News from Ho Chi Minh City
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- Racial violence changes student — and school
Duong Nghe Ly can't wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well. - Under construction Phu My Hung commerce center collapses
The first floor of a shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City's new Phu My Hung urban area collapsed during construction Wednesday morning. - People remember President Ho Chi Minh on National Day
Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders paid floral tribute on National Day (September 2) to President Ho Chi Minh at his Memorial House at Nha Rong Wharf, where he boarded a ship in the early 20th century to seek ways of liberating the country. - Japanese culture in Ho Chi Minh City
Japan-Vietnam day with displays of origami, traditional Japanese games and food will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12. - Patriotic photo exhibition to open in HCMC
Sixty photographs of Vietnam are being showcased in Ho Chi Minh City in celebration of the country’s National Day (September 2) and the beginning of Southeast Asia Culture Week. - HCM City as Vietnam’s largest economic centre
Ho Chi Minh City is the most important economic center in Vietnam as it accounts for a high proportion of Vietnam’s economy. Ho Chi Minh City plays an important driving impetus of economy of Vietnam. - Saigon - Ho Chi Minh Citys 300-year History
In his book of literary works about the southern land in the 17th century when the first Vietnamese settlers arrived, Le Quy Don wrote: “From the Can Gio Estuary, the Soai Rap, Tieu (Small) and Dai (Grand) estuaries ... up (the rivers)”, the land of Saigon remained deserted, covered by dense forests and marshes. - Ho Chi Minh City to facilitate international co-operation
Ho Chi Minh City leaders have pledged to exert more efforts to provide the most favourable conditions to exchanges and co-operation with international and foreign agencies, organisations and businesses. - Ho Chi Minh City Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts established
Nhan Dan – The Ho Chi Minh City Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts was set up yesterday, serving as a consulting agency for the City’s Party Committee on literature and arts. - Ho Chi Minh City hosts get together on National Day
More than 120 overseas Vietnamese and their relatives from 11 countries and territories around the world gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 to mark the 65th anniversary of the August Revolution and Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).
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