Ba Ria-Vung Tau to have 8,300 more social homes in 2025
HCMC – Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province will build an additional 8,300 social homes by 2025 due to the soaring demand, heard a meeting recently chaired by the provincial government. The province has a mere nine social housing projects with a total of 1,550 units, mainly for public officials and civil
Deputy health minister Nguyen Truong Son steps down
HCMC – Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son resigned from his post due to personal reasons from today, November 1. Son was born in 1964, so he can still work until 2025 before his retirement under the prevailing regulations, but he tendered his resignation in mid-2022, citing his
Consular Club’s annual charity bazaar to come back
HCMC – The Consular Club of HCMC will host the 27th Annual International Charity Bazaar at the Caravelle Saigon in downtown HCMC on November 12, marking the club’s first major fundraising event after a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event is aimed at bringing back the club’s
Cai Mep port wharf proposed for extension for bigger ships
HCMC – Cai Mep General Port Company Limited has asked the Ministry of Transport for approval to lengthen a wharf of the port to accommodate vessels of up to 150,000 DWT, the transport news site baogiaothong.vn reported. With the current wharf, the Cai Mep Port in the southern province of Ba
“0 dong rice cooker” female village head for poor students
After many years of cherishing, from the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, Doan Thi Tu decided to open a “0-VND rice cooker” to share [...]
Central provinces speed up repairs of flood-damaged roads
HCMC – Central provinces from Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam to Danang are racing against time to repair roads damaged by recent floods and landslides. In Danang City, torrential rains on October 14 caused around 50 landslides on the routes leading to Son Tra Island, which were blocked by a
Walking streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi are bustling on Halloween
Many young people dressed up as ghosts and flocked to Nguyen Hue, Bui Vien (District 1), Hang Ma, and Ta Hien (Hoan Kiem District) … [...]
Unspoiled beauty on Thanh Lan island
QUANG NINH – Thanh Lan is the largest island in Co To district with many beautiful beaches not many people know about. Thanh Lan Island, belonging [...]
Six popular types of bread in Saigon
The crispy bread combines many types of fillings such as shumai, fish cake, roast pork, and skin… is popular with many people. Bread is one [...]
The kind of tree with fallen leaves that no one picks up is a specialty only in the West, priced at 4 $/kg
Wanting to enjoy this leaf is not easy because no everywhere can find it. In the provinces of the Mekong Delta, there is a tree [...]
48 hours to discover the unique features of Ho Chi Minh City as suggested by New Zealand’s largest newspaper
Try spending 2 days fully exploring Ho Chi Minh City to see that this place has many interesting cultural features and an extremely rich culinary [...]
China presents Friendship Order to Vietnam’s Party leader
HCMC – China held a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 31 to present a Friendship Order to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, reported the Vietnam news agency. Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary of the