HCMC approves businesses to pilot commercial housing construction on 54 land plots
On November 7, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued a document approving real estate businesses to pilot commercial housing projects on 54 land plots.
These lands were previously approved in principle by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council at the meeting on September 29, 2025.
The announcement of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee is the basis for real estate business organizations and relevant state agencies to carry out the next steps to implement commercial housing projects through agreements on receiving land use rights or having land use rights as prescribed in Resolution No. 171/2024/QH15 dated November 30, 2024 of the National Assembly, Decree No. 75/2025/ND-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government and other relevant legal documents. See more...
Apartment prices in Ho Chi Minh City are expensive, buyers move to the suburbs
According to data from the Vietnam Real Estate Brokers Association, in the primary market, in the third quarter of 2025, the selling price of commercial apartments fluctuated widely, on average, newly opened projects were priced at 78 million VND/m2, more than 30% of new supply was priced at 100 million VND/m2 or more. In Ho Chi Minh City, the average primary price reached 91 million/m2, lower than Hanoi thanks to the supply from the suburbs with a significantly lower price level.
Savills Vietnam's real estate market report for the third quarter of 2025 shows that in Ho Chi Minh City, primary supply has decreased quarterly but increased sharply yearly, reaching 5,200 units, mainly concentrated in the eastern and western areas of the city. See more...
51 people hospitalized for suspected poisoning after eating bread in Ho Chi Minh City
On the afternoon of November 7, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said that the unit had received 11 cases of food poisoning, with symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, high fever... after eating bread at a bakery on Nguyen Thai Son Street. There were many people in the same family or company.
After being treated, 5 cases were transferred to the Gastroenterology Department for monitoring and intensive treatment; 1 case had to be transferred to the Intensive Care - Anti-Poisoning (ICU) department for elderly patients with underlying COPD; 4 cases are continuing to be monitored in the Emergency Department; 1 case was discharged from the hospital. See more...
Schools in Ho Chi Minh City do not accept parking vehicles of underage students
The Department of Education and Training (DET) of Ho Chi Minh City said that through coordination, the City Police organized field inspections at schools in the area, and the results showed that there were still a few units violating regulations on keeping electric motorbikes and motorbikes for students who are not old enough or do not have a driver's license.
Faced with the above reality, the Department of Education and Training recommends that school principals direct the strengthening of inspections of parking lots at schools, resolutely not keeping electric motorbikes and motorbikes of students who are underage or do not have a driver's license. See more...
Ho Chi Minh City Police expose the trick of a taxi driver who used drugs to defame his colleagues
On November 7, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department, Ho Chi Minh City Police informed that the unit had just coordinated with Thanh My Tay Ward Police to investigate and clarify the case of a taxi driver placing drugs in a colleague's car.
According to the investigation, on October 16, 2025, PC04 Department coordinated with Thanh My Tay Ward Police to discover the case of "Illegal possession of narcotics" in a taxi of Le Ngoc Thong (born in 1968), in front of Landmark Building 81 Vinhomes Central Park, 720A Dien Bien Phu, Thanh My Tay Ward. See more...
