
Improvised three-wheeled vehicles still common on Ho Chi Minh City streets
Ho Chi Minh City 14:03 11/07/2025Improvised three-wheeled vehicles and carts continue to operate widely, posing serious traffic safety risks on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City despite regular control efforts by traffic authorities.

Ho Chi Minh City seeks to impose partial smartphone ban on students, even during breaks
Education 10:48 11/07/2025The director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has required developing a plan prohibiting students from using mobile phones during break times and all school-related activities.

Ho Chi Minh City real estate market still struggles with limited supply
Ho Chi Minh City 13:07 10/07/2025Despite ongoing efforts to address legal bottlenecks and a hopeful outlook for a stronger recovery, Ho Chi Minh City’s real estate market continues to face daunting challenges due to the housing shortage.

Ho Chi Minh City partners with Intel to train AI workforce
Ho Chi Minh City 14:52 09/07/2025Ho Chi Minh City and U.S. technology company Intel have agreed to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) workforce training program targeting public officials and employees, heard a meeting on Tuesday between chairman Nguyen Van Duoc and Intel vice-president of international government affairs Sarah Kemp.

Ho Chi Minh City police return lost smartphone to Indian tourist
Ho Chi Minh City 11:20 09/07/2025Police in Cho Quan Ward, formed from former Wards 1, 2, and 4 of former District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City, have successfully recovered and returned a lost smartphone to an Indian tourist through swift investigation and the use of surveillance camera footage.

Multimillion-dollar housing project in Ho Chi Minh City in limbo for 7 years
Ho Chi Minh City 17:23 08/07/2025Once envisioned as a high-end residential and commercial complex in Ho Chi Minh City, the Lancaster Lincoln housing project has remained stalled for seven years, with the developer reportedly incurring more than VND2.4 trillion (US$92 million) in investment, operations, and loan interest costs during this period.

Ho Chi Minh City should relocate railway station, convert rail corridor into elevated metro line: opinion
Ho Chi Minh City 12:41 07/07/2025In the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, a 14-kilometer rail line has become an enduring source of traffic congestion, so an expert has proposed relocating the railway station and converting the inner-city rail corridor into an elevated metro line to solve this problem.

Ho Chi Minh City police arrest couple for producing over 70,000 counterfeit Singaporean medicated oil bottles
Ho Chi Minh City 09:37 02/07/2025Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled a counterfeit pharmaceutical product trading and manufacturing ring, detaining a husband-and-wife duo for producing over 70,000 fake Eagle brand medicated oil bottles.

THACO eyes metro line No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, rail link to Long Thanh airport
Ho Chi Minh City 15:05 01/07/2025Vietnamese conglomerate Truong Hai Group (THACO) has proposed a plan to study and invest in two major projects in Ho Chi Minh City, including the construction of metro line No. 2 and a railway linking the Thu Thiem urban area to the underway Long Thanh International Airport project in neighboring Dong Nai Province.

Ho Chi Minh City adds 26 daily metro trips
Ho Chi Minh City 10:32 01/07/2025Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line is operating 26 more trips per day from Tuesday to mid-August to meet higher passenger demand during the peak summer travel season.

Vietnam won’t build ‘tax havens’ at IFCs to attract foreign finance: official
Economy 17:38 29/06/2025Vietnam will not develop international financial centers (IFCs) as ‘tax havens’ to attract foreign financial institutions, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc affirmed on Saturday.