Addressing a conference to call for investments in relocating those living along canals in the city on February 1, the municipal leader said that Ho Chi Minh City needs investment for six projects involved. Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan talks with investors at the conference. Photo: tuoitre.vn In 2018, the city will need investments for two projects that will help complete the relocation and resettlement of 20,000 households living on and along the canals by 2020. Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee pointed out that the city has faced numerous problems, such as traffic jam, flooding, environmental pollution, and climate change impacts. Particularly, the city still has over 20,000 households living on and along canals, the issue that generations of municipal authorities have tried to tackle. The resolution of the 10th municipal Party Congress set a goal of resettling the 20,000 households by 2020, and the city, with a limited budget, has designed policies to mobilize resources for the work in the public-private partnership, he said. Tran Trong Tuan, Director of the Department of Construction said that the city needs about VND 2.5 trillion from its budget and about VND 23.24 trillion from the community to realize the effort. Director of the World Bank in Vietnam Ousmane Dione pointed to the issues of capital, relocation, and resettlement when the city is undertaking the plan. He suggested the city strongly reform institutions and reinforce inspection and supervision of specialized agencies…. [Read full story]
During a meeting on the socio-economic situation in April held by Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee on April 27th, the issue of maintaining order on pavements and roads received great attention. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the city People’s Committee, confirmed that the city was determined to maintain order. Over two months after the effort to bring order to pavements and roads across 24 districts, the situation has improved. In some districts, leaders directly oversaw the establishment of order. However, in some places, the pavements and roads are being re-encroached, forcing the city leaders to direct districts to continue…... [read more]
Ho Chi Minh City is taking all possible measures to deal with deteriorating inundation as a result of climate change and sea level rise. The sinking of the ground is another cause of the inundation. The municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment reported that the districts of 2, 6, 7, 8, Binh Tan, Binh Thanh, Binh Chanh and Hoc Mon subside about 5mm a year due to the over-exploitation of underground water. At present, around 670,000 cubic metres of underground water is used in the city every day, making the water level fall down and then triggering depressions. In…... [read more]
NDO/VNA – Ho Chi Minh City and Hungary should realise their cooperative agreements through certain projects, especially in education, trade, investment, sports and tourism in order to fully tap their potential, according to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong. Receiving Szilveszter Bus, Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on October 12, Phong affirmed that the agreements between the city and Hungary’s Budapest capital in human resources training, and clean water management and use, have proved to be effective .
Delighted with the fine developments in the two countries’ relations, particularly in…... [read more]
Ho Chi Minh City administration is determined to build the southern Vietnamese metropolis into a smart city, municipal chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said Friday. Ho Chi Minh City administration is determined to build the southern Vietnamese metropolis into a smart city, municipal chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said Friday. Officials of various municipal departments gathered at yesterday meeting to discuss a grand scheme for the city to go smart, with the city’s Department of Information and Communications revealing that a detailed proposal to do so will be available later this year. The proposal will be finalized and submitted to the municipal…... [read more]
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thanh Phong, made the statement while hosting a reception for Keith Pitt, Australian Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, on April 5. Phong expressed delight at the comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Australia, saying that Keith Pitt’s visit to Vietnam will give a push to cooperation activities between the two countries and between Australian localities and Ho Chi Minh City in particular. Speaking highly of the quality of education in Australia’s universities and institutes, he said Ho Chi Minh City’s students and officials, who had been trained in Australia, have contributed to…... [read more]
