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American-Style Lottery Comes to Saigon with Bigger Prizes, Slimmer Odds

Last month, Vietnam’s new American-style lottery began selling its first tickets in Saigon.

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Saigon Dept of Transport Proposes $58m Green Public Lighting Plan

Saigon's streets will soon be illuminated by energy-saving lights if a new public lighting plan gets the go-ahead.

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Saigon to Spend $370m to Modernize Firefighting Forces

Saigon is ready to put up some serious cash in an effort to modernize its aging firefighting fleet over the next 10 years.

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City Officials Launch Campaign to Go Paperless

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has requested that all of its departments, agencies and offices begin switching to electronic invitations and other paperless documents by July 20.

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World’s Oldest Woman Dies in Saigon

Nguyen Thi Tru, the world’s oldest woman, passed away on Tuesday at her Saigon home.

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Saigon Re-Maps Its Flood-Prone Areas

Saigon’s current flooding map is due for some updates as the unpredictable effects of climate change have both created new “flood hubs” and dried up old ones.

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Saigon to Map Its Public Toilets for Pedestrians, Tourists

The locations of Saigon's public restrooms will soon be at your fingertips, thanks to a recent effort by city officials to electronically map toilet services in the southern metropolis.

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City Officials Consider Private Vehicle Ban Downtown to Reduce Traffic Congestion

On the heels of Hanoi's plan to ban motorbikes by 2025, Saigon is exploring the possibility of limiting private vehicles downtown to reduce traffic congestion.

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PM Delegates Greater Financial, Administrative Power to Saigon

The southern hub is to receive greater financial and administrative autonomy from the national government.

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Saigon to Bury All Electrical Wires by 2020

Saigon’s iconic electrical wiring may soon be a thing of the past as city officials work to bury power lines underground by 2020.

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Survey Finds Only 1 in 10 Residents Believe Saigon Is Safe

According to a recent survey, only one in 10 local residents believes Saigon is safe.

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[Photos] Binh Tan Residents’ Lives Disrupted by 3km Brick Wall

A number of Saigon residents’ livelihoods are threatened by a flood wall project that is drastically altering the surrounding landscape.

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Saigon's Kumho Asiana Plaza Sold to Mapletree for $215mn

Mapletree Investments has acquired Saigon’s iconic Kumho Asiana Plaza from Kumho Industrial and Asiana Airlines.

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Free, City-wide WiFi Coming to Saigon This Year

Saigoneers need not be jealous of Da Nang’s free, city-wide WiFi network, as the southern hub will be getting its own WiFi coverage in the near future.

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D7's Parkson Paragon Closes its Doors

When the opulent Parkson Paragon shopping center opened to much fanfare in 2011, general director of Parkson Vietnam Tham Tuck Choy welcomed the new venture with an optimistic attitude. 

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[Photos] Dead Fish Flood Saigon's Nhieu Loc Canal After Heavy Rain

Yesterday morning, in the wake of a heavy rain the day before, thousands of fish died en masse in Saigon's Nhieu Loc Canal.

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As Rainy Season Begins, Saigon Needs $90m for Flood Prevention

As the first signs of rainy season appear over Saigon, the city needs more than VND2 trillion (US$90.2 million) to carry out its various flood prevention efforts.

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Saigon's $1.2bn Solar Panel Manufacturer May Soon Be a Reality

The southern hub may soon be getting its own solar panel manufacturing facility as a long-ignored project is set to take on a new investor this summer.

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Health Officials Declare Zika Outbreak Over in D2 Ward

Less than a month after Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first two Zika cases, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has declared the virus outbreak in District 2's Thanh My Lo...

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Crocodile on the Loose Between Long An and Saigon: Officials

Authorities in Long An province have alerted the public of a crocodile on the loose.