At the conference (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretaryof the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan said the city shouldquickly deploy the special mechanisms and policies granted to the city for fasterdevelopment. Speaking at the opening of the municipal Party Committee’s15th conference on December 1, Nhan said the National Assembly’sresolution on piloting special mechanisms and policies for HCM City is ofsignificant meaning to the city. He noted that the resolution is the result of thoroughpreparations over the past 12 years by the municipal Party organisation. It is time for the city to tap creativity and upholdsolidarity to fuel the city’s development on the back of breakthrough policies,he said. Participants focused discussions on inspection work of theStanding Board of the municipal Party Committee, the five-year implementationof the action programmes on social policies for the 2012-2020 period, theVietnam Marine … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to promptly deploy special mechanisms for faster growth
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Ho Chi Minh City leader welcomes Polish President Adrej Duda
Phong held that Vietnamese people’s warm sentiments towards Polish people are an important foundation for the two countries to forge stronger bilateral economic, trade, and cultural cooperation in the future. He described President Duda’s visit to Vietnam as an important milestone in the all-round partnership between Poland and Vietnam in general and between the country and Ho Chi Minh City in particular. For his part, President Andrzej Duda said he was impressed by Ho Chi Minh City’s dynamic development, stressing that Poland is interested in the Vietnamese southern metropolis and has selected the city to locate the first representative office of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency. The leader expressed his hope that following his visit, Poland and Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, will make greater efforts to enhance the two countries’ relations across fields. The visit is also expected to help create more cooperation opportunities … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City leader welcomes Polish President Adrej Duda
Ho Chi Minh City raises over VND37.6 billion to support poor people
At the fund-raising ceremony (Photo: qdnd.vn)Speaking at the event, Head of the Ho Chi Minh city Fatherland Front Committee To Thi Bich Chau said that the program aimed to call on people from all walks of life to donate to support the poor. The program collected over VND37.6 billion from more than 60 units, organizations, businesses and sponsors. This is an annual art program in order to call upon people to contribute to the fund "For the poor", to timely support poor households and households living near the poverty line on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival 2018, as well as to help them escape poverty sustainably. Over the past 17 years, Fatherland Front Committees at all levels of the city have mobilized more than VND1,600 billion for the fund "For the poor" to take care of policy beneficiary families, poor households, households living near the poverty line and orphans. Nearly VND1,500 billion has been spent to build nearly 29,000 houses of gratitude and compassion; … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City raises over VND37.6 billion to support poor people
Ho Chi Minh city, Italy increase investment links
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong and Italian Deputy Minister for Economic Development Ivan Scalfarotto. (Photo: VNA)He pledged to create a stable political and social environment for Italian businesses’ long-term and stable operation, and ensure their legitimate rights and interests in the city, Vietnam’s special urban area that needs foreign investment, especially in food processing, chemical - rubber, mechanics, electronics - information and technology sectors, to become an economic, financial, commercial, scientific and technological centre of the region. According to Italian Deputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto, businesses coming to the city include leading ones who are experienced in working in Ho Chi Minh city’s priority areas, including technology, mechanics, energy and agricultural products. Impressed by the city’s dynamic development as well as the role of the city within Vietnam’s economic development, … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh city, Italy increase investment links
Alibaba realty firm under scrutiny for multiple violations in Ho Chi Minh City
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction is cooperating with its police counterpart to investigate multiple violations by a local real-estate company, including coercing customers into ‘reserving’ units in an urban area project it doesn’t hold construction rights for.Alibaba Real Estate JSC claimed to be the developer of Tay Bac Cu Chi, a residential area zoned in the city’s northwestern district of Cu Chi, and duped people into paying reservation fees to ensure the ability to buy land plots once the projected is implemented.The Ho Chi Minh City-based realty company holds no relation to Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Inc, owned by billionaire Jack Ma.The Tay Bac Cu Chi project is part of the bigger Tay Bac Cu Chi Urban Area project approved by the Ho Chi Minh City administration in 2013, according to the construction department.However, as the municipal administration has yet to award a contract to any developer of the project, Alibaba Real … [Read more...] about Alibaba realty firm under scrutiny for multiple violations in Ho Chi Minh City