Banks still hold power over VND30-tril. package

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SaigonTimes English 3 day(s) ago

HCMC – While the HCMC Department of Construction is making a list of budget and small-sized housing projects to be offered to beneficiaries of the VND30-trillion subsidy package next month, it is commercial banks that decide who can access these soft loans.

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Southern Region Cuisine Festival 2013 to begin next week

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SaiGon GP English 1 week(s) ago

Southern Region Cuisine Festival 2013 to begin next week

A food festival introducing various dishes of the Southern Regions will be held at Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City from May 16-19.

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Celebrities in HCM City file meager taxes

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VietnamNet English 1 week(s) ago 1 related news

Celebrities in HCM City file meager taxes

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Tax has announced the total 2012 personal income tax filed by local celebrities was only VND1.2 billion though they are high-incomes earners.

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HCM City unveils detailed downtown planning

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VietnamNet English 1 week(s) ago 1 related news

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Planning and Architecture on Thursday unveiled the planning, scale 1:2000, for the existing 930-hectare downtown area, in which the center is divided into five functional zones.

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Careless road contractors to be heavily fined

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

HCMC – Urban traffic management units have proposed the HCMC Department of Transport set heavier sanctions against irresponsible road contractors, who cursorily re-establish road surfaces and use low-quality materials to cut costs.

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Celebrities in HCMC file meager taxes

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago 1 related news

HCMC – The HCMC Department of Tax has announced the total 2012 personal income tax filed by local celebrities was only VND1.2 billion though they are high-incomes earners.

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English to be mandatory in City Primary Schools by 2015

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English to be mandatory in City Primary Schools by 2015

Pupils learning English language in Nguyen Binh Khiem Primary School of District 1 (Photo: B.Long)
More than 300 teachers and educational staff of primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City participated in a seminar on May 3, organized by the HCMC Department of Education and Training and Dai Truong Phat Corporation, to discuss the teaching of English as a mandatory subject by 2015.

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City starts work on more overpasses

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SaigonTimes English 3 week(s) ago

HCMC – The HCMC Department of Transport last Saturday opened to traffic a steel structure overpass in Tan Binh District and then began construction of three more at high-traffic intersections.

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Downtown apartments not allowed to be split

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SaigonTimes English 1 month(s) ago

HCMC – Apartments at existing projects in the downtown area will not be allowed to be divided into smaller ones or change their use purposes, according to a proposal of the HCMC Department of Construction.

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Central bank calls for loan interest cuts

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Central bank calls for loan interest cuts

Nhan Dan Online – State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Binh has called on commercial banks to cut costs in order to reduce interest rates on business loans.

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City bus fleet needs immediate upgrading

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City bus fleet needs immediate upgrading

Thousands of buses currently operating on Ho Chi Minh City streets have been running for the last ten years and are now badly in need of being replaced.

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Funds sought to build infrastructure for city’s river tourism

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago

Funds sought to build infrastructure for city’s river tourism

HCMC – The HCMC Department of Transport has just submitted to the municipal government a plan to develop infrastructure for the city’s river tourism, suggesting a sum of at least VND22 billion from now to end-2015.

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City seeks to extend tourist bus life span

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago

City seeks to extend tourist bus life span

HCMC - The HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism says it is going to submit a petition to the Ministry of Transport to increase the life-span of buses carrying visitors to 15-20 years from the current ten years.

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VIDIFI to develop main roads in Thu Thiem

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago

VIDIFI to develop main roads in Thu Thiem

HCMC – To accelerate the construction progress of four main roads in Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2, the HCMC government will hand over land sites to Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Co. (VIDIFI) sooner than expected.

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City to have environment protection fund

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago

HCMC – The HCMC Environment Protection Fund (HEPF) will be established with charter capital of VND150 billion to provide financial assistance for projects preserving the nature and repairing the environmental pollution in the city.

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