Ho chi minh city

Unlawful sand exploitation and transactions take place blatantly at a section of Dong Nai River which goes through District 9’s Truong Thanh Ward. Law-defying sand exploitation and transactions take place blatantly at a section of Dong Nai River which goes through District 9’s Long Phuoc Ward. Huge loads of sand are pumped from a smaller boat into a bigger one right on the river. Thieves are pictured approaching residents’ land dykes, poking two long pipes deep into the riverbed to suck sand in. Thieves have a boatful of sand around 40 minutes later and waste no time in selling them to the owner of a waiting larger boat. Dozens of sampans and large boats riddle an area which used to be locals’ land. H., a resident, points at his “evaporated” land plot on a map. Locals in District 9’s Long Phuoc Ward in Ho Chi Minh City have erected hundreds of pikes in desperate attempts to deter illegal sand miners. … [Read more...] about Residents losing land to sand thieves in Ho Chi Minh City

The department took this occasion to announce the city’s population and reproductive health strategy for the 2016-2020 period, with increasing engagements of organizations and individuals in population and planning policies.  Photo for illustration.  It called for support from organizations and individuals in holding communications activities and training personnel, especially for 12,000 collaborators in communes, wards and residential areas. As part of the meeting, the department signed a cooperation memorandum of understanding with Thai Nakorn Patana Company Limited, under which the latter will provide affordable contraceptive pills for local residents. Lauded the efforts made by the local health body, Vo Thanh Dong, Deputy General Director of the General Office for Population and Family Planning, requested it to boost the quality of reproductive health in rural and mountainous areas and work harder to reduce abortion rate. In the 2011 -2015 period, Ho Chi … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City responds to World Population Day

Lieutenant General Tran Hoai Trung (right) presents a souvenir to Cambodian Consul General Sok Dareth  At the reception, Lieutenant General Tran Hoai Trung, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Military Region 7, congratulated the Cambodian diplomat on his new position. Trung hoped that in his new position, the Cambodian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City will contribute to strengthening the Vietnam-Cambodia friendship and cooperation as well as cooperation between units of Vietnam's Military Region 7 and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. He recalled that over the past time Military Region 7 and units of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces have effectively promoted cooperation in delegation exchange, education, military medicine, military equipment maintenance, and in the search and collection of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and advisors who had sacrificed during wars in Cambodia. The achievements in different cooperation fields between Vietnamese and Cambodian … [Read more...] about Cambodian newly-appointed Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City visits Military Region 7

Permanent Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem speaks at the sesion (Photo: VNA) Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is prioritising foreign investment into projects on urban infrastructure and environment treatment, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on December 13. At a working session with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, the official further said authorities of the southern hub also hope the US business community will take an active part in investing in and providing technical support for the city. Liem elaborated that HCM City authorities are prioritising foreign investment into projects on smart city, innovative city, waste and effluent treatment, and urban infrastructure, and asked the US business community to contribute ideas to the acceleration of the relations between the city and the US. For her part, Chairwoman of the chamber Amanda Rasussen said … [Read more...] about HCM City calls on US firms to boost investment

Tran Van Minh, 63, leader from 2006 to 2011, and Van Huu Chien, 64, leader from 2011 to 2014, face charges for wrongdoing in connection with land and public property administration and use, the Ministry of Public Security said in a report last week. Its investigators found the two had signed a number of documents to transfer land use rights to Phan Van Anh Vu, a city real estate tycoon and briefly a fugitive from the law. The probe into the two former leaders in fact began with an investigation into Vu's dubious acquisition of public lands. During Minh’s time as chairman Vu established five real estate companies that managed to acquire a lot of public lands and secure housing projects. Minh allegedly enabled the tycoon to acquire the assets without going through any bidding process and often at below market prices. He then approved Vu’s sale of the lands. In all, Vu acquired 18 public property projects and seven land lots, causing an estimated loss of more than VND22 … [Read more...] about Former Da Nang leaders caused city $1.5 billion losses in land deals