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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The supply of affordable and social housing in Ho Chi Minh City continued to be far below the demand due to a shortage in the segment in the first sixth months of this year. According to Director of the city Department of Construction Tran Hoang Quan, among nearly 12,000 apartments from 14 projects meeting conditions to mobilise investments in the first half of 2021, 7,000 units, or 58.92 percent, are in the high-end segment and the remaining in the middle segment. Compared to the same period last year, although the number of projects meeting requirements to mobilise investments is unchanged, the number of housing rises 61.5 percent, with a 122.57-percent increase in the high-end segment and a 294.85-percent increase in the middle segment. However, there is no affordable housing project. According to Le Hoang Chau, President of the HCM City Real Estate Association , said that in recent years, the city has seen … [Read more...] about HCM City faces shortage of affordable housing

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will prioritise seven transport projects as part of its smart urban programme during the 2021-2025 period. The projects aim to apply technologies in urban management in the southern metropolis. Of the projects, six are expected to use the city’s budget with total funding of 851 billion VND (37.1 million USD), and the other is worth about 5.7 trillion VND from other sources. To implement such projects, the municipal People’s Committee has assigned the Department of Transport to coordinate with the Department of Information and Communications, the Department of Home Affairs and relevant agencies to raise proposals regarding human resources development in order to bring into full play achievements of the fourth Industrial Revolution in smart urban management . The committee also asked relevant units to continue rolling out smart urban projects under the project on building HCM City into an urban … [Read more...] about HCM City prioritises seven transport projects for 2021-2025

HCM City launches ‘Operation Green 2012’ volunteer campaign The Youth League in Ho Chi Minh City launched the 6th ‘Operation Green’ volunteer campaign on morning of June 17 in An Phu Ward of District 2, with participation of nearly 1,000 volunteer soldiers and members of Youth League units of the armed forces based in the city. This year the campaign will run from June 17 to July 15 in HCMC, with participation of about 10,000 soldiers taking part in various activities such as persuading league members, youth and 10,000 people to register their cars or motorbikes; not violate traffic laws; plant 10,000 tree saplings; upgrade or repair 2,500km of rural roads; and make 10 temporary bridges in new agricultural areas. Furthermore the ‘Green Campaign’ will call for funds to build houses for households under priority policies; donate 500 gifts to disadvantaged union members, youth in armed forces; and mobilize 1,000 blood donation units. On this occasion, five houses were … [Read more...] about City launches ‘Operation Green 2012’ volunteer campaign

Additional 88 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases reported Vietnam logged 97 new COVID-19 cases, including 88 domestic and nine imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on June 22, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said. Most of the new cases were detected in Ho Chi Minh City, with 63 infections, and the remainders were discovered in Bac Giang (12), Bac Ninh (6), Hung Yen (2), Nghe An (1) and Hanoi (1). By 6pm on June 22, the country had recorded a total of 12,010 domestically-transmitted infections and 1,717 imported cases. The number of locally-transmitted cases since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit Vietnam on April 27 amounted to 10,875, including 2,772 recoveries. According to the MoH’s Medical Service Administration, 5,546 patients have given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to date, while the death toll related to the disease was 69. Among active patients undergoing treatment, 377 have tested negative to the virus once, 132 twice and 141 thrice./. 12-hour … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JUNE 22

The Ministry of Health has asked HCM City and nine other localities to hasten Covid-19 vaccination efforts. The ministry today, June 23, sent an urgent dispatch to HCM City and Nam Dinh, Cao Bang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Dak Lak, Tien Giang, Lam Dong, Can Tho and Kien Giang on the issue. The Covid-19 vaccination in Vietnam According to the ministry, the ministry provided the HCM City Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention with 70,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine on May 20. Local hospitals and units were also given 4,500 doses. On June 17, the city’s CDC received an additional 786,000 doses and hospitals and agencies and units in the city received 10,370 doses. However, to date, the city has only administered around 50,000 doses, representing a slow pace. The same situation has also been reported in the nine highlighted localities with Covid-19 vaccination accounting for less than 40% of their total allocated vaccine doses. The Ministry of Health … [Read more...] about Health Ministry asks to speed up Covid-19 vaccination drive

A medical worker gives a COVID-19 vaccination to a reporter in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — A total of 220 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Wednesday raising the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 13,947, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). Three of them are imported cases and were quarantined right after entering Việt Nam. Two in Tây Ninh Province and the other is in Tiền Giang Province. The remaining 217 cases are domestic ones. As many as 152 are in HCM City, 23 in Bình Dương Province, 11 in Bắc Giang Province, seven in Nghệ An Province, six in Đà Nẵng City, five in Long An Province, four in Hưng Yên Province, four in Bắc Ninh Province, two in Lào Cai, two in Kiên Giang and one in Bắc Kạn Province. Eighteen out of 63 provinces and cities have not seen any new cases over the last 14 days. The MoH on Wednesday sent a letter to provinces and cities asking for tightened management for people returning from areas affected with COVID-19. The … [Read more...] about 220 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday