WEBVTT 00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:13.840 Welcoming you and your friends to the Saigon hotline of Lao Dong Newspaper. 00:00:13.940 --> 00:00:17.420 We are very happy to meet you and your friends in today's broadcast on June 25. 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:20.340 Now let's review the hottest information with us 00:00:20.340 --> 00:00:23.280 in Ho Chi Minh City and the Southern provinces in the past 24 hours. 00:00:24.860 --> 00:00:28.809 On June 25, the eastern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City, from Thu Duc 00:00:28.809 --> 00:00:30.220 intersection towards Dong Nai bridge 00:00:30.220 --> 00:00:32.240 into a serious supportive condition. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:37.320 Thousands of vehicles, mainly trucks and containers, are racing in little by little 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.880 on Hanoi Highway, about 3km long. 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:44.720 The situation of embankments in this area is common and the main cause is determined 00:00:44.720 --> 00:00:49.680 is a village near Tan Van area that is being fenced off to serve the project construction 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:51.560 Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3. 00:00:53.360 --> 00:00:57.180 The administrative merger of three key localities in the Southeast region, 00:00:57.580 --> 00:01:01.698 including Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Ba Ria Bung Tau, opening up the 00:01:01.698 --> 00:01:03.620 prospect of forming a tourism super city 00:01:03.620 --> 00:01:06.460 have scale and competitiveness in the region. 00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:10.360 Combined to form the most dynamic urban area in the country, 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:14.720 the connection of development space between urban, industrial, and island cities 00:01:14.720 --> 00:01:17.720 is considered a breakthrough driving force for the Vietnamese tourism industry. 00:01:17.820 --> 00:01:21.513 However, great opportunities always come with arising challenges that need 00:01:21.513 --> 00:01:23.360 attention in the current context 00:01:23.360 --> 00:01:26.780 such as competitiveness, cross-responsibility and lack of cohesion. 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:33.280 According to Sayview Vietnam, within just 7 years, from 2018 to present, 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:36.720 Apartment prices in Ho Chi Minh City have skyrocketed by more than 350%. 00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:40.560 Establish a new unprecedented price level in history. 00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:43.920 From an average of about 35 million VND per square meter, 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:49.400 in 2018, now buyers have to pay up to 150 million VND per square meter 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.040 for projects in the same segment. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.440 This increase is far beyond the speed limit, increasing income, 00:01:54.740 --> 00:01:58.860 makes the dream of settling down in Ho Chi Minh City increasingly out of reach for many people. 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:01.840 In fact, from the end of 2023 to now, 00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:05.640 Although the market is in disagreement, apartment prices in Ho Chi Minh City 00:02:07.320 --> 00:02:09.640 continuously increased and showed no signs of cooling down. 00:02:12.078 --> 00:02:16.371 On the morning of June 25, the new Ho Chi Minh City, after merging with Binh 00:02:16.371 --> 00:02:19.323 Duong and Bai Ria Vung Tau provinces, simultaneously conducted a trial 00:02:19.323 --> 00:02:21.738 operation of 168 wards and communes in special zones. 00:02:21.898 --> 00:02:25.149 The operation session was connected online from the main bridge at the 00:02:25.149 --> 00:02:28.400 headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to the People's 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.838 Committee of Bai Ria Vung Tau province, Binh Duong 00:02:30.838 --> 00:02:35.285 and 168 connecting points in the new special-zone wards and communes. This is 00:02:35.285 --> 00:02:39.390 the final step of the review before the two-level local government apparatus 00:02:39.390 --> 00:02:40.758 officially comes into operation. 00:02:42.078 --> 00:02:45.497 Ladies and gentlemen, many people reported that the park at the end of 00:02:45.497 --> 00:02:49.180 Dang Thi Tram Street, Binh Thanh District, has been in a state of being 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:50.758 without lights for a long time. 00:02:50.978 --> 00:02:52.418 Here are the reporter's observations. 00:02:54.113 --> 00:03:00.792 I moved to this area with the purpose of wanting to enjoy a very good atmosphere 00:03:00.792 --> 00:03:03.713 here, participating in activities in this park. 00:03:03.833 --> 00:03:08.665 But it's a pity that after about 6 o'clock in the park, we can't play 00:03:08.665 --> 00:03:09.953 any more, any sport. 00:03:10.393 --> 00:03:14.081 But around 5 o'clock, you were here and you saw a lot of people, but an hour 00:03:14.081 --> 00:03:16.033 later everyone had to leave because it was dark. 00:03:16.333 --> 00:03:21.822 And usually we are of working age, only 5 hours or 5 hours short of something to 00:03:21.822 --> 00:03:23.113 go home from work, 00:03:23.113 --> 00:03:27.593 and coming here, I only played for about 4 years or 1 hour before I had to stop. 00:03:27.863 --> 00:03:31.171 In the afternoon, people usually take their children here to play around 5am, 00:03:31.171 --> 00:03:34.223 6am, and they take them all away and there are no lights. 00:03:34.463 --> 00:03:38.243 If there were lights, it would be better for some people here to play, then it would be more secure. 00:03:38.562 --> 00:03:42.642 just a touch of a street light there, but you can also see that there 00:03:42.642 --> 00:03:44.002 are no lights around here 00:03:44.002 --> 00:03:48.202 I observed that there were still owners of the lights but the lights were not working 00:03:48.202 --> 00:03:50.742 Most of them are old but not new 00:03:50.742 --> 00:03:56.742 I also hope that my city should also buy lights to serve public places 00:03:56.742 --> 00:04:01.713 makes it easier for people to exercise for fun as well as entertainment 00:04:01.713 --> 00:04:03.242 from the time when 00:04:06.423 --> 00:04:09.383 The information has just ended our Hot Saigon newsletter. 00:04:09.763 --> 00:04:13.303 The news will be broadcast at 7pm from Monday to Sunday on laodong.vn. 00:04:13.643 --> 00:04:15.523 Now, please see and see us again!