HCMC prepares to clear more than 1,500 households to do two projects worth over VND16,600 billion
Ho Chi Minh City has reclaimed more than 1,800 households, of which more than 1,500 households have cleared to implement two projects to renovate Ong Be canal and Ba Lon canal with a total capital of more than VND 16,600 billion.
The two projects of dredging and improving the environment combined with urban embellishment at Ong Be canal and Ba Lon canal have just been included by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee in the content submitted to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council for approval of the investment policy at the meeting in early November.
The dredging and environmental improvement project combined with urban renovation of the drainage axis of Ong Be canal (Chanh Hung ward and Binh Hung commune) has a total investment of more than VND 7,434 billion. See more...
Reasons for temporary closure of Russian market in the center of Ho Chi Minh City
From October 1, 2025, Nga market is announced to move from 328 Vo Van Kiet (Cau Ong Lanh ward) to 125 Hai Ba Trung (Saigon ward). This market has long been known as a place for trading Vietnamese goods exported to Russia and Russian specialty products imported to Vietnam.
However, immediately after announcing the new location, the Russian market encountered many opposing opinions because it was located in the core heritage area of the center of Ho Chi Minh City.
As of the morning of October 19, building No. 125 Hai Ba Trung was still closed. The sign of the Russian market attached to the facade of the building on Hai Ba Trung Street has been removed, while the path through Nguyen Van Binh Book Street is covered with tarpaulin. See more...
Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Police tighten alcohol concentration control, fine 680 cases of violations within 24 hours
On October 19, the Traffic Police Department (PC08) of Ho Chi Minh City Police informed that the affiliated Teams/ Stations continue to maintain high-intensity alcohol concentration testing activities.
According to the plan to deploy a peak period of alcohol concentration control of Ho Chi Minh City Police (implemented under the direction of the Traffic Police Department, Ministry of Public Security), all 38 teams/Traffic Police Stations under PC08 will focus on checking alcohol concentration according to two main time frames of the day. See more...
7-year-old boy in critical condition due to dengue fever with thrombocytopenic syndrome
Recorded at the Intensive Care and Anti-Poison Department of Children's Hospital 1, in recent weeks, many pediatric patients have been hospitalized for dengue shock syndrome with multiple organ failure. Notably, recently, the hospital received a boy D. (7 years old, living in An Giang) with severe dengue shock syndrome, with thrombosis syndrome causing liver failure and severe kidney failure.
Before that, the child had a high fever for 5 consecutive days, accompanied by vomiting and abdominal pain. When admitted to the hospital, the child was diagnosed with dengue fever and warned on the 5th day that he was overweight and obese. The child was given fluids and closely monitored.
However, the child still had a prolonged high fever, severe abdominal pain, and rapidly increased liver enzymes, so he was identified as having severe dengue fever, severe liver damage, and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. See more...
Students jostling in the hot sun, waiting for a bus at Ho Chi Minh City National University Village
Recorded at 12 noon, under the hot sun in Ho Chi Minh City, at the boarding house bus station in Area B in Ho Chi Minh City National University village, Hoang Dang Minh Hieu, a first-year student at the University of Economics and Law, stood on the porch waiting for bus number 53.
Although it was not rush hour, Hieu missed 2 trips because there were too many cars and no more places to get on.
"This is not the first time I have missed a car. Some days it takes more than 30 minutes to get on the bus. But when I got up, I was still crowded and cramped, so I took the opportunity to pick up the car early to catch the bus in time for class, but I still missed 2 trips," Hieu shared while continuing to wait for the next trip hoping for some space. See more...
