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In its central location just behind the Bitexco Tower, Ham Nghi serves as a pertinent place to host the plethora of food outlets that line the street. From the all day market that has bubbling tubs of fresh fish to the mini-marts specialising in western brands, it’s a street with something for everyone. But it [...]
Nearly 600 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from different countries who have returned home to celebrate Tet attended a spring gathering in Ho Chi Minh City on January 7. The event was a place for OVs to meet each other and welcome the traditional Lunar New year (Tet) festival in their homeland with a wide range of [...]
More than 13,500 people, both Vietnamese and foreigners, took part in the 7th Lawrence S.Ting Charity Walk at Phu My Hung residential area in Ho Chi Minh City on January 7. The 2km walk raised more than VND2.4 billion for poor people in Ho Chi Minh City suburbs to welcome the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross and national television VTV has begun raising donations for the “Tet holiday for the poor and Agent Orange victims 2012” charity program, aimed at granting 25,000 presents to needy people. The program organizers have run many activities, including the “Texting to bring Tet holiday to the poor” program running [...]
An exhibition featuring photos of children around the world taken by French photographer Yan Lerval has just been opened in Ho Chi Minh City. Titled “Terre de Regards” (Views of Earth), the exhibition showcases the 42-year-old artist’s works taken on his trips to Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, the Himalayan region, Europe and Africa last [...]
The Department of Transport in Ho Chi Minh City said on Thursday that the city will maintain a sufficient number of buses to meet the travel rush during the coming Tet holiday season. Department authorities met with bus station managers and transport companies to implement a plan to serve passengers returning to their hometowns to [...]
Urban developers and policymakers have long been thinking about a development strategy for Thu Thiem peninsula. In 1911, though just a small quay in its days, it was marked on the “Environs de Saigon” (or Outskirts of Saigon) map of the city by French administrators. Two decades later, when the Thu Thiem area was still a [...]
A raging fire swept through a barley sugar factory in Binh Tan rural district in Ho Chi Minh City during early hours of this morning. A neighbor said the fire erupted following an explosion and almost immediately engulfed the factory belonging to Thanh Cong Ltd. Company. At 5:25 am, firefighters arrived on the scene and [...]
With the police cracking down on illegal road racing in Ho Chi Minh City, motorbike racers have begun to race later at night and move to new locations in the suburbs. Erstwhile favorite racing spots like Phan Xich Long Street in Phu Nhuan District and Hoang Hoa Tham – Nguyen Van Dau Street in Binh [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City police have pressed charge against Tran Anh Huy for violating traffic laws that left 2 dead and 15 injured in an accident on Ly Thai To Street on October 7. According to Colonel Truong Van Hoa, head of the Investigation Agency under the Ho Chi Minh City Police, 42-year-old Huy [...]