HCMC approves investor of Ben Thanh - Can Gio Metro project
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just approved the investment policy and approved Vinspeed High-speed Railway Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (under Vingroup Corporation) as the investor of the Ben Thanh - Can Gio Metro project.
According to the decision, the Ben Thanh - Can Gio Metro line is more than 54 km long, built with a standard double track gauge of 1,435 mm, operated by an electrification system. The designed route allows trains to run at a maximum speed of 350km/h.
The starting point is at 23/9 Park (Ben Thanh Ward) and ending at the 39-hectare land plot bordering Can Gio coastal urban tourism area (Can Gio Commune). See more...
The number of people looking for jobs in Ho Chi Minh City is still less than the number of people looking for jobs
On December 8, Ms. Nguyen Van Hanh Thuc - Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Employment Service Center - said that statistics on job search demand and job search according to the criteria of 27 industries and occupations in November 2025 at this center showed that the number of job seekers continues to be lower than the number of job seekers.
Accordingly, in November 2025, in Ho Chi Minh City, there were 16,211 job seekers and 19,749 job seekers. Thus, for many consecutive months in Ho Chi Minh City, the recruitment demand has always been higher than the demand for job search. See more...
Dog bit a seriously injured girl in a park in Ho Chi Minh City
On December 8, an account posted information and images on social media about a girl being treated for severe facial injuries, the cause of which was being bitten by a dog while playing in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, causing many people to stir up.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. T.V.L (born in 1991) said that he was the one who posted the above information and the victim was a daughter named T.H.L.D (born in 2021), being treated at a frontline hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. See more...
Struggling to work on the first morning of the week due to high tides in Ho Chi Minh City
On the morning of December 8, high tides caused many sections of Pham The Hien Street (Binh Dong Ward) to be flooded 20-30 cm, making it difficult for people to go to work at the beginning of the week.
On the morning of December 8, high tides caused many sections of Pham The Hien Street (Binh Dong Ward) to be flooded 20-30 cm, making it difficult for people to go to work at the beginning of the week. See more...
Decomposing body discovered in canal in Ho Chi Minh City
On the afternoon of December 8, the authorities of Xuan Thoi Son commune, in coordination with relevant professional units, were still blocking the scene and investigating the cause of the discovery of a man's body in a canal on Xuan Thoi Son 38 Street (HCMC).
Earlier, at around 11:30 a.m. the same day, a man while waiting to pick up his child from school and return home was shocked to discover a strange object floating on the water. When he approached to check, this person realized that it was a human body, so he immediately reported it to the authorities. See more...
