Many Vietnamese firms will have the opportunity to introduce their made-in-Vietnam products and services at the first international exhibition, called Global Expo 2019, which is scheduled to be held in September.

In celebration of Vietnam’s Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1), Dam Sen Park in HCMC is organizing many exciting events under the theme “Dam Sen - Converging Quintessence” from April 27 to May 1, 2019.

Mobile carrier MobiFone has been licensed to pilot a fifth-generation (5G) mobile service, making it the second telecom carrier in the country to secure permission by the Ministry of Information and Communications to launch the service on a trial basis, after Viettel, the carrier said in a statement issued on April 25.

The European Literature Days 2019 will be held for the ninth time in Hanoi, the fourth time in HCM City and the first time in Danang in May, the French Cultural Center L’Espace in Hanoi has announced.

An exhibition of Belgian comic books is being held on Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City until April 26.

Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and the government of Hanoi City will jointly hold a “Vietnam Airlines Festa – Summer in Europe” event from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 20-21 in Hanoi, gathering many artists from France and Germany.

“Nhua cay van chay” (The Sap Still Runs), an exhibition that will immerse visitors into an art space full of poetic works created by two artists, Freddy Nadolny Poustochkine and Truong Cong Tung, is slated for opening at 7 p.m. on April 24 at San Art in HCMC.

The Stuttgart-based Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, will hold an exhibition entitled “PURE GOLD – Upcycled! Upgraded!” in Hanoi from April 21 to May 26.

LaJazzO, the State Youth Jazz Orchestra of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, will hold a concert in the pedestrian area near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi on April 20 and 21, according to the German Cultural Center Goethe Institut.

Saigon Telecommunication and Technologies Corporation (SaigonTel), a HCMC-based telecom service provider, has announced that it will boost investment in the real estate sector, including in an upcoming luxury residential project in HCMC’s District 4.