First-phase airport-downtown road finished
	Monday,  February 8,2010,19:34 (GMT+7) HCMC – HCMC on Sunday held the opening ceremony for the first-phase upgrade of Nguyen Van Troi-Nam Ky Khoi Nghia streets, which form a key road connecting the city downtown and Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Thruway cuts HCMC-Tien Giang travel time by half
	Thursday,  February 4,2010,18:25 (GMT+7) HCMC – Travel time by car between HCMC and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is now shortened by half as southern Vietnam’s first expressway was opened to traffic on Wednesday.

City starts roads in Thu Thiem, opens main bridge
	Monday,  February 1,2010,23:10 (GMT+7) HCMC - Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Co. (VIDIFI) on Sunday commenced work on three main roads on Thu Thiem Peninsula to accelerate development of the new urban town in HCMC’s District 2. On the same day, the Thu Thiem Bridge and its sophisticated interline was also opened to traffic.

SPCT launches grand opening for container terminal
	Monday,  February 1,2010,23:10 (GMT+7) HCMC – Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), a joint venture between the UAE’s DP World and the state-owned Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion (IPC), officially opened the first-stage terminal last Saturday.

New renewable energy plants to be constructed in Binh Thuan
	Friday,  January 29,2010,16:15 (GMT+7) HCMC – Two new wind power plants to produce 74 megawatts of power will be constructed in Binh Thuan Province by year-end, raising the number of renewable energy projects in the province to three, said Dinh Huy Hiep, vice director of the province’s Department of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam to take int’l loans for new expressway
	Tuesday,  January 19,2010,23:32 (GMT+7) HCMC – Loans will be sought from the World Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for building an expressway linking Danang City with Quang Ngai Province at a cost of nearly US$2.5 billion.

City to hold design contest for safari project
	Tuesday,  January 19,2010,14:29 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC Department of Transport will launch a contest in April to select the best designer and planner for a 456-hectare safari project.

City eliminates 30% of flooding sites
	Friday,  January 15,2010,13:21 (GMT+7) HCMC – The HCMC Transport Department and Center for Flood Control expect to reduce flood prone sites in the city by 30% by 2011.

VSIP starts work on integrated township in Haiphong
	Friday,  January 15,2010,00:55 (GMT+7) HCMC - VSIP Haiphong Co. Ltd. under VSIP Group on Wednesday broke ground for a sprawling integrated township and industrial park project in the northern port city of Haiphong which will become the region’s largest project of its type when completed.

Master plan puts city as core of multi-center metropolis
	Monday,  January 11,2010,19:33 (GMT+7) HCMC - The central Government has just issued a revised master plan for HCMC and neighboring localities, aiming to transform the so-called HCMC Zone into a centrifugal metropolis with numerous independent urban centers in 15 years’ time.