VOV.VN -K-pop group EXO will perform in Ho Chi Minh City this April as part of their sixth world tour, EXO PLANET #6 - EXhOrizon, which will kick off in Seoul before travelling to 13 locations worldwide.

Ho Chi Minh City's rich and varied cultural heritage remains largely untapped, held back by the absence of a unified strategy. As a result, cultural tourism plays a supporting role rather than stepping into the spotlight as the true heartbeat of its urban tourism sector.

The Cuban Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on January 27 solemnly held a ceremony to inaugurate a bust of Cuban national hero José Martí in its campus, marking the 173rd anniversary of his birth (January 28, 1853 – 2026).

Ho Chi Minh City always attaches importance to and actively promotes the expansion of friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation with Chinese localities, said Nguyen Loc Ha, permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is facing a rare opportunity to establish and develop a free trade zone (FTZ) linked to production, logistics and commercial-service hubs, a move that could create a new growth engine for the city and Vietnam’s southern key economic region.

Ho Chi Minh City has intensified efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, tightening accountability and calling for the thorough handling of violations as part of efforts to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam’s seafood sector lifted.

Ho Chi Minh City will spend over VND5.9 trillion (over US$225 million) on social welfare activities for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 inaugurated the Photography Street, a new outdoor public art space along Dong Khoi Street and Chi Lang Park, marking the first project of its kind in Vietnam and a concrete step in promoting the city’s creative and cultural industries.

Over the past days, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has worked closely with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and relevant agencies to provide the best possible medical care for former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Hae-chan in the city, the ministry’s spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City police have dismantled a drug trafficking ring involving foreign nationals, arresting eight South Koreans, including one wanted under an international arrest warrant, authorities said.