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Remittances to HCM City in Jan-Apr valued at US$2 billion
Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City hit US$2 billion during January-April, up 11%t against the same period last year.
Peaceful beauty of Hue as seen through lens of foreigner photographers
VOV.VN - Located in the centre of the country, Hue is one of the nation’s most popular tourist attractions with plenty of scenic beauty being captured through the lens of international photographers.
HCM City, Saint Petersburg strengthen bilateral relations
Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Russia’s Saint Petersburg city held a teleconference on May 19 to discuss cooperation orientations, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam - Russia strategic partnership.
Vocational schools offer training in new skills
Only around 83,320 ninth grade students in Ho Chi Minh City will sit the 10th grade entrance examinations, and the remaining 16,245 have not registered for the exam, the municipal Department of Education and Training has said.
VinGroup’s electric buses run on Hanoi’s busy streets
Vinbus Ecology Transport Services Limited Liability Company (VinBus), a member of Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup, on May 17 trialed its smart electric bus service on Hanoi streets after one-month testing inside VinGroup’s urban areas.
PM backs HCM City’s proposal to retain 23% of budget revenues
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has supported Ho Chi Minh City’s proposal to retain 23% of its budget revenues, up from the previous 18%, to create conditions for sustainable development.
Mass testing for over 200 people linked to COVID-19 cases
VOV.VN - Dien Bien Phu City in Dien Bien province has launched a massive testing campaign for over 200 local people in Him Lam ward following the detection of two individuals infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Phu Quoc – from “Hell on Earth” to nation’s first island city
Once branded “Hell on Earth” for the notorious jail which witnessed the most terrifying scenes of oppression during war time before 1975, Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has now become the country’s first island city with tremendous economic and social development.
HCM City: Monks, Buddhist followers offer prayers to COVID-19-hit India
Special prayers were offered to India, which has experienced a great deal of loss from COVID-19, by Vietnamese monks and Buddhist followers in Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony held on May 15.
PM holds working session with HCM City officials
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with key officials of Ho Chi Minh City on May 13, his first meeting of the kind with a locality after taking up the top position in the Government, which demonstrated the special importance that the PM and the Government attach to the city.