Ho Chi Minh City

Construction of the new Binh Loi Bridge began in May 2016 with total investment of VND1.3 trillion (US$56.1 million). The bridge has a length of 1.3km, allowing trains to run at a speed of 100km per hour on the track on the bridge. The new bridge has a vertical clearance of seven metres, while the old bridge only had 1.5 metres of vertical clearance. Due to the low vertical clearance, only small vessels could go under the old bridge. With the much higher vertical clearance, large vessels weighing more than one tonne can now pass under the new bridge. The new bridge is expected to improve train and waterway transport between HCM City and the neighbouring provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai and Binh Duong. Two spans at the end of the old bridge in HCMC's Thu Duc district will be preserved because of their historical and cultural significance, according to the city People's Committee. The rest of the old bridge will be removed so that ships can travel easily. According to the city … [Read more...] about Railway bridge crossing Saigon River opens

This year, VietnamWood will exhibit more than 1,000 machines and equipment of 483 participants. This is an opportunity to approach and exchange of businesses around the world in establishing relationships and promoting the development of wood and wood processing industry of Vietnam. The advanced and diverse technologies that the world has been applying, such as industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence in production management will help Vietnamese enterprises to have more options to catch up with global trend and solve the question of productivity of wood processing industry. Starting in 2001, VietnamWood is a biennial international exhibition. Up to now, after 12 organization times, VietnamWood has attracted several exhibitors from Germany, Austria, Spain, the US, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and China as well as Vietnamese enterprises. By Cong Phien – Translated by Thuy Doan … [Read more...] about HCMC to host international exhibition VietnamWood 13

Reporting at a meeting yesterday, he said that with number of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit cases was found double over the same period last year. Still the situation is still very complicated. The city has assigned the Taxation Department to advise against trade fraud in e-commerce. Authorized agencies will intensify cooperation with 24 districts to propagandize residents against short term hire of warehouses as it might be for keeping illicit goods or drug production, and inform authorized agencies of any case with suspicious signs. In the first eight months this year, the city handled 36,564 cases relating to smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit, up 104 percent over the same period last year. Authorized agencies launched investigation over 78 cases and prosecuted relevant individuals. Budget revenue topped VND4,361 billion (US$187.83 million). Mr. Tran Huu Linh, head of the Market Management Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that HCMC is a hot spot … [Read more...] about HCMC to step up efforts against trade fraud, counterfeit

Japan’s Aichi prefecture wants to participate in the project to build the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh highway in the form of Public-Private Partnership (PPP), said the prefecture’s governor Hideaki Ohmura. The governor made the request at a meeting with Chairman of HCMC People’s committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on September 13. He added that the prefecture hopes to turn the project into a new symbol of the friendship between Japan and Vietnam. Aichi authorities also want to further promote economic, investment and tourism cooperation and cultural exchange with HCMC, Governor Ohmura said, calling for the Vietnamese southern hub’s support in the organization of a Vietnam Festival in Nagoya city next year. For his part, Phong appreciated the signing of a letter of intention between the city and the Japanese side on the organization of the Vietnam Festival in Nagoya and pledged support for the activity. The official said HCMC is ready to work with Aichi to promote … [Read more...] about Japan’s Aichi prefecture wants to join high way project in HCMC

The launch of a shared digital map based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies allows management software to establish attributable data connected with a GIS map while providing united Geocodes to become a foundation for the standardization of geography information. This database is supposed to become the important space reference which will later be integrated and layered in the common unified database. HCMC has already announced the plan to develop a common database grounded on the three foundations of citizens, businesses, and maps. Until now, the city has been collecting data related to its residents, consisting of population and civil status. This is expected to finished in June 2020. Following that, HCMC is urgently preparing to run the common database regarding digital maps. According to Ms. Vo Thi Trung Trinh, Deputy Director of the HCMC Department of Information and Communications, in the period from 2019 – 2020, with the vision to 2025, the city must form … [Read more...] about Shared digital map piloted in HCMC