Summary of press information related to Ho Chi Minh City on October 17, 2025

National Highway 13 is about to be widened to 60m, and a 4-lane elevated road will be built.

Lao Dong Newspaper reported that the Department of Construction of Ho Chi Minh City has just reported to the City People's Committee on the detailed plan to implement component project 2: Upgrading and expanding National Highway 13 (section from Binh Trieu Bridge to Vinh Binh Bridge), implemented under the BOT contract (Build - Operate - Transfer).

Traffic jam at Binh Loi intersection. Photo: Anh Tu

Binh Loi intersection will build a two-way underpass to reduce traffic congestion. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction

This section of National Highway, approximately 5.9 km long, will be widened to 60 m, accommodating 10 lanes. Notably, on National Highway 13, a 3.2 km long elevated road (viaduct) will be built from Binh Trieu intersection to Binh Phuoc intersection , with a scale of 4 lanes and a design speed of 80 km/h. Below, on both sides of the route, there will be parallel roads with 3 lanes on each side, with a maximum speed of 60 km/h, serving mixed vehicles. At the same time, to reduce pressure at major intersections, the project will build two two-way underpasses at Binh Loi intersection and Binh Phuoc intersection.

The total investment of component project 2 is more than 6,281 billion VND. The city aims to complete the approval of the compensation plan in December 2025.

3 airports apply level 1 aviation security control in the coming days

The Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security has just issued a decision to apply level 1 enhanced aviation security control measures at the international airports: Noi Bai, Da Nang, Tan Son Nhat on the occasion of the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime. News from Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.

Applicable period from October 20 to October 28, 2025.

Increase the frequency of patrols and monitor aviation security with cameras in public areas. Illustrative photo

In addition, during these days, the service providers for ensuring flight operations and the units with aviation security programs and regulations will apply a number of measures to strengthen aviation security for the remaining airports and airfields, such as: Strengthening measures to ensure network security, information security of civil aviation information systems; increasing the frequency of patrols and aviation security monitoring by cameras in public areas, controlling luggage with unidentified owners; regularly checking trash cans, restrooms and hidden places.

In addition, the Immigration Department also requested relevant units to increase the frequency of random checks and control of entry and exit to restricted areas; increase screening of passengers, carry-on luggage, checked baggage, non-passengers and items carried in and out of restricted areas.

Comprehensive inspection of Ba Ria Hospital

This morning (October 17), Associate Professor, Dr. Tang Chi Thuong, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health , said that the Department has just established a working group to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the operations of Ba Ria Hospital. The inspection will take place within 1 month, starting from October 20. News on Thanh Nien newspaper.

The inspection aims to point out shortcomings and weaknesses in the performance of medical examination and treatment tasks and determine the root causes, thereby helping the hospital take remedial measures and improve service quality to meet people's expectations.

In addition, the Department of Health also established a working group led by the Deputy Director of the Department to directly direct the work of strengthening hospital management, improving professional capacity and orienting comprehensive development for Ba Ria Hospital in the coming time.

Not only teachers, Ho Chi Minh City will honor outstanding students

According to Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, on October 16, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City announced a plan to honor outstanding students in the city.

Evaluate and recognize students' efforts to be honored, including in the following activities: Relationships between students, relationships between students and collective activities, relationships between students and the living environment, students' efforts towards themselves in the learning and training process to develop, good examples of good people and good deeds, beautiful actions...

Screenshot 2025-10-17 095428 — Students in each class can self-nominate or recommend exemplary students based on their achievements in activities, movements, and specific, practical work.

The specific process of selecting and honoring outstanding students is as follows:

Honoring students in class: Students in each class can run for election or nominate, introduce typical students based on achievements in activities, movements, specific and practical work, good people, good deeds, beautiful actions of students that have spread in the collective, society, and have made many outstanding efforts in the process of studying and training. Elections are organized in the form of secret ballot. For primary school students, voting can be chosen.

Honoring school-level students: Organize appropriate forms of honor according to the actual situation of the unit, ensuring widespread meaning.

Can't recognize metro station number 1 in Ho Chi Minh City

From a familiar destination for global luxury brands, Union Square is now developing in a diverse and youthful direction after connecting directly to metro station No. 1.

In July, Union Square became the first building to complete its connection to the City Theater metro station. After only 3 months, the direct connection to the metro station has transformed the "branded building" into a much more vibrant and bustling one.

Screenshot 2025-10-17 100145 — On the LL2 floor, Union Square has opened Café U, serving metro passengers who want to stop and rest and sightsee.

On the LL2 floor, Union Square has opened Café U, serving metro passengers who want to stop and rest and sightsee.

Sharing with Znews, Mr. Jonathan Au, General Director of Union Square, said that metro riders have become a group of loyal customers regularly during rush hours in the morning and evening.

Screenshot 2025-10-17 100212 — This place now also has the appearance of Starbucks coffee chain and the Rue Miche retail complex.

Screenshot 2025-10-17 100249 — The retail complex brings together 35 Vietnamese fashion, accessory, perfume brands..., a cafe and even a private space for exhibitions and art programs.

Now there is also the presence of Starbucks coffee chain and Rue Miche retail complex. Notably, Rue Miche covers the entire LL3 floor, is 4,728 m2 wide and is the largest retail complex in Southeast Asia in terms of area. The retail complex brings together 35 Vietnamese fashion, accessories, perfume brands..., coffee shops and even private spaces for exhibitions and art programs.

Ho Chi Minh City Post Office hopes to be ranked as a relic

Speaking to Thanh Nien newspaper on October 16, Mr. Nguyen Minh Nhut - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the Department had just received an official dispatch from the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office with the content of "agreeing on the viewpoint of supporting the ranking of special historical architectural monuments and being ready to coordinate in preparing a dossier to propose the ranking of a city-level monument (or national level, if qualified), in order to honor the architectural and historical value of the City Post Office".

Screenshot 2025-10-17 100417 — Ho Chi Minh City Post Office Building. PHOTO: QUYNH TRAN

The document stated: "The City Post Office hopes that the process of ranking the relic will be an opportunity to work with the authorities to build a long-term strategy, harmonizing conservation and development, to turn the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office building into a Southeast Asian-scale urban cultural heritage - a place where historical values, architecture and community cultural interaction converge."

Ho Chi Minh City Post Office was once voted as one of the 100 most attractive tourist destinations in Ho Chi Minh City and was ranked 2nd among the 11 most beautiful post offices in the world by Architectural Digest magazine (USA).

Vietnamese Women's Day October 20: Happy smile of female patient

On October 16, the Social Work Department of Gia Dinh People's Hospital organized a program to celebrate Vietnamese Women's Day October 20 with the theme "The woman I love" for female inpatients.

Program to celebrate Vietnamese Women's Day October 20 with the theme "The woman I love" for female inpatients.

The program brought a warm atmosphere with many meaningful activities such as taking souvenir photos, "building" a wishing tree, exhibiting the painting "Women with lotus" made by child patients using fingerprints... In particular, the concert "White Blouse Melody" performed by students of the Faculty of Medicine, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, along with activities of making handmade perfume, makeup, manicure, hair washing... helped the sisters feel loved and appreciated.

Sharing with the Women's City newspaper, Ms. CTM, who is being treated at the Neurosurgery Department, emotionally said: "I did not expect the hospital to have such a meaningful October 20 activity. Today, I got to beautify myself, get perfume, and listen to music... I feel much better. This is truly a memorable day."