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VietnamPlus English 4 hour(s) ago
Pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City this week have lit seven lotus-shaped lanterns to celebrate the anniversary of Buddha's birth.
Keywords: celebrateLanternsBuddhist SanghajustifyBuddhistsSai Gon River
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VietNam News English 1 day(s) ago

A tourist boat sank on the Sai Gon River in HCM City's District 2 on Tuesday due to a hole on its side. No casualties were reported.
Keywords: Sai Gon Riverboatholecentersideduetable
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VietnamPlus English 1 week(s) ago
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Downtown Ho Chi Minh M City will be transformed into a modern city centre with more green spaces, pedestrian-only streets and efficient public transportation means including trams, rapid bus transits and ferries.
Keywords: Le LoiSai Gon RiveralongNguyen HuestationplanLe Duan Street
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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

Downtown HCM City will be transformed into a modern city centre with more green spaces, pedestrian-only streets and efficient public transportation means including trams, rapid bus transits and ferries.
Keywords: SpacesLe LoiSai Gon RiverdowntownalongNguyen Huestation
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Báo Dân Trí English 3 week(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Le Duan Street in HCM City’s District 1 has been decorated with colourful flowers and sparkling decorations to mark the holiday period.
Keywords: imageconTrangImagesDam Sen ParkLe Duan StreetFireworks
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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge - District 1 is brilliant at night with skylines buildings, while the District 2 riverside is deserted, dilapidated though land for the urban project which is expected be the most beautiful in Southeast Asia has been cleared.
Keywords: Thu ThiemSai Gon RiverImagesBoatsThe Saigon Riverferrybank
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VietnamPlus English 1 month(s) ago
The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for Ho Chi Minh City that calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonable prices, convenience and safety.
Keywords: Sai Gon RivertransportdowntownRoutesCat LaiCallsHiep Phuoc
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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 3 duplicate news
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for HCM City that calls for high-quality public transport that offers reasonable prices, convenience and safety.
Keywords: Sai Gon RiverLong ThanhroutedowntowntransportRoutesCat Lai
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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

The new urban area of Thu Thiem in HCM City's District 2 will become one of the most beautiful urban areas in Southeast Asia by 2025, the deputy head of Thu Thiem Urban Area Management Board has told city officials.
Keywords: New UrbanThu ThiemThe Thu Thiem Urban AreadowntownIn Southeast AsiaSai Gon RiverManagement Board
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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago
Saigontourist Holding Company is set to launch new river-tourism products in HCM City in the next few weeks.
Keywords: SaigontouristSaigontourist Holding CompanySai Gon RivertravelMekong Delta Provincesrestcharge
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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago
Dr Ho Long Phi, director of the Centre for Water Management and Climate Change, told the newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) that HCM City must adapt its urban planning to the impacts of global warming.
Keywords: Climate Change AdaptationdikeSai Gon RiverSystemsadaptsurvive
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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago
Over the next four years, South Korea will lend US$1.2 billion on preferential terms to Viet Nam for various projects. In the 2008-11 period, the East Asian nation had already provided $1 billion for 28 projects on transport, water supply, renewable energy, information technology, healthcare and human resource development.
Keywords: Sai Gon RiverThe RoadLiberated SaigonLuong Minh PhucThe LabourerThe East AsianS Korea
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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago
Large vessels cannot travel directly from the East Sea into ports in HCM City because the Soai Rap River is not wide or deep enough. Instead, they must follow an 85-km route from Vung Tau to the Sai Gon River, taking up a lot of time.
Keywords: rapprojectDredgingtransportThe RoadLargerHiep Phuoc
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Báo QĐND English 7 month(s) ago

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee has just agreed on the timetable planning the project to build the Central Square and the Riverside Park in detail in the new urban area of Thu Thiem.
Keywords: Thu Thiemparkrefreshin detailSai Gon RiverMountsproject