Summary of press information related to Ho Chi Minh City on October 16, 2025

The City Press Center synthesizes some notable information related to Ho Chi Minh City in newspapers published on October 16:

Ho Chi Minh City wins big at the 2025 World Travel Awards

VietNamPlus reported that Ho Chi Minh City continued to affirm its position as Asia's leading destination when it won four award categories at the World Travel Awards 2025, announced on October 13.

Tourists tour downtown Ho Chi Minh City by double-decker bus. Photo: Hong Dat/VNA

Ho Chi Minh City's awards include: Asia's Leading Business Destination (4th consecutive year); Asia's Leading Festival and Event Destination (4th consecutive year); Asia's Leading Local Tourism Management Agency (under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, 3rd consecutive year) and Asia's Leading Short-Term Beach Destination (Vung Tau).

Winning four award categories at the World Travel Awards 2025 further demonstrates the attraction of this destination to international tourists.

This is also one of the bases for the city's tourism industry to move to the 2025-2030 period, with a strategy to promote investment attraction to develop leading tourist destinations in Asia through a variety of high-quality products imbued with traditional cultural identity; developing tourism combined with international fairs and exhibitions.

Establishing a council to evaluate the 350 km/h metro project connecting Can Gio

Znews reported that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued a Decision to establish a Council to appraise the dossier requesting approval of the investment policy for the metro project connecting the center of Ho Chi Minh City with Can Gio proposed by VinSpeed ​​High-Speed ​​Railway Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (under Vingroup).

The railway line connecting the center of Ho Chi Minh City to Can Gio is about 48.7 km long, with a proposed design speed of 350 km/h. Photo: Quynh Danh

According to the decision, Mr. Nguyen Cong Vinh - Director of the Department of Finance holds the position of Chairman of the Council, Mr. Quach Ngoc Tuan - Deputy Director of the Department of Finance is Vice Chairman of the Council. In addition, the Council also has 16 members, including leaders, representatives of departments, branches, localities and related units.

This Council is responsible for organizing the appraisal of the application for approval of investment policy, and at the same time approving the project investor proposed by VinSpeed ​​Company according to regulations, and submitting it to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee for consideration and decision.

According to VinSpeed's proposal, the metro line connecting the center of Ho Chi Minh City to Can Gio is about 48.7 km long, starting from Nguyen Van Linh Street (the section between the intersection with Nguyen Thi Thap Street and Ly Phuc Man Street, old District 7) to Nguyen Luong Bang Street, Rung Sac Street and the end point is located on a 39-hectare land adjacent to the Can Gio coastal urban tourism project (Vinhomes Green Paradise).

Ho Chi Minh City residents have more options to register for initial health insurance at two major hospitals.

Tuoi Tre Newspaper reported that people in Ho Chi Minh City can register for primary health insurance examination and treatment at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Traditional Medicine and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital - two medical facilities with specialized capacity, making primary health care more convenient.

Patients come for examination at Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Traditional Medicine - Photo: THUY DUONG

Accordingly, the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Traditional Medicine officially accepts initial health insurance (HI) registration for a number of groups. Notably, patients over 75 years old only need to bring their ID card to the HI agent to register. In addition, people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, etc. are given the opportunity to register at this hospital for convenient long-term treatment monitoring.

Similarly, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has also begun accepting initial health insurance registrations. Those who can register include civil servants, employees, students and postgraduate students of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City.

The expansion of the initial health insurance registration facilities at two hospitals with specialized capacity is expected to help people access high-quality medical services right from the front line and improve the effectiveness of primary health care for the community.

The first bicycle lane in Ho Chi Minh City is under construction, people expect to promote green transportation.

According to Lao Dong newspaper, at Mai Chi Tho street, many machines have been mobilized to the construction site. The area for bicycle lanes is being cleaned and trimmed to prepare for construction.

The first bicycle lane in Ho Chi Minh City is under construction, people expect it to promote green transportation.

This project has a total length of nearly 5.8 km, stretching from Nguyen Co Thach Street to D1 Street, designed to be 2 m wide (the bridge section is 1.5 m wide), will be clearly separated from the motor vehicle lane by paint, identification signs and accompanying infrastructure such as lighting system, drainage, parking lot, public bicycle station.

Many people living around the area were excited to see the project gradually being implemented. Mr. Le Minh Cuong (residing in Thu Duc ward) shared that he has long wanted to have a safe lane for bicycles.

It is expected that after completion at the end of this year, the Mai Chi Tho bicycle lane will be expanded by nearly 4 km, connecting to the Saigon River park and An Phu metro station. Ho Chi Minh City hopes that this will be an important step, contributing to changing people's traffic habits, towards a green, environmentally friendly urban area.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to become the leading vocational training center in ASEAN.

Thanh Nien Newspaper reported that the draft Guidelines for implementing tasks for the 2025-2026 school year for vocational education (VET) of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training sets out the orientation for VET development to 2030 and a vision to 2045 with specific goals.

Students of Cao Thang Technical College with an automatic robotic arm model.

Accordingly, by 2030, the Ho Chi Minh City vocational education system aims to meet the national demand for skilled human resources, proactively participating in the national human resource training market; in which some occupations can approach the level of ASEAN-4 countries.

By 2045, the city's vocational education will meet the demand for highly skilled human resources. Ho Chi Minh City aims to become a leading locality in vocational education development in the country and the ASEAN region, catching up with the world's advanced level, with outstanding competitiveness in a number of training fields, industries and occupations.

Specific targets have also been clearly established by Ho Chi Minh City: Attracting 45-50% of junior high school and high school graduates into the vocational education system; female students account for over 35% of the total new enrollment target; About 60% of the workforce is retrained and regularly trained; About 70% of vocational education institutions meet quality accreditation standards, about 10 high-quality schools; 100% of teachers meet standards; 100% of managers are trained and fostered to improve modern management and administration skills...

For the first time, Vietnam has a super cool flight check-in counter

According to Tien Phong newspaper, Vietnam Airlines has just launched the Check-in Lounge service at Terminal T3 - Tan Son Nhat International Airport. This service has appeared for the first time in Vietnam, designed for high-end customers.

Check-in Lounge service at Terminal T3 - Tan Son Nhat Airport.

This check-in point is located right next to the first entrance of the terminal. The space is designed in a luxurious and sophisticated style. There are 6 separate check-in counters and nearly 40 comfortable seats.

Mr. Dang Anh Tuan - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Airlines - shared: "We expect the Check-in Lounge to not only be a place to check in, but also a luxurious, private space where important customers of Vietnam Airlines feel respected, comfortable and classy."

A general hospital achieved diamond certification in stroke treatment

On October 15, Thu Duc Regional General Hospital was honored to be recognized by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) as having achieved diamond certification - the highest level in stroke treatment. News on Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.

Thu Duc Regional General Hospital (HCMC) is honored to be recognized by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) as having achieved diamond certification.

Dr. Cao Tan Phuoc, Director of Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, said that to achieve the diamond certification, the hospital had to meet a series of extremely strict criteria on treatment effectiveness and service quality. This achievement was achieved thanks to the "fast reaction chain" at the hospital with the good coordination between the team of experienced doctors, nurses, technicians, and a system of modern equipment such as 128-slice CT scan, MRI, DSA...

By the end of the second quarter of 2025, Ho Chi Minh City had a total of 8 hospitals achieving diamond certification in stroke treatment, including: Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, People's Hospital 115, Nguyen Tri Phuong, People's Hospital Gia Dinh, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Hospital 175, Gia An 115 and Thong Nhat.

Honoring the traditional pottery craft of ancient Saigon

According to the City Law Newspaper, the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History has coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City Antiquities Association and a number of museum units to organize a special exhibition "Old Saigon Ceramic Statues - Art and Heritage".

Guests visit the Tam Quan Dai De artifacts.

In his opening speech, Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History, said that the works not only contain art but also beliefs, spirituality and community memories, values ​​that create the identity of the ancient Saigon-Gia Dinh residents.

Accordingly, the exhibition introduces more than 50 typical artifacts, divided into 4 thematic groups: Buddhist statues including images such as Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat, King of Hell; Taoist statues, typically the Tam Quan Dai De set consisting of 9 statues; Folk statues including unique statues such as Jade Emperor, Phuc Duc Tho Dia, Quan Thanh De Quan with bold folk style; Architectural decorative statues including statues of Taoist and folk characters such as Bat Tien, Ong Nhat - Ba Nguyet, Luu Hai catching toads, Ngoc Nu offering vase...

“Old Saigon Ceramic Statues – Art and Heritage” takes place until November 17 at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/tong-hop-thong-tin-bao-chi-lien-quan-den-tp-hcm-ngay-16-10-2025-1019784.html