The Center for Public Transport Management of Ho Chi Minh City is building and repairing several bus stops in the city, including waiting areas, stop posts, and painted umbrellas to enhance the quality of passenger service. Bus routes will continue to run normally during the repair period with no changes to routes.
A New Face For Saigon Landmarks
The Hotel Continental Saigon is one of the 31 landmarks that will undergo renovations as part of a government-funded initiative to preserve historical sites.
Landmarks to be renovated include The HCMC Museum of Vietnamese History, the oldest pagoda in the city (Giac Lam), assembly halls, and temples.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court, the Phu Tho Hoa Tunnels, and the Pasteur Institute are a few of the city’s landmarks that have recently received funding.
A tourism company director was detained on Thursday while being investigated for possible bribery in connection with the Covid-19 repatriation flight scandal.
The police of the Ministry of Public Security on Thursday detained Le Hong Son to investigate allegations of accepting bribes. Le Hong Son is the general director of the Blue Sky Trading, Services, and Tourism Company in Hanoi.
On the same day, a freelancer named Pham Ba Son was also placed under investigation for allegedly using fraud to obtain property.
More than 30 people from various ministries, including high-ranking officials like former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung, have been detained as part of an ongoing investigation into a Covid-19 repatriation flight bribery scandal. The arrests were the most recent developments in this case.
Land Not Used
169 housing projects in HCMC are canceled due to schedule delays.
Out of 357 housing projects, Ho Chi Minh City canceled 169 because they were not finished on time. The information was presented during a session of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council.
Nguyen Toan Thang, director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, stated that the functional agencies will take drastic measures to address the issue with projects that were eligible for implementation under the land use plan but were postponed without justification.
Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Toan Thang stated that the department will review 401 housing projects in the city in 2022 after coordinating with other pertinent departments. Out of these, 87 documents qualified for certification.
The city has certified 21,218 people as of October 31; however, some projects are still having issues with the law.
To remove the barriers, the department is currently working in … Read more
