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Overseas remittance flowing into HCM City until the end of September rose 12.5 per cent month-on-month to nearly US$3.38 billion.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)’s HCM City branch reported that the capital flow increased 6 per cent year-on-year.
Most of the remittance came from the United States, accounting for some 60 per cent of the total, followed by the Europe with roughly 19 per cent. Tiếp tục đọc “Remittance to HCMC reaches $3.38b in 9 months”
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| A person walks through an inundated section of Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Street in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District. — VNA/VNS Mạnh Linh |
The rains in fact has occured since the last day of September and flooded around 40 streets, badly affecting traffic across the city. Tiếp tục đọc “HCM City needs modern drainage: experts”
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| Light in the dark: Dining in Noir Restaurant offers customers an impressive experience. — VNS Photo Hoàng Việt |
The parade is part of a month-long series of nationwide events
By Tuoi Tre News September 25, 2017, 11:58 GMT+7
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| A giant six-band rainbow flag is seen at the pride parade on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, September 24, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Ho Chi Minh City’s LGBT community took to downtown Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street on Sunday for a pride parade to demonstrate love and campaign for equality.
The parade was part of the 2017 VietPride series of events, which include multiple parades throughout Vietnam to show support and campaign for equality for Vietnam’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
The annual VietPride was first organized in Hanoi in 2012, before growing to become a nationwide event joined by tens of thousands every year. Tiếp tục đọc “Love in the air at gay pride parade in Ho Chi Minh City”
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| People are seen on a high-speed canoe in this photo posted on Saigontourist Facebook. |
Each canoe is capable of carrying 20 passengers at maximum speeds of 50kph, Saigontourist said at the launch ceremony at the city’s Tan Cang tourism area. Tiếp tục đọc “Seven new river tours launched in Saigon”
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| Workers at Thủ Đức Water Company check the operation system. In addition to clean water supplied by companies like this, people in many residential areas use groundwater for their daily activities due to a shortage of tap water. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc Hà |
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — With warnings about the ill effects of groundwater on users’ health and possible land subsidence due to overexploitation of water, 10 years ago HCM City authorities had adopted policies to reduce the use of groundwater.- Tiếp tục đọc “Groundwater use continues in HCM City”
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Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is still half a month from now, thousands of local and foreign tourists are rushing to the lantern quarter on Luong Nhu Hoc and Phu Dinh streets in HCMC’s District 5 during the weekend to admire the beauty of sparkling lanterns in different shapes and vibrant colors, pose for stunning photos and immerse themselves in the joyful and jubilant atmosphere. Tiếp tục đọc “Early Mid-Autumn colors at District 5’s lantern street”
Ho Chi Minh City always creates good conditions for the Vietnam National University (VNU), Ho Chi Minh City and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to cooperate in post-graduate training and medicine research.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). (Photo: usnews.com)
Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu made the statement at a reception on September 12 for UCLA vice chancellor Scott Waugh. Waugh is attending the third International Conference on Innovations in Cancer Research and Regenerative Medicine held by the VNU, HCM City and UCLA in Ho Chi Minh City. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam National University, University of California further cooperation”
Despite ODA loans provided by Japan, the construction of Saigon’s first metro line is still delayed by sluggish disbursement
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| A section of Metro Line No.1 in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
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| A woman uses the application Bình Thạnh trực tuyến.—VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng |
The cruise ship Voyager of the Seas with 3,000 tourists onboard arrived at Chan May Port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 12, allowing tourists to visit popular destinations in Hue, Danang, Hoi An and Nha Trang.
Passengers disembark from the Voyager of the Seas ship at Chan May Port in Thua Thien-Hue Province
Saigontourist, Vietnam’s leading tour operator, is arranging tours for some passengers, which take in the Imperial Citadel, Thien Mu Pagoda and the Tomb of Tu Duc in Hue City, and the Museum of Cham Sculpture, Linh Ung Pagoda, Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village and My Khe Beach in Danang City. Tiếp tục đọc “Cruise ship brings 3,000 tourists to Vietnam”
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| Pre-treatment garbage classification in HCM City. — Photo ecc-hcm.gov.vn |
The municipal Department of Finance has said the allocation will be increased to VNĐ1 billion at the beginning of next year. Tiếp tục đọc “HCM City to fund sorting of rubbish”
VietNamNet Bridge – With increased land subsidence, HCM City needs to build dykes like the ones used in the Netherlands to prevent tides and floods, experts have urged.
HCM City Mayor Nguyen Thien Nhan said MONRE has surveyed the soil and terrain conditions at 17 points in HCMC. The monitoring shows continued subsidence at all points. Subsidence of up to 30 cm in the last 10 years has been found in two places.
“If the soil sinks by 1 cm per annum and the sea water level rises by 0.5 cm per annum, or 1.5 cm in total, the difference between the earth surface and sea water level would be up to 45 cm. If so, the problem will be very serious,” Nhan said. Tiếp tục đọc “Will HCM City build dykes similar to those used in the Netherlands?”
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| The solid waste treatment plant operated by Tam Sinh Nghia Investment Development JSC in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
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