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HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of treating 90 percent of discharged water into rivers and canals by 2020. The city’s total daily wastewater, including wastewater from industrial parks as well as in residents, amounts to 1,750,000 cubic metres. HCM City now can treat 420,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day, accounting for 24 percent of the city’s daily wastewater. To meet this target, city authorities said they would set up 24 automatic water quality monitoring systems along the Sai Gon – Dong Nai River. Most of the water in rivers and canals met city norms, expect the amount of dissolved oxygen and coliform, according to the water quality report in the first quarter. Factories and industrial parks which discharge over 1,000 cubic metres of wastewater a day must set up automatic measuring stations directly linked to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. The city plans to continue monitoring all wastewater treatment … [Read more...] about HCM City targets treating 90 percent of discharged water

Bui Ta Hoang Vu, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said that the department has moved to swiftly distribute surveys to exhibitors. The results suggest that travel enterprises are still keeping a close watch on developments of the COVID-19 epidemic, while the nation’s major tourist markets suffering from the economic impact of the epidemic have yet to reopen the door for foreign visitors. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City international travel expo hit by postponement

HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City has reached its goal to have 20 doctors per 10,000 people after implementation of a five-year programme on improving the quality of health care services for local residents. The municipal Department of Health earlier this week released the results of the programme during the 2016-20 period. Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of the department, said the city had 16 doctors and 33 nurses per 10,000 people in 2016. By the end of May, that figure had increased to 35 nurses per 10,000 people, and two doctors and two midwives or assistant doctors in obstetrics and pediatrics at all health stations. All medical workers in the city have received training, updated their medical knowledge and professional skills, and improved their attitudes towards patients. In the 2016-19 period, the number of health workers obtaining postgraduate qualifications increased to 6,835 from 6,385. The number of doctors obtaining postgraduate qualifications increased to 7,164 people. Of … [Read more...] about HCM City improves quality of health care with 20 doctors per 10,000 people

Experts attributed the increase to the strong development of the city’s economy, while predicting the figure will continue growing in the rest of this year. Outstanding credit in the city exceeded VND 1.6 quadrillion (USD 70.4 billion), up 19.8 percent against the same period last year. … [Read more...] about Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reach USD 3 billion

Mohd Hafiz Gomez Bin Abdullah, a Malaysian male prisoner whose sentence has been reduced seven times since his conviction, shared that life in Z30D has transformed him from an unruly inmate to a man capable of making positive contributions to society.   … [Read more...] about Lives of foreign inmates in Ho Chi Minh City prison