French novelist Marc Levy to watch play-adaptation of work in HCMC
Marc Levy, French novelist and best-selling author, has traveled to Ho Chi Minh City to attend an adapted play of one of his novels.
17 new bus routes proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport
The Hai Van International Transportation Joint Venture Company has suggested launching 17 new bus routes connecting HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport with major bus terminals and residential areas.
Fuel shortage upends daily life in HCMC
Mauritz Pretorius has to go to several gas stations before he can fill his motorbike with VND50,000 ($2) worth of fuel since it has become scarce.
Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville mise sur un périphérique de 200 km
La ville de Hô-Chi-Minh (HCM), ainsi que les provinces de Binh Duong, Đong Nai, Long An et Ba Ria-Vung Tau, vont travailler sur un projet de périphérique de 200 km qui devrait être achevé avant 2030.
The Nodey Process, un voyage, une exploration musicale
Né dans une famille d’origine vietnamienne, le jeune musicien Nodey Nguyên vit principalement en région parisienne.
More public bus routes proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport
Bus service at Tan Son Nhat airport should add two more routes to ease congestion and give passengers more choice, the HCMC Management Center of Public Transport proposed.
Vietnam’s biggest airport in the making still stuck at site clearance
Construction of Vietnam’s biggest airport to be has slowed down with 70 ha of land yet to be transferred to contractors.
121 HCMC gas stations run out of fuel
121 gas stations in HCMC, or 20% of the city’s fuel retailers, were without fuel Monday because wholesalers couldn’t replenish their inventory on time.
Les musulmans célèbrent la fête de Maulid à Hô Chi Minh-Ville
La communauté musulmane à Hô Chi Minh-Ville a solennellement organisé samedi 8 octobre (le 12 mars 1444 du calendrier hégirien) la grande cérémonie Maulid Nabi Muhammad pour célébrer la naissance du prophète Muhammad.
Ho Chi Minh City’s second metro fails to get off ground as loan contracts expire
Ho Chi Minh City’s second metro line project is getting into a rut left by the city’s first metro line project as loan contracts for it expire while construction has yet to start.
Exposition d’un peintre de la génération des Beaux-Arts indochinois
L’exposition d’une collection de peintures de l’artiste Dang Quy Khoa s’est ouverte le 1er octobre et durera jusqu’au 15 octobre au World ArtSpace (21 Vo Truong Toan, la ville de Thu Duc, Hô Chi Minh-Ville)
HCMC to face severe nurse shortage
A shortage of nurses looms at HCMC’s public hospitals as fewer students are joining nursing courses at universities, health officials have warned.
Public buses at Tan Son Nhat airport fail to attract passengers
Bus services at Vietnam’s biggest airport Tan Son Nhat remain idle as customers find them inconvenient and operators complain of intimidation by other transport providers.
Vietnam to start work on Long Thanh airport in December
Work on the runway for Vietnam’s Long Thanh airport will begin in December almost two years after the project’s groundbreaking ceremony. It follows calls from the country’s prime minister to expedite the work.
Une nouvelle ligne de bus reliant le centre de Hô Chi Minh-Ville à l’aéroport de Tân Son Nhât
Le Service des transports de Hô Chi Minh-Ville a inauguré lundi matin le 12 septembre la ligne de bus reliant la station de bus Saigon à l’aéroport de Tân Son Nhât.
Au Vietnam, les survivants de l’incendie d’un bar karaoké racontent une nuit d’horreur
« On pensait qu’on allait mourir »: l’incendie qui a fait 32 morts dans un bar karaoké, près de Hô Chi Minh-Ville, a rappelé au Vietnam d’autres drames similaires, sur fond de doutes récurrents sur la sécurité de ces établissements populaires.
HCMC allows artist of ‘unlicensed exhibition’ to retain paintings
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee decided that painter Bui Quang Vien could keep 29 paintings instead of having them destroyed as previously required due to « unlicensed exhibition. »
Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills 12
At least 12 people have died and 40 others have been injured in a fire at a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam, state media reports say.
Vietnam. 12 morts et 11 blessés dans l’incendie d’un karaoké
Un violent incendie survenu dans un bar-karaoké de la banlieue d’Hô Chi Minh-Ville a fait au moins douze morts.
Walking in Vietnamese cities is very difficult
There is no walking culture in major Vietnamese cities like Hanoi or Saigon because there is no safe space for it, according to readers.
Hô Chi Minh-Ville mettra en service 575 nouvelles salles de classe
Le 25 août, le Service de l’éducation et de la formation de Hô Chi Minh-Ville (SEF) a organisé une conférence pour faire le bilan de l’année scolaire 2021-2022 et présenter les orientations pour l’année scolaire 2022-2023.
Myanmar airline to fly to Hanoi, HCMC from next month
Myanmar Airways International plans to start flying to Vietnam next month with regular services from Yangon to Hanoi and HCMC.
Après deux ans d’interruption, Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville accueille un grand salon touristique du 8 au 10 septembre
La 16e édition de l’exposition internationale du voyage de HCM Ville, le plus grand événement du pays dans ce domaine, se tiendra du 8 au 10 septembre au Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre.
Artist forced to destroy paintings for ‘unlicensed exhibition’
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City decided to fine painter Bui Quang Vien VND25 million ($1,068) and ordered him to destroy 29 paintings for an « unlicensed exhibition. »
Environ 260 stands attendus au Salon touristique international 2022
Environ 260 stands, dont 50 de l’étranger, seront installés au Salon touristique international de Hô Chi Minh-Ville 2022 (ITE-HCMC 2022), a annoncé le comité d’organisation lors d’une conférence de presse donnée mardi 16 août dans la mégapole du Sud.
Saigon cathedral renovation extended by four years to 2027
Renovations to the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon will last until 2027 instead of 2023 as originally planned, the HCMC culture department said Thursday.