Trips ho chi minh city

Two new exhibitions: ‘Singing to the Choir?’, a group exhibition by Phan Anh, Tran Minh Duc, and Ngoc Nau; along with ‘Silent Intimacy’, a solo exhibition by Dang Thuy Anh. VND50,000/ adult; VND40,000/student (with appropriate student ID) … [Read more...] about Entertainment events in Hanoi & HCM City on January 20-26

HCM City (VNA) - A conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13 to discuss the growing market opportunities for the city’s supporting industries. Pham Lien Anh, a senior expert of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), said the IFC has been sponsoring a Vietnam Supplier Development Programme, which is helping businesses improve their capability, move up the value chain and work with more foreign and multinational companies. The programme was launched to keep existing FDI and attract new investors who have modern technology, and provides a comprehensive evaluation of participating businesses' operation and consultancy, she said. Ngo Bao Anh, a representative of Panasonic Vietnam, said the company exports components from Vietnamese suppliers to its factories abroad, adding that it focuses on competitive suppliers who meet corporate responsibility requirements. Jun Choi, country director of Coex, a Korean exhibition organiser, said there are numerous … [Read more...] about Opportunities for HCM City’s supporting industries discussed

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will roll out a programme on building an ecosystem of artificial intelligence (AI) application for 2019-2020, heard a press conference in the Vietnamese southern metropolis on September 17. According to Duong Anh Duc, Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, since 2018, the city has proposed and issued mechanisms and policies on AI research and application in production, daily activities and smart city building. In 2019 and 2020, the southern hub plans to launch a contest aiming to seek solutions of AI application in management and production in knowledge-intensive sectors, thus bringing about high economic benefits, he said. The official said the city will identify priorities in AI application such as transport, health care, high-tech agriculture, tourism, environment, water supply and sewage, and electricity in order to overcome challenges to urbanization. Duc told the press conference that the municipal … [Read more...] about HCM City to put forth programme on building AI application ecosystem

Statistics obtained from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism show that by mid-December of last year, the tally of accommodation facilities in Vietnam had soared to 30,000 which offer around 650,000 rooms, about 2,000 more than the previous year. … [Read more...] about Tet tour options in HCM City

HCM City (VNA) – More than 2,700 workers in industrial zones of Ho Chi Minh City will receive free transport to return home to celebrate the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the country’s largest yearly festival. It is part of a programme launched by the municipal labour federation and trade union of the city’s industrial zones. This year, the programme will arrange nearly 50 coach and 450 train tickets for the workers. The first 38 coaches of the programme bringing nearly 2,000 labourers home departed on January 20, the 26th day of the last lunar year. At a see-off ceremony on the day, Chairwoman of the city labour federation Tran Thi Dieu Thuy voiced her hope that after the holidays, the workers will come back to ensure local businesses’ stable production in the new year, contributing to HCM City’s development. According to the HCM City’s labour federation, trade unions in the city to date have presented over 27,500 transport tickets … [Read more...] about Free tickets offered to HCM City workers