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Trade relations between Vietnam and the US will continue expanding but will also be affected by challenges in the future, heard a seminar in Hanoi on November 14.

More than 300,000 kindergarten and first-grade students in 10 HCM City districts will benefit from a school milk programme launched on October 31.

The Tam Sinh Nghia Investment Development JSC on October 16 kicked off construction on a waste-to-energy plant with a daily capacity of 2,000 tonnes of waste at the Tay Bac Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 300 disadvantaged children in Ho Chi Minh City will receive moon cakes, lanterns and other gifts at the Suoi Tien Theme Park as part of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations around the country.

Boosting connectivity with localities nationwide is a key solution Ho Chi Minh City is using to develop tourism sustainably and promote its role as a major economic, cultural and tourist hub of Vietnam.

Work on construction of a 400 million USD waste-to-energy plant started on August 28 at the Tay Bac solid waste treatment complex in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City.

A seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to introduce investment opportunities in infrastructure under public-private partnership (PPP) model.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved the construction of three plants to generate electricity from waste using advanced technologies, and work on them will start in September and October, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Ho Chi Minh City faces a housing shortage caused by the rapidly rising population and shortage of new housing projects.

Green urban planning in Ho Chi Minh City’s inner districts should be based on a long-term vision to avoid wastage of land, reduce pollution and improve people’s living standards, a top city leader has said.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to treat garbage buried at three non-active landfills, the municipal People’s Committee has said.

Dairy maker TH Group aims to raise the number of cows under its closed breeding chain to 200,000.

Activities have been held nationwide to pay tribute to those who sacrificed for the cause of the national revolution. They took place on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on July 24 paid tribute to fallen soldiers at the Ben Duoc Memorial Temple and the Sai Gon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh Revolution Memorial Complex in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of the 72nd War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

A new vocational training programme set up by the Women's Union in HCM City has helped middle-aged women with few skills earn more income.

Rapid urbanisation is eating away at Ho Chi Minh City's green space, with parks coming under increasing threat from shops, cafes, office blocks and parking lots.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are promoting reading culture in the community through a series of new programmes organised this year.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport will withdraw licences or not grant new licences for construction projects that are behind schedule.

A training model that seeks to prevent child labour has been launched recently at Thien An School in HCM City’s Binh Tan District.

Saigon Tourist Travel Service Co welcomes two international cruise ships in early July, bringing a total 7,060 passengers to Vietnam.