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HCMC has recently suffered from serious urban flooding even with normal precipitation, showing inadequacies in flooding control tasks due to financial shortage.

The recent VAT reduction to 8 percent is not sufficient, and a further reduction to 5-6 percent is necessary to stimulate domestic market demand.

In response to the proposal from the Department of Construction, the People's Committee of Binh Dinh Province has allocated VND45 billion to mitigate flooding in the Ghenh Rang urban area of Quy Nhon City.

Vice Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on May 10 signed a decision on implementing the cleanup project on Xuyen Tam Canal.

The repair and upgrade project of Nguyen Huu Canh Street in District 1 and Binh Thanh District was completed and from mid-2021 up to now, the street has not suffered from flooding anymore.

Since 2014, Vietnam has deployed 533 personnel, including 529 military officers and four police officers, to participate in UN peacekeeping operations at UN missions and headquarters in New York, United States.

After the General Statistics Office announced that the GRDP index of HCMC in the first quarter of 2023 had only increased by 0.7 percent, the city's leaders are looking at drastic actions to revive the economic hub to its old glory again.

Vice Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong has just issued a request to HCMC Planning and Investment Department regarding urban flooding and wastewater treatment.

Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has just announced the establishment of working teams in charge of inspection and supervision for public investment capital disbursement and the city’s key projects.

Several places in the North, the area from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien – Hue, and the Southern region of Vietnam are expected to receive a wave of showers due to climate fluctuations.

Vice Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong last weekend paid several visits to on-going traffic projects in the city to address current issues there.

The status of roads, the protection of road traffic infrastructure and technical infrastructure need to be regularly monitored by Ho Chi Minh City authorities.

Over 15 years ago, some farmers from Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces began cultivating shrimps on Vinh Thuan alkaline soil in Kien Giang Province. It took approximately 5-6 years for shrimp farming to become stable in the area.

After more than five years of Resolution 120/NQ-CP coming to life, local authorities and people in the Mekong Delta have been gradually building up natural farming models, creating livelihoods for sustainable development.

The Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration has been doing projects on AI applications in forecasting dangerous meteorological - hydrological - hydrological phenomena.

The National Center for Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting said that the whole country is sweltering amid the scorching summer heat wave.

A meeting reviewing the one-year implementation of the cooperation program between the HCMC People’s Committee and Vietnam National University-HCMC (VNU-HCMC) was held on March 15.

Thirty-five years have passed, but the Gac Ma event with the sacrifice of 64 Vietnamese soldiers on March 14, 1988, seems like yesterday.

HCMC is facing various urban challenges like traffic congestion, urban flooding, green space shortage. They could be alleviated if the city applies more drastic measures to minimize horizontal housing structures and boost vertical ones.

HCMC People’s Council yesterday discussed feasible measures to address the issue of serious encroachment into drainage system facilities and littering on Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal.