Proposal to hand over the headquarters of the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Administrative Center to Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Finance has just submitted a document to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on adjusting and updating the plan to arrange facilities for units in the area.
In particular, based on the request of the units and the need to serve medical and educational purposes, it is very necessary for the Department of Finance to propose a plan to arrange the headquarters of the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provincial Administrative - Political Center (including 2 land plots with a total area of over 17.6 hectares) for Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, to serve as an educational and training facility and the operating facility of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital.
According to the Department of Finance, this option promotes the effectiveness of real estate management and use, because it focuses on the management, use and operation of the unit... at the same time, convenient for both training and practicing medical staff. See more...
HCMC accelerates canal renovation
The projects to renovate Xuyen Tam canal and Doi canal are expected to change the appearance of Ho Chi Minh City, but the progress is slow due to land clearance problems.
Started in May 2025, the XL-03 package under the Xuyen Tam canal renovation project has only reached about 6% of the volume. According to the plan, the section through An Nhon ward will be completed before April 30, 2026, while the section through Binh Loi Trung ward will be completed before September 2, 2026; the entire package is expected to be completed by November 2026.
However, there are still 29/138 households in An Nhon ward and 20 cases in Binh Hoa residential area (Binh Loi Trung ward) that have not yet handed over the land. Meanwhile, two important packages, XL-01 and XL-02, expected to start construction in November 2025, related to the relocation of 2,078 households, have not yet been handed over by the locality. See more...
Mid-Autumn Festival cakes are greatly discounted to 30,000 VND/piece after the full moon of the 8th lunar month in Ho Chi Minh City
Recorded on October 7, at some supermarkets and bakeries on streets such as Ly Thai To, Nguyen Tri Phuong, 3 Thang 2... many moon cake kiosks simultaneously hung discharge boards, priced at 30,000 VND/piece for some small brands.
Meanwhile, some major brands will keep their selling prices unchanged or move stalls immediately after the full moon of August.
Some supermarkets also apply the Mid-Autumn Festival cake program such as buying 1 cake as a gift. However, the promotion still does not make consumers interested. See more...
Speed up site clearance for 2 projects worth nearly VND4,000 billion in Ho Chi Minh City
On October 7, Phu An ward, Tay Nam ward are urging units to speed up the completion of site clearance to carry out the project to expand DT 744 and DT 748.
Localities in the northern area of Ho Chi Minh City are implementing two important transport projects including: the project to upgrade and expand DT 744 road and the upgrade and expansion of DT 748 road (the section passing through Ben Cat city, Binh Duong province).
In particular, the project to upgrade and expand DT 744 road was approved for the compensation and site clearance price from 2023. The total investment capital of the project is over 835 billion VND. However, the project is being slow to construct due to land clearance problems. Currently, localities are still mobilizing people to agree to hand over the site. See more...
Temporarily detaining 2 subjects for producing fake drinking water bottles
On October 7, the Economic Police Department (PC03) of Ho Chi Minh City Police issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute and temporarily detain 2 subjects for the act of Producing and trading counterfeit food.
Previously, at 2:30 p.m. on October 1, 2025, detectives from the Economic Police Department suddenly raided and caught red-handed Truong Van My (born in 1986, residing in Dak Lak) and Duong Duc Tai (born in 1988, residing in Ho Chi Minh City) while they were producing and trading fake bottled drinking water (18.5l - 20l), impersonating famous brands in the market. See more...
