Ho Chi Minh City is expected to operate its first-ever river bus route this August to help relieve the increasing traffic pressure on local streets. After nearly eight years of preparation, the river bus route No.1 is set to connect Bach Dang Port in District 1 with Linh Dong Ward in Thu Duc District. The 10.8-kilometer-long route will run along the Saigon River and Thanh Da Canal. The construction of the second route stretching from Bach Dang to Lo Gom in District 8, measuring 10.3 kilometers, is anticipated to begin in 2018. The two projects cost a total of VND125 billion (US$5.48 million). The upcoming inauguration of the maiden river bus route has received quite positive feedback from local residents. Nguyen Minh Phong, a student from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, expressed his joy at the new form of transportation. “My house in … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to open maiden river bus route in August
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Ho Chi Minh City set to welcome more medical tourists
Travelers seeking both leisure and medical procedures during their trip to Vietnam will be the target of a plan by Ho Chi Minh City authorities to promote this type of tourism. Travelers seeking both leisure and medical procedures during their trip to Vietnam will be the target of a plan by Ho Chi Minh City authorities to promote this type of tourism. ‘Medical tourism in Ho Chi Minh City’ is the name of a project unveiled by the city’s health and tourism departments at a recent meeting. The plan, set to be implemented as soon as next month, will integrate five medical services into the city’s tourism products, being dentistry, traditional Vietnamese medicine, cosmetics, general health check-ups and disease screening, according to Dr. Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the municipal Department of Health. The two departments will work to publish a handbook and map of major hospitals and medical institutions in the city in order to help visitors find their … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City set to welcome more medical tourists
Ho Chi Minh City to trial bilingual street signs
Street signs in Ho Chi Minh City will soon be written in both Vietnamese and English to allow foreigners to more easily navigate, according to a proposal by the city’s transport department. Street signs in Ho Chi Minh City will soon be written in both Vietnamese and English to allow foreigners to more easily navigate, according to a proposal by the city’s transport department. Examples of the street signs are currently being displayed at the department’s headquarters at 63 Ly Tu Trong Street in District 1, with members of the public invited to give their feedback. Visitors to the southern metropolis have often complained about how difficult it is to navigate the city due to their inability to read Vietnamese language street signs. Because of the lack of English signposts, foreigners have reported spending hours finding their way from the Reunification Palace to the New World Saigon Hotel, two destinations which are only a few kilometers apart. Nguyen Phi Hong, a … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to trial bilingual street signs
Japanese investors to revitalize polluted canal in Ho Chi Minh City
A number of Japanese investors have agreed to help revitalize the eight-kilometer Xuyen Tam Canal in Ho Chi Minh City after a meeting with city leaders in Tokyo on Saturday. A number of Japanese investors have agreed to help revitalize the eight-kilometer Xuyen Tam Canal in Ho Chi Minh City after a meeting with city leaders in Tokyo on Saturday. The meeting was part of the ten-day working agenda of a delegation of Ho Chi Minh City officials, headed by Party chief Dinh La Thang, in Japan to boost ties and seek cooperation opportunities for the southern Vietnamese metropolis and Japanese cities and businesses. At the meeting, a group of Japanese investors – Daiwa Housing, Mitsubishi, Fujita Engineering, and Oriental Consulting Group – showed particular interest in the city’s canal renovation project. The project, despite its small investment, is vital to the livelihood of citizens living along the polluted canal, and is among the seven breakthrough programs outlined … [Read more...] about Japanese investors to revitalize polluted canal in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh city actively prevents natural disasters
To actively prevent natural disasters in 2017, the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has asked Departments and localities to complete maps to help warn residents of floods caused and affected by strong and very strong storms. Departments and localities were also urged to carry out the project on increasing communities’ awareness and community-based management of risks in 2017; propose guidelines in repairing natural disaster prevention constructions; increase the capacity in forecasting rain, flooding and bad weather conditions; and send messages to residents about predicted bad weather. The city will also increase the application of advanced science and technology in preventing natural disasters; recheck devices and equipment serving rescue work; propose plans to support fishermen in linking the communication system and fishing vessel location; and check agricultural production by encouraging farmers to change plantation and breeding structures that suit water supplies … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh city actively prevents natural disasters