In realization of the Politburo (term XII) 05 on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style, 100% of Party members from the Ho Chi Minh city Post have registered to practice following Uncle Ho’s example. Accordingly, specific plans have been worked out to addressing urgent issues. The image of post Party members and workers have been raised through each work, including paying retirement salaries or repairing communal post offices, becoming exemplary post offices and professional post officers. Attending a recent meeting to review Party work in 2016, Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee Vo Thi Dung praised the city post’s achievement, asking it to identify clearly key tasks in 2017 and mobilize all resources to realise the tasks. She also urged the agency to increase the awareness and responsibility of cadres, Party members towards ideological issues so that each ideology possible problem would be addressed … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh city Post’s Party members commit to follow Uncle Ho’s example
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Ho Chi Minh city farmers follow Uncle Ho’s teachings
Uncle Ho’s example and teachings have been imbued in each thought and behaviour of each citizen, including farmers in Ho Chi Minh city who are acting to contribute to successfully realizing the program on building new style rural areas. Nguyen Anh Tuan in Hiep Binh Chanh ward, Thu Duc district, used to live in hard times. Receiving a preferential loan from the city for agricultural production and training from the district Farmers’ Association, Mr. Tuan has invested in building facilities for production of apricot flowers. Using the loan worth over VND3 billion, he has invested in planting a new variety of the flowers and applied new production methods and gained success. His family’s living standards have continuously improved with an annual income of over VND500 million. Thanks to the profits, he constructs 20 small flats for rent, earning over VND800 million per year. Being instructed on how to follow Uncle Ho’s teachings 5 years ago, he said he was very … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh city farmers follow Uncle Ho’s teachings
Ho Chi Minh City Customs holds dialogue with US firms
At the event (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Customs Department of HoChi Minh City and the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Amcham) held adialogue with the US business community in Ho Chi Minh City on January 24,focusing on export-import procedures. Regarding post-clearance inspection, deputy chief of thedepartment’s Management Inspection Office Nguyen Thanh Long said only firmswith suspected activities and faulted goods declaration are subject toinspection, similarly to the situation in developed countries. In addition, other agencies than the customs office willalso conduct inspections after customs clearance, such as checking on foodsafety and hygiene.Long suggested firms strictly abide by legal regulations onmanufacturing and trade as well as export-import in order to face lessinspection. A representative from Tan My group, which imports stainlesssteel to produce goods for export, said while the import of stainless steel is exemptfrom tax, the … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City Customs holds dialogue with US firms
Ho Chi Minh City plans vendor-friendly sidewalks
Street vendors will no longer have to run away from road inspectors as Ho Chi Minh City authorities are going to allow them to run their business on designated sidewalks. Street vendors will no longer have to run away from road inspectors as Ho Chi Minh City authorities are going to allow them to run their business on designated sidewalks. Officials put forward a plan to move street vendors onto certain sidewalks in the city at a meeting on Monday between the People's Committee and the administrations of District 1 and District 4. "Re-organizing the city's sidewalks is unavoidable, but it is also important to help underprivileged street vendors seek an alternative way of making a living so that they will not fall victim to hunger or their children to illiteracy," Tran Vinh Tuyen, deputy chairman of the People's Committee, said at the meeting. According to Tuyen, it is necessary to strike a balance between maintaining order on the sidewalk and facilitating street vending, as they … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City plans vendor-friendly sidewalks
Ho Chi Minh City to finish building new Mien Dong Bus Station this year
The construction of a new and improved Mien Dong (Eastern) Bus Station in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to be completed by the end of this year, a firm tasked with building it has said. According to the Saigon Transportation Mechanical Corporation (SAMCO), the new Mien Dong Bus Station will be constructed at the beginning of the second quarter and finished around the end of 2017. SAMCO is the investor of the station. With the total capital of VND4 trillion (US$176.4 million), the bus station will cover an area of 16 hectares, of which 12.3 hectares will be in outlying District 9, Ho Chi Minh City and the rest in nearby Binh Duong Province. The existing bus station is situated in Binh Thanh District and is often considered one of the main reasons for traffic congestion in the city. The new station will be connected with metro line No. 1, linking Ben Thanh Terminal in District 1 with Suoi Tien Terminal in District 9, expected to serve about seven million passengers per annum. The … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to finish building new Mien Dong Bus Station this year