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The winners of a photo contest titled “Portrait air, expose pollution,” which aims to raise public awareness of environmental protection, were announced at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on April 16.

Da Nang is planning to become a ‘smart city’ and the first in Vietnam to join the ASEAN ‘smart’ city network by 2030.

Lower prices in seven of the 11 groups of consumer goods and services helped drag the consumer price index (CPI) in March down by 0.21 percent from last month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Representatives from foreign-invested (FDI) enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City contributed their ideas and recommendations to spur growth in the city at a meeting with municipal leaders on March 23.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen is striving to develop Thai Nguyen city as a catalyst for its development, at the cost of 100 million USD, including 1.8 trillion VND (77.5 million USD) in loans from the World Bank.

The Hanoi People’s Committee, in collaboration with the World Bank, held a Consultation Workshop on Public Transport Development Strategy for Sustainable Urban Mobility in Hanoi on March 18.

The Jakarta authority has taken many measures to reduce the number of private vehicles and encouraged locals to use public transport means.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro No.1 project will receive strong support from local authorities so that it can soon be put into operation, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 13 stressed.

Cat Bi Airport in the north city of Hai Phong comes out on top of the six airports ranked for passenger satisfaction of service quality, according to a survey conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Specialists have recommended revisions to tax policies in order to steer the economy towards green growth and sustainable development in Vietnam.

Smart bus cards are now piloted in Ho Chi Minh City after a launching ceremony was held in the southern metropolis on March 8.

Hanoi wants to enhance cooperation with Estonia to build infrastructure for smart city development, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

The surged consumption demand during the long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday made the consumer price index (CPI) grow in February.

The Hanoi Transport Management and Operation Centre has requested local bus operators to offer free transport between February 25 and March 2 to domestic and foreign reporters serving the upcoming summit between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States.

Representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on February 21 worked with consultants and contractors of the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Urban Railway Line 1 (Metro No.1) project in the city to discuss solutions to accelerate its implementation.

Ho Chi Minh City is under great pressure to handle an increasing amount of domestic waste as well as hazardous medical and industrial waste, according to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.

Indonesia’s Jakarta capital city is set to debut its first Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in March in the hope of easing traffic jam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoRea) has recommended that the municipal People’s Committee should be more selective about giving licences to high-rise buildings.

The HCM City Department of Transport aims to have 75 percent of the new buses running on clean fuel by the end of 2020.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 0.1 percent over the previous month and increased 2.56 percent year on year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).