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Sanitation workers pick up garbage from the Nhieu Loc -Thi Nghe canal (Photo: SGGP) According to a team of sanitation workers of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Environment Company who are responsible for collecting garbage on the Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal, they pick up 7-8 tons of waste per day. At the beginning of October 2022, sanitation workers said that they picked up 9-10 tons of garbage a day; worse, they even collected up to 13-14 tons a day sometimes. Mr. Ho Hoc Hai, captain of the garbage collection team of Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal complained that many people have very poor awareness of sanitation without thinking about how hard other people have to pick up trash. Many days sanitation workers have to work until 9- 10 p.m. to complete their tasks. People throw all kinds of garbage including lunch boxes, plastic bags, styrofoam boxes, and bulky garbage such as tables, chairs, and blankets. According to Mr. Hai, 22 workers are tasked to collect garbage from Nhieu Loc - … [Read more...] about Indiscriminate dumping makes sanitation workers harder

For the Ring Road No.4 project, the People's Committee of Long An Province directed the Department of Transport to update relevant planning and forecast traffic count to calculate the appropriate scale and technical options. For the section from the 826D intersection to the end of the route, about 9.5km long, the Department of Transport of Long An Province shall review and clarify the basis for the proposal of an urban expressway or an urban arterial road. From there, it will coordinate with the Department of Transport of HCMC to work with the consulting unit to analyze and clarify the advantages and disadvantages of each option and propose a plan to ensure the technical economy and investment efficiency of the project. For the newly opened Northwest road in Binh Chanh District in HCMC that connects with the provincial road 823D in Duc Hoa District in Long An Province, the People's Committee of HCMC has approved the policy of adjusting the road alignment and updating the relevant … [Read more...] about Five roads connecting HCMC, Long An Province to be built soon

Ms. Nguyen Thi le speaks at the conference (Photo: SGGP) Ms. Phuong Hoang made the statement at a meeting with tourism businesses in the city chaired by Chairwoman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thi Le. In addition to the plan to develop tourism products, many businesses also gave ideas to get preferential loans, reduce electricity bills and reduce value-added tax. According to Ms. Dang Thi Thy Thanh, Deputy General Director of BenThanh Tourist, businesses fall into difficult situations in terms of cash flow and loans. The tourism industry’s profit margin is very small but some partners want to receive money soon after selling following tours, making it difficult for businesses to arrange cash flow; as a result, tourism businesses raised their concerns about difficulties in getting loans and loans' high interest rates. In addition, tourism companies have bumped into difficulties related to input costs, recruitment of personnel, and operating costs. … [Read more...] about HCMC needs to develop night economy products to retain international visitors

Lawyers Vu Phi Long, Truong Thi Hoa and Nguyen Van Hau will join the event. The event is organized on the occasion of Vietnam Lawyer Traditional Day (October 10) and Vietnam Law Day (November 9). Additionally, this is also an activity to raise awareness and understanding of basic laws for Ho Chi Minh City people in daily life. It is expected that ACBA will provide free legal advice service and propagandize law for people in five points of districts 1, 10, Tan Binh and Binh Thanh on October 8 with the participation of 20-30 prestigious lawyers from law companies in the city. As for the online form, the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association will give free legal advice via Zoom Platform. Lawyers Vu Phi Long, Truong Thi Hoa and Nguyen Van Hau will join the event. People can attend the event at 9 a.m. on October 8 via https://bit.ly/3ri3Vez; Meeting ID: 97275547263; Passcode: 820869. The legal advice program will take place on October 8 and October 10 in both offline and online forms … [Read more...] about HCMC Bar Association to give free legal advice to people

PC08 is reviewing and supplementing missing information for road vehicles in HCMC PC08 informed that this review is a task in the Government’s Project 06 ‘Developing an Application for Population Database, Digital Identification and Authentication for the National Digital Transformation from 2022-2025, with a Vision to 2030’. Accordingly, based on the list of expired vehicles provided by Vietnam Register and the list of vehicles that have undergone procedures to revoke registration and number plates, PC08 is going to separate these vehicles to better manage them. PC08 is going to establish a list of vehicles under its charge to check and compare with the existing data on the vehicle registration system. If all information, especially the ones on citizen ID card, tax code, and phone number of vehicle owners as well as chassis number, engine number of vehicles themselves, is sufficient and precise, it will confirm its integrated data in the vehicle registration system. Otherwise, … [Read more...] about HCMC updating data on vehicle registration, management

Quoc Dung, a businessman, was impressed when he saw the expansive view of Aqua City, which spans 1,000 hectares while taking a yacht tour of Ho Chi Minh City's eastern urban area. According to him, this is not just a huge real estate development but also a livable city with a green ecosystem and low construction density. Hai Yen, Dung's wife, returned to the project after six months. She also expressed her surprise at the rapid change in the project. Yen feels more secure in her investment and looks forward to settling in the city and experiencing the high-class utility ecosystem here. Hai Yen and her husband return to the project after six months. Photo by Novaland Phan Thi Thu Thuy, a businesswoman with extensive knowledge in healthcare, is eager to make a home in the urban area. She said that the natural landscape and natural scenery were important factors in her decision to invest in Aqua City. In addition to having a home surrounded by nature, Aqua City … [Read more...] about 1,000-ha urban area to HCMC’s east to welcome residents by year end

Inspection teams check the prevention task after detecting first case of monkeypox in HCMC The delegation of the Ministry of Health led by Dr. Nguyen Luong Tam, Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine, had a reality check on monkeypox prevention in Ho Chi Minh City. Speaking at the meeting with the delegation, Deputy Director of the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City Dr. Nguyen Huu Hung said that as soon as there was information about monkeypox, the Department of Health in the city has provide training for medical workers in treatment, prevention of monkey smallpox. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health pays special attention to monitoring and detecting imported cases at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and seaports. In addition, because the transmission route of monkeypox is relatively complicated, the health sector also focuses on checking medical establishments on treating sexually transmitted diseases, dermatology in addition to coordination … [Read more...] about Ministry sets up inspection teams after detecting first monkeypox case in HCMC

A Masan pork-processing factory in Ha Nam Province. MSN was one of the stocks behind the downward trend on Thursday. — Photo baodautu.vn Stocks sank during Thursday's market meltdown amid strong selling forces. On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE), the VN-Index fell steadily to 1,074.52 points, down 29.74 points (2.69 per cent) against the previous session. The market was overrun by decliners as their headcount reached 315, against 53 advancers. Remarkably, 59 stocks hit floor prices and just five sat at the other end. "Stocks retreated so quickly. The upward trend was fragile whereas the downward trend was robust," said an investor. HOSE was slack on Thursday since investors traded just VND9.8 trillion worth of shares on the exchange (US$410 million). The VN30-Index echoed the VN-Index pattern with a loss of 36.02 points (3.22 per cent), ending the session at 1,081.36 points. In the basket, 28 stocks slid, one stayed flat and one climbed. Hoa Phat Group (HPG) led … [Read more...] about Market plunges on bearish sentiment

The twins, their parents and doctors pose for a photo on October 7, the day they are discharged from hospital (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Sixteen-month-old conjoined twins Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi were discharged from hospital on October 7, 84 days after their 12-hour separation surgery. In hospital since birth, they are now well enough to return home and begin a normal life. The twins are able to sit up and can stand with help from their parents. Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital Truong Quang Dinh said their organs are largely functioning as they should. Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi were born on July 6, 2019, in HCM City and were joined at the pelvis. Some 100 doctors and nurses from the Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospitals 1 and 2, Cho Ray Hospital , and others in the city took part in the July 15 separation surgery ./. VNA … [Read more...] about Conjoined twins head home nearly three months after separation

A new drug is camouflaged in packages with label ‘Cripy Fruit’ The drug in the package of strawberry, grape, and mango flavors has been found in Thanh Hoa Province and many provinces and cities across the country. This new type of drug is usually packaged in colorful and eye-catching packaging and printed with the words ‘Crispy Fruit’" and is widely sold on social networking sites with prices ranging from VND500,000 to VND1 million. According to the assessment results of the police, this drug is mixed by many synthetic drugs such as MDMA and Ketamine. Drug dealers aimed at selling the drug to young people and students. After taking the drug-mixed products, many children have symptoms of poisoning such as dizziness, headache, and even fainting. Hence, if the above-mentioned drugs are sold at schools and amusement parks where many young people gather, it will be very dangerous. Doctor Huynh Thanh Hien from Ho Chi Minh City-based Psychiatric Hospital, said that sophisticated … [Read more...] about New drug camouflaged in packages with label ‘Cripy Fruit’: Ministry