The Hanoi Transportation Corporation (Transerco) will open four new bus routes connecting outlying areas in the city from next month in accordance with the Hanoi Department of Transport’s plan on opening 30 new routes in total in 2021.
Ho Chi Minh City will continue to move its ports to its outskirts to ease congestion on roads outside them and build new ones under a national port master plan for 2020-2030.
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has hit Vietnam twice and ravaged many parts of the globe, but has failed to freeze all tourism activities as there are still safe places to go around the world.
As kids living on the outskirts of HCM City have few playgrounds to have fun in, the city’s Youth Union decided to build them some. What makes these playgrounds so special is that all of the equipment is made from recycled materials.
Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular have remained appealing to foreign investors who are continuing to pour capital into the southern economic hub despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 7,400 pigs have been culled as African swine fever caused the deaths of pig herds in at least seven villages near the Philippine capital of Manila, according to Department of Agriculture.
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.
Public security, construction, transportation, and culture-sports-tourism will be up for question-and-answer sessions scheduled for June 4-6 at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th legislature.
Since the long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, real estate market across the country has been bleak, forcing realty and brokerage firms to seek out new supplies to sell.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with local departments and agencies on March 12 to discuss a plan to attend the 11th Vietnam-France decentralised cooperation conference in the French city of Toulouse.
Local authorities in the Mekong Delta are taking measures to mitigate the impact of flooding caused by high tides during the annual flood season in the delta.
The number of passengers riding buses in Hanoi has risen since late 2016, the municipal Department of Transport said, but the system still faces major challenges as it seeks to attract more riders.
The southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City has set the target of achieving 6.82 – 9.06 percent growth in the total retail and consumer services from 2026-2030.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on March 30 announced the children-friendly city initiative for the 2017-2021 period to help Ho Chi Minh City build itself into a children-friendly city.
The Ho Chi Minh City Student Assistance Centre (SAC) will present 3,000 bus tickets to disadvantaged students to help them return home for Tet (Lunar New Year).
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