Viva Macau marks two years’ flying to HCM City

December 7, 2009 in Vietnam Travel
Tags: City, flying, HCM, Macau, marks, to, two, Viva, years’

Budget carrier Viva Macau Airlines celebrated the 2nd anniversary of service between Ho Chi Minh City and Macau on Monday, and launched its new ticket office on the same day.
The booking office is located on the third floor of the five-star Sheraton hotel in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.

Viva Macau CEO Reg Macdonald [...]

HCM City begins planning for Tet festivities

November 19, 2009 in Vietnam Culture
Tags: begins, City, festivities, for, HCM, Planning, Tet

Ho Chi Minh City is planning six major events to celebrate Tet in February 2010, its People’s Committee said.

                Nguyen Hue flower street in Tet holidays of 2009 ( photo K K )
The Nguyen Hue Flower Street, an annual event that is highly popular with the public, themed Xuan binh minh (The dawn of Spring) [...]

Pasteur Institute HCM City makes A/H1N1 vaccine

November 17, 2009 in Vietnam Health
Tags: A/H1N1, City, HCM, Institute, makes, Pasteur, vaccine

Making vaccines at the Biological Vaccine Company No.1 (Filed photo: SGGP)
The Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute announced it has successfully produced a vaccine against A/H1N1 flu based on Vero cell-based technology instead of the conventional fertilized hen-egg vaccine technology.Following the fact, the Ministry of Health will soon set up a scientific council [...]

Study in Australia exhibition returning to Hanoi, HCM City

November 16, 2009 in Vietnam Education
Tags: Australia, City, exhibition, hanoi, HCM, in, returning, study, to

The Australian Vocational and Higher Education 2009 will be held in Hanoi on Nov. 21 and Ho Chi Minh City the next day, the Australian Consulate General in the city has announced.

RMIT Universty’s Saigon South campus in Ho Chi Minh City. RMIT is among the exhibitors in the Australian Vocational and Higher Education 2009. [...]

Car fees curb traffic in HCM City center

October 26, 2009 in policies
Tags: car, Center, City, curb, fees, HCM, in, traffic

Car fees curb traffic in HCM City center

QĐND – Monday, October 26, 2009, 20:44 (GMT+7)

City authorities have allowed the Tien Phong Technology JS company to research and install an automatic car fee collection system in the city center to curb traffic jams.
With over 400,000 cars at present and around 100 new cars daily, HCM [...]

HCM City population grows by 2 mln people in 10 years

October 25, 2009 in Politics-Society
Tags: 10, 2, by, City, grows, HCM, in, mln, People, Population, years

HCM City population grows by 2 mln people in 10 years

QĐND – Saturday, October 24, 2009, 20:51 (GMT+7)

Ho Chi Minh City has seen its population increase by 41.14 percent or more than two million people over the last decade and the a growing trend of mechanical increases in population.
According to the latest population census, [...]

Largest hostel area commenced in HCM City

October 18, 2009 in Politics-Society
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Largest hostel area commenced in HCM City

QĐND – Sunday, October 18, 2009, 20:41 (GMT+7)

The Ho Chi Minh City National University on October 16th broke ground for a hostel area that can accommodate as many as 60,000 students.
This is considered the largest accommodation project for students in Vietnam, and according to investors, the project will [...]

HCM City’s green expansion comes slowly

October 17, 2009 in Politics-Society
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HCM City’s green expansion comes slowly

QĐND – Friday, October 16, 2009, 20:55 (GMT+7)

HCMC targets a per capita public parks and greenery coverage of 4.5 square meters during the 2006-2010 period, but the current coverage is only 0.3 square meters in 13 central districts and 1.5 square meters in the other 11 suburban districts, according [...]

MOET and HCM City education department support new teaching method

October 15, 2009 in Social life
Tags: and, City, Department, education, HCM, method, MOET, new, support, teaching

MOET and HCM City education department support new teaching method

QĐND – Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 22:10 (GMT+7)

Though the ‘more western’ teaching style being applied at Luong Dinh Cua Primary School in HCM City been criticized, officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have voiced their support for the experiment, reports the newswire [...]

HCM City takes action to attract more tourists

October 10, 2009 in Vietnam Travel
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HCM City takes action to attract more tourists

QĐND – Thursday, October 08, 2009, 21:53 (GMT+7)

Ho Chi Minh City ’s tourism sector has taken several measures to prevent the industry from declining any further due to the impacts of the global economic downturn, said a city official.
Deputy Director of the municipal Culture, Sports and [...]