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World Bank loans Vietnam $560 million to support Mekong climate fight

World Bank loans Vietnam $560 million to support Mekong climate fight

The money will be used to fund urban development, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods.
Saigon wasteland to get $6 bln facelift

Saigon wasteland to get $6 bln facelift

Hanoi to install drinking fountains

Hanoi to install drinking fountains

Hanoi digs up giant trees to make way for subway

Hanoi digs up giant trees to make way for subway

Most of the trees will be replanted, and authorities claim they will return to the streets in a year.
September 16, 2016 | 05:00 am PT
Minor accident causes severe traffic jam in Hanoi

Minor accident causes severe traffic jam in Hanoi

When a small incident leads to a two-hour tailback, it shows what the city's transport department is up against.
September 20, 2016 | 12:43 am PT
More heavy rain sends Saigon back under water

More heavy rain sends Saigon back under water

A one-hour deluge on Tuesday had the city swimming again.
September 27, 2016 | 07:52 pm PT
Severe flooding drowns out Ho Chi Minh City taxi drivers

Severe flooding drowns out Ho Chi Minh City taxi drivers

When it rains heavily, money is not enough to make taxi drivers risk the streets of Ho Chi Minh City.
September 29, 2016 | 11:41 pm PT
You can't predict the weather: Saigon soaked in surprise downpour

You can't predict the weather: Saigon soaked in surprise downpour

Weather forecasters got it wrong, making it doubly annoying for residents.
October 2, 2016 | 09:06 pm PT
Sinkhole in Saigon entraps bus hours after fix

Sinkhole in Saigon entraps bus hours after fix

A ruptured pipe is believed to have caused the cavity on a main street in District 12.
October 3, 2016 | 01:50 am PT
Tree chopping spree continues for Saigon's first metro line

Tree chopping spree continues for Saigon's first metro line

The traffic circle in front of Ben Thanh Market and Le Loi Street will be fenced off for construction work.
October 3, 2016 | 04:00 am PT
Hanoi motorbike ban unfeasible: traffic safety official

Hanoi motorbike ban unfeasible: traffic safety official

The ban would be impossible due mainly to undeveloped and insufficient public transport.
October 7, 2016 | 04:08 pm PT
Saigon to remove 20,000 shanty houses from canal banks

Saigon to remove 20,000 shanty houses from canal banks

Investors are discouraged by low profits and the city wants to draw them back by simplifying bidding rules.
October 7, 2016 | 06:28 pm PT
Boy found dead 40 hours after being washed down sewer in Vietnam

Boy found dead 40 hours after being washed down sewer in Vietnam

His body was found three kilometers away from the drain by a farmer.
October 17, 2016 | 11:29 pm PT
HCMC to consider extending first subway line to neighboring provinces

HCMC to consider extending first subway line to neighboring provinces

Binh Duong and Dong Nai want to get onto the southern hub's network.
October 26, 2016 | 01:17 am PT
Saigon children flounder through high tides

Saigon children flounder through high tides

Children were ferried through the treacherous streets to get to school.
November 16, 2016 | 12:29 am PT
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