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The working session between the delegation of the Home Affairs Ministry with HCMC People’s Committee (Photo: SGGP) Finally, he suggested that the Home Affairs Ministry not reduce 10 percent of the staff in state-owned organizations, including those in the educational, medical fields, but increase the annual proportion of autonomous state-owned organizations to be independent of state budget. Director of the HCMC Home Affairs Department Huynh Thanh Nhan informed that at present, the total number of civil servants and public servants in the city according to the Resolution of HCMC People’s Council is 14,470 and 99,985 employees respectively, compared to the allocated quantity by the Central Government of 10,869 and 95,923 workers. The city has asked the Central Government to recognize these numbers for many years, but there is no approval yet. As to difficulties in applying the urban government model, Director of the HCMC Finance Department Pham Thi Hong Ha shared that many … [Read more...] about HCMC determinedly addressing issues in urban government establishment

While treating a female patient with severe dengue symptoms at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases on Tuesday, Dr. Vo Thanh Lam was informed another patient was bleeding from the mouth and required emergency aid. Though the bleeding was stopped, the male patient remains in critical condition. Dr. Vo Thanh Lam treats a dengue fever patient in the ICU of the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases, June 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Thu Anh Transferred from neighboring Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, the patient had twice experienced septic shock. He is currently the most severe dengue case in the hospital's adult ICU. Most patients here are in a coma, and require 24/7 assistance. "We have to race against the clock to save them," Lam said. Yet the Hospital for Tropical Diseases has lost eight patients so far in the current dengue season, which started in southern Vietnam, including HCMC, in April. In the past three weeks, the ICU has received … [Read more...] about HCMC hospitals swamped with dengue patients

DoIC is working with World Bank to host a conference on developing a data strategy for HCMC from 2022-2025 https://data.hochiminhcity.gov.vn . The accessible databases here include electronic version of official documents and information on businesses and household businesses, secured transactions, house use right or land use right registration, hospitals, job certificates, schools and universities, educational services, foreign investment projects, public investment projects, market prices of essential commodities. DoIC is launching a virtual assistant service to aid officials to use these databases effectively for administrative procedure completion. Explaining difficulties arisen during the first development stage of these databases, Deputy Director Trinh shared that some content has not been done owing to negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the civil status database has been finished at the end of 2021, and the 1/2,000 and 1/5,000 geographic foundation … [Read more...] about HCMC completes first phase of developing shared databases

In 2017, Bach Mai, a leading public hospital in Hanoi and northern Vietnam, struck a deal with Ho Chi Minh City-based B.M.S Medical Equipment Co., Ltd to put into use two robots, Mako and Rosa, for assisting surgeries. The made-in-U.S. robots were used to help doctors conduct joint and craniocerebral operations. Three years later, both robots were seized as evidence to investigate a case in which their prices had been raised from around VND7.4 billion ($320,000) each to VND39 billion and VND44 billion. A court in January sentenced the hospital's former director, Nguyen Quoc Anh, to five years in jail for "abusing positions and powers while performing official duties." Speaking to VnExpress earlier this month, a top hospital official said the robots could not be used during the time the investigation remains active. Besides, medical equipment is subject to many regulations including the Investment Law and the Law on Management and Use of Public Property, making it difficult … [Read more...] about Surgical robots left idle at Hanoi, HCMC hospitals

Seafood processing for export to the US market. (Photo: SGGP) If this recovery pace continues, the economic status of the city for the last 6 months this year is truly promising, turning completely back to the time before the Covid-19 outbreak. This means the estimated growth rate of 6-7 percent for 2022 compared to 2019 and 2020 can be fulfilled. Experts in the field, however, have always raised the question whether it is possible to reach a higher goal when may supporting policies are in effect. Statistics from the aspects of public investment, public resource mobilization, construction, and real estates reveal a decrease of 10 percent compared to this time previous years, meaning certain ineffectiveness in addressing existing economic issues. In addition, the administrative reform has been initiated but the results are not as expected when HCMC is only in the average group. This has asked for a long-term campaign to create good habits in public services. In the next 6 … [Read more...] about HCMC enjoying great achievements in economic recovery

The meeting between the second unit of HCMC People’s Council and voters (Photo: SGGP) Representing the second unit, Head of the Propaganda and Education Board of the City Party Committee Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue confirmed that the unit will collect all opinions of participants to report to HCMC People’s Council for consideration and response. He also asked that state leaders in Thu Duc City increase discussion with residents to welcome more practical proposals, urgent concerns of citizens for timely explanation and proper feedback. Hearing the information that certain residents have lived for 20 years in temporary accommodation, delegate Khue requested Thu Duc City immediately address the issue, avoiding the case of having such a strongly developed hi-tech park but letting people live unstably. As to other projects behind the schedule in Thu Duc City, he asked that Thu Duc City quickly review and introduce suitable road maps to address, beginning with urgent projects receiving … [Read more...] about HCMC to address projects behind schedule in Thu Duc City

Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai joins a dialogue between HCMC leaders and Korean enterprises. At the dialogue, Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai confirmed that the Republic of Korea (RoK) has been an important economic partner of Vietnam generally and Ho Chi Minh City particularly during the passing years. The economic achievements of both sides were thanks to the enterprise communities of the two countries. The city has overcome the toughest time of the Covid-19 pandemic and is implementing specific plans for the recovery process which is facing challenges. The city cannot successfully fulfill these plans without the consensus and cooperation of everyone, especially local and foreign business communities. Chairman Mai also shared the difficulties that enterprises have been facing during the past two years and hoped that Korean businesses and companies still find opportunities when Vietnam and the world step-by-step reopened in … [Read more...] about RoK, important economic partner of HCMC

HCMC strives for over 90 percent of population to get third Covid vaccine booster shot The city People's Committee has just sent an urgent document to departments, agencies, and socio-political organizations in Ho Chi Minh City and the people's committee of Thu Duc City and districts on promoting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. Accordingly, the municipal People's Committee requested to continue implementing a communication campaign to mobilize people to inject the Covid-19 vaccine according to the Government document No. 2017/UBND-VX dated June 17, 2022, until the end of June 30. Local administrations in districts should drastically implement solutions to mobilize all people to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The city People's Committee assigned the Board of Management of the HCMC Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA), the Board of Management of Saigon Hi-Tech Park, Quang Trung Software Park Development Company, companies, and enterprises to continue increasing … [Read more...] about HCMC strives for over 90% of population to get third Covid vaccine booster shots

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting in Hanoi on June 23. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded the shortages of drugs and medical supplies and the resignation among health workers be promptly settled while chairing a meeting of the Government’s permanent members in Hanoi on June 23. Explaining the drug and medical supply shortages in some localities and central-level hospitals, the Ministry of Health (MoH) pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic, whose serious impacts in 2020 and 2021 led to the scarcity of materials for production and surged prices and subsequently made it more difficult to purchase medicine and medical supplies . Notably, it noted, some localities and establishments are afraid that they may commit wrongdoings or undergo examination and inspection, so they didn’t dare to buy supplies. In addition, resignation among health workers in the public sector has increased, the MoH said, blaming that on low salaries … [Read more...] about PM requests prompt settlement of medical supply shortages, health workers’ resignation

We agree that a sustained transgenerational entrepreneurial spirit and resilience, accumulated socioemotional wealth, and transformational leadership form the fuel that sustains family businesses through time. Yet, we also emphasise the importance of having good planning, control, and governance in place, and staying abreast of social, environmental, and technological developments to enable family businesses to sustain growth far into the future. Transgenerational entrepreneurialism Legacy is built, not born. It is fair to say that family businesses must be nurtured and adapted to ensure their continuing growth and long-term prosperity. The family business founders’ dream is to have their children and children’s children carry on their entrepreneurial vision and success, hence continuing the family legacy. Next generations are naturally bestowed upon them an obligation to foster entrepreneurialism in their unique abilities to sustain the family’s business heritage. The task … [Read more...] about Family Businesses: Continuing the Future of a Legacy