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Passengers get on a bus on Hàm Nghi Street, HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City Public Transport Management Centre has proposed raising the bus fares by VNĐ1,000 (4 US cents) to recover the costs of purchasing new buses. Accordingly, the fare will rise from VNĐ5,000 to VNĐ6,000 on buses travelling a distance of less than 18km, and from VNĐ6,000 to VNĐ7,000 on routes extending beyond 18km. Students, however, will enjoy the universal discount fares of VNĐ2,000 on all public buses. Public Transport Management Centre Director Trần Chí Trung said the fare increase was “a necessary move”. “It will help balance the investment in new buses and cut the State budget spending for subsidies,” Trung said. He also guaranteed that the fare rise would accompany an improvement in the service, saying the centre was planning to use an e-ticket system on HCM City’s buses. — VNS … [Read more...] about HCM City to raise bus fares

An expert talks about HCM City’s dynamism and creativity, and its contribution to the national economy. — VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Education and investment in human resources is the most important factor in HCM City’s future development, the city’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said at a seminar held on July 26. Nhân said high quality human resources is a driving force in economic development of HCM City, which is a leader in attracting a large number of workers, professionals, artists and people from other localities in the country. Thanks to its dynamism and creativity, the city has made great achievements, contributing 22 per cent to the State budget . However, since the city still lacks sufficient capital for development, it needs to attract more investment and place a high value on its most important resource, its people, Nhân said. Growing urban … [Read more...] about Education, training key to future development of HCM City

HCM City needs 148,000 highly skilled employees for key sectors this year. Photo courtesy of sggp.org.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY – HCM City needs 148,000 skilled employees in key sectors this year, according to authorities. According to Tr ầ n Anh Tu ấ n, deputy director of the HCM City Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre, trained and professional workers are necessary to meet their human resources needs and expand and for the city to attract foreign investment. Demand for workers is increasing in many areas of technology. For instance, the IT sector needs workers in areas such as data analysis (big data), network security, mobile apps programming, game programming, 3D game design programming, 3D animation, and others. The city is expected to have 78,000 vacancies in the third quarter and another 70,000 in the fourth quarter. Architecture – engineering, IT, transport and logistics, import-export, the auto industry, accounting, … [Read more...] about HCM City needs 148,000 skilled workers

HCM City to ease traffic congestion in school areas during peak hours. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Transport has carried out a number of measures this year to ensure traffic order and safety at schools and universities. Since the beginning of school year, traffic congestion has increased at schools on Phan Văn Trị Street, Quang Trung Street and Trường Chinh Street, especially during peak hours. The department is finalising construction on an overpass near Thông Tây Hội Secondary School in Gò Vấp District, and also plans to build more overpasses near schools located in crowded areas like Văn Hiến University in District 12. In addition, Urban Traffic Management No 3 has proposed adding more barriers to prevent vehicles from travelling on walkways, and more traffic lights and signals as well as median strips. Phạm Ngọc Dũng, head of Urban Traffic Management No 3, said the plans would be adjusted according to the … [Read more...] about HCM City takes measures to ensure traffic order, safety at schools

HCM City is carrying out a programme to reduce traffic congestion and accidents in the city by 5 per cent by 2020. — Photo from plo.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — A decision to implement a programme to reduce traffic congestion and accidents by 2020 was signed by Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, last Friday. The programme will include 97 projects that will include building new roads and a public transportation system. The projects will cost a total of VNĐ96.159 trillion (US$4.12 billion), and will be mostly funded by the State, the city, and official development assistance (ODA). Ten out of 97 projects costing VNĐ8.263 trillion ($354 million) will be built under Public-Private Partnership contracts. Under the programme, the city is expected to put into use 33.5 km of new roads and 14 new bridges by the end of this year. In 2019, an additional 75 kilometres of roads and 17 bridges will be built, and in 2020, 18 … [Read more...] about HCM City’s new programme to reduce traffic congestion, accidents by 2020

HCM City will this year improve public universities and colleges to meet ASEAN accreditation standards.-VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City will undertake programmes this year to improve its universities and colleges to meet ASEAN accreditation standards. The programmes will be carried out under an action plan to improve the quality of training. The plan, unveiled by the city People’s Committee recently, will help improve training to supply highly skilled human resources meeting its socio-economic development, global integration, industrialisation and modernisation needs. It will also improve the professional knowledge of managers and lecturers at its universities and colleges, who will be sent to other countries for three weeks for training. It will upgrade facilities and technologies and equipment at the IT faculty at the Thủ Đức College of Technology; mechanical and electronics engineering faculty at the HCM City Technical and Economic College; … [Read more...] about HCM City to improve universities, colleges to ASEAN standards

The overpass at the Mỹ Thuỷ intersection in HCM City’s District 2, which developed cracks almost as soon as it opened to traffic. Photo baotainguyenmoitruong.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Many newly built infrastructure works in HCM City have deteriorated quickly due to frequent tinkering with design and poor quality of work, experts have said. The management of quality of traffic infrastructure has been poor, Nguyễn Văn Tám, deputy director of the city Department of Transportation, admitted. Bridges, overpasses and roads have developed cracks, causing public concern over the poor quality of construction, he told a workshop held to appraise the management and quality of traffic works on Thursday. The overpass on Võ Chí Công Street at the Mỹ Thuỷ intersection in District 2, for instance, developed cracks and a depression in the road almost immediately after it opened to traffic on June 29. Some sections on Mai Chí Thọ Street in District 2 have badly subsided … [Read more...] about HCM City management of traffic infrastructure works poor: experts

HCM City to build ties with Czech Republic (03-10-2006) HCM CITY — HCM City will play an active role in strengthening economic ties with the Czech Republic in order to raise the effectiveness of trade and investment relations between the two sides, said the city People’s Committee Chairman, Le Hoang Quan. Quan made the statement at a meeting with President Vaclav Klaus, who visited HCM City as part of his five-day visit to Viet Nam. Quan said the President’s visit affirmed the aspirations of leaders and people from both countries to raise traditional friendship and co-operation between the two sides to a higher level. Quan asked President Vaclav Klaus to exploit the relationship already created between Viet Nam and the Czech Republic by the thousands of Vietnamese who have worked or studied in the Czech Republic, in order to boost ties between HCM City and Prague. President Vaclav Klaus said his visit had given him the opportunity to develop a more … [Read more...] about HCM City to build ties with Czech Republic

Workers are working on the Mỹ Thủy intersection construction site.— VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City Party Secretary Đinh La Thăng on Thursday asked investors and workers to speed up construction of two major traffic projects at Mỹ Thủy and HCM City National University intersections. Speaking during a Tết (Lunar New Year) visit to workers at Mỹ Thủy intersection in District 2 and the main gateway intersection at HCM City National University in District 9, Thăng said the two projects played an important role in ensuring traffic safety and socio-economic development. He asked investors to employ more workers and use more machines to complete work at the Mỹ Thủy intersection by September, three months ahead of schedule. But he noted that occupational safety, construction quality and environmental sanitation should also be ensured. He said that investors should also organise daily briefings and send weekly reports to the city’s People’s Committee to … [Read more...] about City projects must speed up: official

HCM CITY – As more start-ups have been established, HCM City’s labour demand has increased, with 25,000 permanent and 7,000 temporary jobs that need to be filled in June. The main fields looking for workers are: sales, textiles, footwear, mechanics, automation, IT, transport, import-export, travel services and real estate, according to the city’s Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (Falmi). Workers with a college or university degree make up 30.7 per cent of recruitment needs and those with an intermediate degree 18.9 per cent. In May, Falmi conducted a survey of 4,277 companies with a total of 49,105 vacancies. The survey found that mechanical engineering/automation and IT sectors have an increased need for experienced workers. Forty-four per cent of the jobs in the mechanical engineering/automation field need experienced workers, with 33 per cent of the jobs requiring at least one year of experience. More than 9 per cent of workers in the … [Read more...] about City seeks 25,000 workers in June