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Editor's note: The story below is written by Ton Nu Thi Ninh, president of the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation, in response to Tuoi Tre newspaper's 'Ho Chi Minh City Goes Global' contest. It was edited by Tuoi Tre News for clarity, consistency, and coherence. I myself find the 'Ho Chi Minh City Goes Global' contest exciting and as an open forum, it has been launched quite timely. I have been interested in building a national brand for Vietnam for decades. As the financial and economic hub of the country, Ho Chi Minh City also needs proactive and effective branding. Now may be a good time to begin. Let me share some opinions in this field. First, I’d like to clarify why this city needs branding. It’s because Southeast and East Asia are the world of tough competition, where South Korea not long ago established a nation branding unit under the president’s office, which was in charge of speeding up the Korean Wave campaign, and the city-state of Singapore … [Read more...] about Branding a key to raise Ho Chi Minh City’s global position

Ho Chi Minh City proposes delaying seaport infrastructure fee collection for three months The department has just issued a document to business associations seeking comments on a draft amendment to the collection of seaport infrastructure fees in Ho Chi Minh City. The city will start a pilot programme to collect seaport infrastructure fees on June 25 before official implementation begins on July 1. Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in the city, several enterprises and business associations have proposed to delay the collection to support them during the tough time. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has drafted a dossier to amend and supplement Article 1.5 of Resolution No. 10/2020/NQ-HDND on the fee rates for the use of infrastructure works, service works, and public utilities in the port border area in Ho Chi Minh City. Accordingly, the department has proposed to delay the collection for three months until October 1 instead of July 1 as scheduled. According to the … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City proposes 3-month delay for seaport fees

The fourth train for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 was transported to the Long Binh Depot, the route’s technical and service station in Thu Duc City, at 0:00 am on Monday after arriving from Japan at noon on Sunday. The train was carried by three longer and heavier vehicles from Khanh Hoi Port in District 4, along Ton Duc Thang, Nguyen Huu Canh, and Mai Chi Tho Streets and Hanoi Highways, before reaching the Long Binh Depot. It was among two Japanese-made metro trains with six carriages received at the port on Sunday. After the trains, the fourth and the fifth that have been shipped to Ho Chi Minh City so far, are both transported to the Long Binh Depot, they are expected to be installed on the T1 track at the depot on Monday and Wednesday for trial operations. Previously, three other trains of the same type had arrived at the depot. Three longer and heavier vehicles carry the fourth train for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 to the Long Binh Depot in Thu … [Read more...] about One more Japanese-made metro train reaches service station in Ho Chi Minh City

Various makeshift markets in Ho Chi Minh City had remained open as of Sunday even though city authorities required them to shut down in a bid to curb rising COVID-19 transmission. As the virus has spread to every district of the city, local authorities decided to strengthen the social distancing mandate, having been in place for three weeks, by banning gatherings of more than three people in public, suspending taxi services and other means of public transport, and shutting down makeshift markets until further notice, starting Sunday. However, sellers and buyers still gathered en masse in the surroundings of Ba Chieu Market in Binh Thanh Street on Sunday morning, ignoring various banners advising against unofficial outdoor vending in the area, a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper correspondent reported. They were allowed to enter the market freely, as body temperature and health declaration checkpoints were barely functioning. A street vendor said she was not informed about the … [Read more...] about Defying COVID-19 ban, makeshift markets in Ho Chi Minh City stay open, crowded

With their high density of workers, IZs and EPZs are at high risk of infection. Photo: Le Toan The Ministry of Health (MoH) has asked Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to organise 100 teams to inspect and evaluate production and business establishments, IZs, EPZs, and high-tech parks. These teams will monitor and guide businesses to strictly implement measures to prevent and control the pandemic. Due to the complicated situation of the pandemic, the inspection and evaluation will be urgently implemented, from today (June 21). Notably, these teams will assess and guide enterprises employing more than 200 workers (more than 2,000 establishments) within 3-5 days. The teams will re-inspect establishments which were previously found to have not applied complete COVID-19 preventtion and control measures. High-risk businesses must request will be directed to suspend operations if they cannot meet the requirements. According to Nguyen Dinh Trung, head of the Department of … [Read more...] about 100 inspection teams set up to track COVID-19 in IZs and EPZs in Ho Chi Minh City