Thousands of children hospitalized during Hanoi, HCMC cold snaps

Children being admitted to the Children Hospital No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Cold weather is being blamed for thousands of children with diarrhea in Hanoi as well as the spread of colds and flu to thousands more in Ho Chi Minh City during the past few weeks.

Tuesday afternoon, parents were [...]

HCMC port relocation making slow headway

A panoramic view of the Ba Son Shipyard.

The relocation of Ho Chi Minh City ports from the city center to the suburbs is making slow progress, mostly because of a shortage of funds.

In 2006, the city announced a plan to shift Ba Son Shipyard, Saigon New Port, Saigon Port, Tan Thuan Dong [...]

HCMC infrastructure projects powering on

Laborers working on the Calmette Bridge, which is part of the East-West Highway Project, Sunday afternoon

Work is continuing on two major Japan-funded infrastructure projects in the city, contrary to rumors sweeping the city that the projects had been halted by the suspension of Japanese aid loans to Vietnam.

Work was continuing on both [...]

Digital art exhibit coming to HCMC

The poster for the digital art show “Sleepwalker and the Myths”

A digital art show titled “Sleepwalker and the Myths” opened in Ho Chi Minh City Sunday, to run until December 4, organized by a group of local artists.

The event displays around 60 works by more than 30 artists combining digital design and [...]

HCMC dump site caught accepting toxic waste

A pile of toxic waste at the Dong Thanh dump site in HCMC’s Hoc Mon District. Police say the waste, containing a known carcinogen, are from a leather tanning company.

Ho Chi Minh City police on Friday discovered dumping site workers in Hoc Mon District receiving toxic waste from a leather tanning company.

After [...]

HCMC consumers not protected from fake goods: seminar

Market control officials make an inventory of suspected fake goods at a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Experts say city authorities have not been able to get rid of counterfeits and knockoffs.

Ho Chi Minh City does not have effective measures in place to protect consumers from knockoffs and forgeries, delegates at a seminar said [...]

HCMC officials in the spotlight after satisfaction survey

A bus Friday in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District. HCMC residents satisfaction with bus services has fallen dramatically over the past two years.

A survey of Ho Chi Minh City residents found people are becoming more exasperated with some city government services.

The deputy head of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of [...]

HCMC cracks whip on crack questions

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has demanded quick answers to what caused cracks in sections of a tunnel under construction and what can be done to fix them.

The 1.5-kilometer Thu Thiem Tunnel is part of the first package of the East-West Highway and HCMC Water Environment project, which began in 2005 [...]

Obtrusive street barriers vex HCMC residents

A street barrier recently appeared on District 1’s Ham Nghi Street with little sign of construction work

Several street barriers have cropped up once again on some thoroughfares in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 to the dismay of residents who had assumed the associated construction work was finished.

More than 200 street barriers [...]

HCMC freight yards remain a wasteland: inspection

This warehouse [left building] in District 8 owned by a state agency remains unused even though HCMC authorities had already asked to reclaim the site to build a school

An inspection conducted Monday in Ho Chi Minh City found little change to the situation of abandoned freight yards and warehouses in District 8, many of which [...]