HCM City is has made The Economist's list of 50 safest cities in the world, though at 48 it is a long way down from the safest, Tokyo, which was followed by Singapore, Osaka, Stockholm and Amsterdam.
Ben Thanh Market in HCM City.
But foreign and local residents differed in their view of HCM City as a safe city, Lao Dong Newspaper reports.
Birgit Muller, a German visitor on his second trip to HCM City, said, "I totally agree with HCM Ciy’s position in the report. Compared to many cities I have been to, HCM City is quite peaceful. Local people are quite friendly and I feel safe when travelling here.”
Another traveller, Peter Wesse, congratulated HCM City. “I think HCM City is really safe. I have come to the city for the third time and usually stay for two weeks.”
Local residents said HCM City has many weaknesses and was far from safe.
“I don’t know how can HCM City be voted as a safe city," said Thanh Thuy of District 1. "Compared to many cities in the world, HCM City does not have terrorism or uprisings, but it’s quite common here to see thieves and pickpockets," she said.
Thien Chi, a student HCM City Teachers’ Training University, said he was quite surprised at the ranking of HCM City because going out at night required vigilance against thieves.
The Economist ranked cities around the world using 40 metrics that spanned four main categories: digital security, health security, infrastructure safety and personal safety.
The report said Ho Chi Minh City finished last in “infrastructure safety”, that is, the quality of roads, number of disaster-related deaths and the like.
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