City. ‘When will we be able to stop the floods’ is the question that every city resident wants to ask. What would you say? It is really difficult to give an answer to the question. We can control floods in some locations with partial solutions, but we still don’t have a master solution. The floods in HCMC are caused by two factors, high tides and rainwater. To deal with the high tides, Trung Nam Company has been building a VND10 trillion system of tide prevention culverts, expected to be completed by this year-end. The culverts have brought positive effects. Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe canal, Van Thanh area, the streets of Bui Huu Nghia and Cau Bong no longer suffer from high tides. However, it is very difficult to deal with floods caused by rainwater. A smart suction pump has been installed on Nguyen Huu Canh street. … [Read more...]
Pupils punished for traffic violations in HCM City
The Department of Education and Training in HCM City has submitted a list of 201 pupils that have violated the traffic regulations in August and September. Pupils at Trung Vuong High School learn about traffic safety Most of them are pupils in secondary and high schools and vocational centres. The most common violation is underage driving. Other violations include not using a helmet, driving in the wrong lane, and overtaking without signal. The list was compiled by the Road - Railway Traffic Police Division and submitted to the Department of Education and Training. The department has asked local schools and families to keep a close eye on pupils' activities on the streets and use the list to evaluate behaviour for 2017-2018 school year. Pupils will be forced to submit self-criticism letters, while their parents will be made to pledge a commitment to deal with the problem which will be submitted to the department. Pupils repeatedly violating traffic laws is an … [Read more...]
HCM City university announces VND200 million research award
VietNamNet Bridge – The University of Economics HCM City (UEH) has announced financial rewards to promote academic research and international publications. The new policy has been issued as only 15 per cent of the university’s lecturers take part in research and international publishing activities. The value of rewards range from VND30 million (US$1,320) to VND200 million ($8,800), with the highest level applied to Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) publications with an impact factor (IF) of more than two points. ISI is a prestige bibliographic database of thousands of academic journals. This database allows researchers to identify frequently cited articles and who has cited them. The IF of an academic journal is a measure indicating the average number of citations of articles published in the journal in a year. The higher the IF, the more important a journal is considered to be. The rewards will be granted till the end of 2020. Moreover, the university … [Read more...]
Thang Long Warriors beat HCM City Wings 84-73 in VBA
Thang Long Warriors confirmed their top position in the Viet Nam Basketball Association League after beating HCM City Wings 84-73 yesterday. Thang Long Warriors player To Quang Trung (left) tries to stop HCM City Wings’ Nguyen Thanh Nhan during their VBA match yesterday. The Warriors won 84-73. — Photo VBAIt was the last match of the Wings this season, as they failed to take a berth in the play-offs.The Warriors, who won their slot a week ago, still have one match against Saigon Heat in the qualification round on Sunday.The Warrior took the lead with 11 wins and three losses.The Heat ranked second with a result of nine wins and five defeats.Hanoi Buffaloes, who also qualified for the play-offs, will host former champions Danang Dragons on their home turf at the Bách Khoa Gymnasium tomorrow. The Dragons failed to defend their title, ranking at the bottom of the tournament by winning only two out of the 14 matches. — VNS … [Read more...]
HCM City hosts festival promoting young creativity
VietNamNet Bridge – A two-day festival promoting the creativity of young people living in HCM City and the southern provinces has been opened in the city, attracting many young researchers and visitors.The festival took place at the HCM City Youth Culture House at 4 Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 1 and was organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in collaboration with the city’s Department of Science and Technology.It created an opportunity for the youth to introduce their products, models and ideas in the fields of scientific research, technological application and fine arts, promoting creativity in young people.During two days, the festival featured many activities and programmes, such as scientific competitions in design, application and creativity, painting and photo contests, exhibitions displaying start-up products, STEM Day, book exchange programme, and many others.In addition, it also included seminars, talk shows, dialogues and forums where … [Read more...]
HCM City to stage Italian classical music
The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera unveiled on November 1 that an Italian music night will be held at the Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City on November 8. The event will be an opportunity for the public to experience the quintessence of Italian classical music. The program will feature the participation of the Vietnamese-French violinist, Pham Vinh, and leading artists and singers in HCM City such as Ta Minh Tam, Pham Khanh Ngoc, and Korean singer Hae Ryong. As part of the program, violinist Pham Vinh will perform a concerto for violin by Paganini. In addition, singers from the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will impress the audience with some of the most famous Italian opera pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries. VOV … [Read more...]
HCM City prepares for large- scale food poisoning
Preparations to treat a large-scale outbreak of food poisoning were organised by the city’s Food Safety Management Board and Department of Health at District 7 in the city on Friday. A large-scale rehearsal of a food poisoning incident, carried out by Viet Nam Nidec Tosok Company workers and health officials from relevant agencies in HCM City, was organised at the Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in the District 7 on November 3. A rehearsal took place at the factory of Japan Nidec Tosok Company in Viet Nam in the Tan Thuan Processing Park with the participation of the company’s workers and officials of hospitals from districts 7, 4 and Nha Be, and the HCM City Emergency Centre 115.The event attracted representatives from the city’s People’s Committee and Party, the Ministry of Health, health centres at the city’s districts and neighbouring provinces and relevant agencies.Speaking at the event, head of the city Food Safety Management Board Pham Khanh … [Read more...]