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An Indian tourist who landed in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday was overcharged by a cab driver who pretended to be an employee of a popular local taxi company. Upon arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the foreign visitor took a cab from the airdrome to a hotel on Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, about eight kilometers apart. The driver dropped him off about 100 meters away from his destination in an impolite manner before charging him VND1.2 million (US$51.6), according to the tourist’s account. It normally costs around VND150,000 ($6.45) to travel such a distance by taxi. The Indian tourist said he caught the cab via a taxi dispatcher, adding that the driver presented him with a receipt with a logo of Mai Linh Corporation, a popular taxi firm in Ho Chi Minh City. On the receipt, there was no information about the name and code of the driver and the date of the journey, except for the fare and the driver’s signature. After the incident was reported, a … [Read more...] about Indian visitor ripped off by bogus Mai Linh driver in Ho Chi Minh City

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith (R) receives Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith on January 15 hosted a reception for a delegation from the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) led by Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the academy. Prof. Dr. Thang, also Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, said the delegation was in Laos to attend a high-level seminar between the HCMA and Laos’ National Academy of Politics and Public Administration to review their cooperation. During the event, the two sides discussed collaboration in personnel training and the translation of the Complete Works of Ho Chi Minh into Lao and … [Read more...] about Lao leader receives Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics delegation

Despite a small supply of new projects at rather high prices, both investors and experts are optimistic about the prospects of this market – with good reason. Being rolled out since the end of 2018, The Grand Manhattan is one of few projects in District 1 achieving impressive sale performance The improving infrastructure, the rise of the Vietnamese middle class, and the arrival of rich foreign people are expected to give the market a new push in the near future. Short supply, rising prices A recent report by the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) showed that the municipal city’s real estate market was on a declining trend in the first nine months of 2019. Meanwhile, the market witnessed a scarcity in housing supply in the central business district (CBD) despite high residential demand. Nguyen Hoang, director of DKRA Vietnam’s R&D Division, said that real estate products in the CBD remain in limited supply. Land bank in the CBD are … [Read more...] about Real estate in HCM City CBD: Optimism for the long-term

An infant gets vaccinated in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)   HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The number of people hospitalised in Ho Chi Minh City with contagious diseases this year has sharply increased compared with the same period a year ago, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre. So far this year, there have been 10,115 cases of dengue fever, an increase of 243 percent. The number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases increased by 22 percent, while the number of measles patients increased by 1,560. Every district has suffered from outbreaks of measles, with district 8, Binh Tan and Binh Chanh districts reporting the highest numbers. Of the 1,564 cases this year, 96 percent did not get vaccinated and 48 percent were children aged 18 months to 10 years.    The centre warned that people should take preventive measures such as getting vaccinated. Under a plan to replace the Korean-made Quinvaxem five-in-one vaccine in the national expanded immunisation … [Read more...] about HCM City reports increase in incidence of contagious diseases

Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thien Nhan and the delegation of the Hessen State Parliament. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted President of the Hessen State Parliament Boris Rhein in the southern city on November 14. Nhan expressed his pleasure at the growing relations between the two countries in general and between HCM City and Hessen state in particular. The German government inaugurated the German House in HCM City, he said, adding the house, an outstanding project for cooperation between the two countries, serves as a venue for German businesses in Vietnam and the region. HCM City highly valued outcomes of its cooperation with Hessen state, he said, expressing his wish to continue strengthening and increasing the relations between the two localities, especially in education and vocational training in robot manufacturing, automation, human resources in the healthcare sector, … [Read more...] about HCM City leader welcomes Hessen Parliament President