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Ho Chi Minh City wants to receive more business from China’s Qinghai province, according to Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Party Central Committee member and Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations ( HUBA ) on October 13 honoured 105 local enterprises which have substantially contributed to the development of the southern hub in 2013.

House rents in Ho Chi Minh City may have increased over the last year, but Le Thanh Hoa of Thu Duc district has kept hers unchanged under a city programme to benefit disadvantaged people.

The Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) will help its Lao counterpart establish a women and development centre and offer continued training to Lao female cadres for the 2014-2017 period, aiming to boost effective and sustainable cooperation between the two unions.

A high-ranking delegation from Ho Chi Minh City paid a working visit to Germany from July 11-13 in a bid to attract more investment from Germany and the EU to the country’s economic hub.

The economic bond between Vietnam and Germany is expected to be elevated via the ongoing three-day trade fair featuring Vietnamese handicrafts and fine arts which will wrap up on July 13.

A nine-volume book collection featuring the history of Vietnam’s struggle against the US invaders during the 1954 – 1975 period made its debut at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on April 17.

Sign language is the main tool for hearing-impaired people to communicate with others, but the teaching of this verbal communication is inadequate and does not meet the requirements of these unfortunate people, impeding their integration into society.

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City authorities visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and its HCM City chapter on the occasion of the 2,555 th birthday of Lord Buddha on May 13.

The HCM City Fund for the Poor has helped raise the incomes of 103,720 poor households, or 5.68 percent of the population, a city official has said.

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on January 18 elected 175 official members and 25 alternate members to CPV Central Committee (CPVCC) for the 11th tenure.

Up to 640 disabled people in the central city of Da Nang are expected to make a living from jobs suitable to their health, provided by a 1 million USD project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Electronics shops and supermarkets in major cities are offering big discounts to boost flagging sales at the end of the World Cup and dry season.