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Ho Chi Minh City is striving to reactivate several key projects that have been shelved for years with a view to helping ease flooding and traffic congestion.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee scrutinised a draft resolution on piloting some typical mechanisms and policies for development in Ho Chi Minh City, as part of its 23rd session in Hanoi on May 12.

The southern province of Dong Nai has approved a plan develop three bridges linking it with neighboring Ho Chi Minh City to ease traffic pressure on the existing bridges in the area and promote local and regional socio-economic growth.

The Transport Department of Ho Chi Minh City has proposed building two more bridges to enhance transport connectivity between the southern economic hub and its neighbour Dong Nai province.

Thu Duc city in Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Publishers Association on December 28 started the building of Thu Duc City Book Street.

The Railway Project Management Board is preparing a pre-feasibility study for the Thu Thiem-Long Thanh light rail project, the Ministry of Transport said.

The Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City has requested relevant agencies to study the design of lanes exclusively reserved for bicycles and pedestrians on Hanoi Highway in Thu Duc city.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other National Assembly (NA) deputies of Ho Chi Minh City met with voters of Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts and Thu Duc city on May 11, ahead of the 15th-tenure parliament’s third session.

The first electric bus route in Ho Chi Minh City will be put into operation starting March 9.

Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No 1 between Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc city will start trial operations by December 31 this year.

The HCM City Department of Health has recommended that the People’s Committee should close down the 1,000-bed Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Thu Duc city saying there are few severely ill patients.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 23 presented gifts to workers of Thu Duc city in the southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City, on the threshold of the traditional lunar New Year.

A festival for hot air balloons, yachts and water sports, the first of its kind, kicked off on January 22 to celebrate the first founding anniversary of Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City will reopen bars, dance clubs and karaoke parlors from January 10 after a period of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ho Chi Minh City has established eight temporary hospitals with nearly 300 beds each to treat moderately ill COVID-19 patients and people with underlying medical conditions as the number of COVID-19 cases rises, according to the municipal Department of Health.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation (VNPT) and Thu Duc city on October 23 officially opened the intelligent operation centre, an important cog in helping the latter build a smart city and e-governance, after a five-month trial run.

The Ministry of Transport has received the proposal to approve a project on expanding Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway which will be partly funded with loans from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on September 19 signed a decision on the general planning tasks regarding Thu Duc city in Ho Chi Minh City until 2040 with the goal to develop Thu Duc into one of the important centres of knowledge economy, science - technology, and finance of HCM City and the country.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on September 8 issued a new decision on COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the city continues to stay under the Prime Minister’s restrictive Directive 16 with outbreaks still not properly controlled yet.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, inspected pandemic prevention and control work in several areas in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.