Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

About 30,000 luxury and mid-range apartments, mostly in HCM City, will be released on the property market late this year and early 2010, according to a recent survey.

HCM City, the country's travel hub, has reported that the number of international tourists to the city this year is down by around 200,000 compared to 2008 to reach around 2.6 million visitors due to bad impacts of the world financial crisis and the HIN1 flu.

Spain committed to raise the funding for Vietnam's metro construction project in HCM City to 500 million euro (727 million or nearly 13.3 trillion dong), according to the agreement signed between two governments on December 15 in Madrid.

HCM City's Transport Department has submitted to the city government for final approval a controversial project to open a street through Hoang Van 11m Park in Tan Binh District as an extra route to Tan Son Nhat International Airport and to reduce worsening traffic jams in the area, said an official of the department.

Ho Chi Minh City's population experienced an increase of more than two million people in the last decade to reach 7.123 million, according to a census statistics released Friday.

The HCM City-based Pasteur Institute last week said that it would soon produce a biochemical for influenza A (H1N1) testing to replace the imported chemical and reduce cost.

Le lycée français de Saigon – Ho Chi Minh-Ville – pourrait peut-être bientôt porter le nom de Marguerite Duras... Peut-être, car la direction de l'établissement y semble plutôt opposée. Un comité de soutien s'est créé et les signatures affluent déjà

International arrivals in HCM City in the first quarter this year drops 7% against the year-earlier period to some 780,000, making the city's target of attracting three million foreign visitors this year a hard nut to crack.

Fifty tons of plastic bags are thrown away every day in the southern hub. A lack of recycling plants coupled with a penchant for littering could soon have local residents swimming in plastic.

HCM City People's Committee ordered the Urban Railways Management Board to work with Japan's International Cooperation Agency (Jica) on adjusting the total investment capital for building Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro (Metro Line No 1).

Le Comité populaire de Hô Chi Minh-Ville vient de demander au voyagiste Saigontourist d'être le maître d'ouvrage du projet de rue piétonnière dans la mégalopole du Sud.

HSBC Vietnam Ltd with a registered capital of three trillion dong, located at Metropolitan, 235 Dong Khoi St, HCM City’s Dist 1 yesterday became the first 100% owned foreign bank to start operations in Vietnam.

The ban on modified three-wheeled vehicles took effect in HCM City Thursday, but had little to show for it with many questions about its implementation remaining unanswered.

D'après les statistiques des salles de transactions immobilières de la mégapole du Sud, le prix des logements et des terrains continue de baisser de 2% à 5%. Cette tendance se poursuivra jusqu'en fin d'année prochaine, selon les experts.

Désormais, la population de la mégapole du Sud n'aura plus de soucis vis-à-vis d'un retard en matière de formalités administratives grâce à la mise en service depuis le 15 décembre du guichet unique électronique.