Closed-circuit television cameras will be installed on almost every street corner in HCMC. Urban order management teams and construction inspectors will patrol the streets and issue fines on those who drop litter in the streets base on camera pictures. Deputy Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thi Thanh My said the city produces 8,900 tons of waste from daily activities per day. Apart from that public places produce around 2,300 tons of litter a day. From the beginning of the year till now, urban inspectors have handled over 450 violations collecting more than VND1.3 billion ($55,728 ); however, fines don’t deter people from throwing litter away on streets. Chairman of People’s Council Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam said in the last time, city authorities had issued guidance on environment issues; however, inspectors have relented in imposing fines while people’s awareness of keeping hygiene in public places and residential quarters … [Read more...] about HCMC to install cameras to catch litterbugs
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HCMC applauds successful businesses 2018
The ceremony was attended by HCMC Party Chief Nguyen Thien Nhan, People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong and other city leaders and representatives of nearly 800 business people from many fields. Chairman of the association Chu Tien Dung said that the honored ones are those with outstanding achievements in the business community in HCMC, they are always dynamic and innovative in every fields. The 99 businesses and 100 entrepreneurs get a revenue of VND250 trillion (US$19.71 billion) a year, pay VND20 trillion in taxes, provides 130,000 jobs and contributes VND500 billion to social affair activities. Mr. Dung said that HCMC has 361,000 registered businesses and 250,000 individual business households. The city has always fulfilled its budget revenue targets with great contribution by business community. Congratulating the honored ones at the ceremony, HCMC Party Leader Nguyen Thien Nhan believed that the class of business people in the early 21st century will excellently … [Read more...] about HCMC applauds successful businesses 2018
Sluggish site clearance leads to delay of Thu Thiem 2 Bridge
Dai Quang Minh Real Estate Investment Company will work on the project and the bridge is expected to put into operation before April 30, 2020. Until now, the bridge project falls behind schedule because of slow site clearance. Specifically, a land area of 13,000 square meter where six households and four companies are still located. The total length of the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge will be 1.4 km, the length of the bridge is 885 m. It is designed as a cable-stayed bridge with 113 m pillar heading towards Thu Thiem New Urban. Thu Thiem 2 will be the architectural highlight of the Saigon River day and night. The main branch is 437m, 4 straight lanes that connect to Tong Duc Thang – Le Duan traffic intersection, crossing Nguyen Huu Canh – Le Thanh Ton traffic junction. The second branch consists of two lanes with the length of 195m, designed for vehicles going from District 1 to District 2. The road in District 2 connecting the Boulevard of Thu Thiem new urban area has a total length … [Read more...] about Sluggish site clearance leads to delay of Thu Thiem 2 Bridge
Cuba learns from Vietnam in updating its economic model
HCMC Party Leader Nguyen Thien Nhan highlighted the Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee’s visit to Vietnam and HCM City particularly that is expected to deepen the friendship and solidarity between the two countries. He congratulated Cuba’s achievements in building and protecting the country, especially the success of the 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan informed the city’s recent socio-economic development to Ms. Olga Lodia Tapia Iglesias. He emphasized how technological advances and the improvement of the human resource has impacted the building smart city; and problems that the city is facing like climate change, environment, traffic infrastructure and among. For her part, Ms. Olga Lodia Tapia Iglesias highly appreciated the city’s recent socio-economic development, contributing to the Vietnam’s economic growth as well as Vietnam’s investment in Cuba. Cuba has been transforming its economic … [Read more...] about Cuba learns from Vietnam in updating its economic model
Regional plan implementation to reduce pressure for HCMC: workshop
At the workshop, Mr. Tran Ngoc Chinh, chairman of Vietnam Urban Development Planning Association, said that infrastructure in eight provinces surrounding HCMC is related to each other with interprovincial routes such as instance Highway 51, HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay-Ben Luc expressway. So good regional connectivity will help HCMC to solve its challenges basically. Director of HCMC Department of Transport Bui Xuan Cuong proposed urban management and urban traffic management should not be within the city but in the correlation with neighboring cities and provinces. According to development direction of multi-polar urban region in which HCMC will play central role, satellite city governments need to receive appropriate attention in carrying out urban planning investments. That will reduce ongoing pressure for HCMC and connect traffic between central and satellite cities. Former deputy secretary of HCMC Party Committee Pham Chanh Truc said that problems from urban development would not be … [Read more...] about Regional plan implementation to reduce pressure for HCMC: workshop