A delegation from the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, in collaboration with the Vietnam Trade Office in Canada, organised a Vietnam-Canada business forum in Toronto on June 30 to introduce the city's position and potential and connect businesses of Vietnam and Canada.

VOV.VN - A workshop featuring Vietnam- Japan relations was held by Dong A University on July 1 in the central city of Da Nang as part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

VOV.VN - The Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City and the People's Committee of Kien Giang province co-hosted an international conference on June 30 aimed at promoting trade, tourism, and investment between India and the southern province of Kien Giang.

Ho Chi Minh City calls on Cuban businesses to invest in Vietnam's southern metropolis, particularly in the areas of Cuba’s strengths like health care, and biological product and specific remedy manufacturing, a municipal official said on June 30.

VOV.VN - The US Consulate General hosted a ceremony on June 29 to officially kick off a programme which seeks to promote American food to Vietnamese people with a diverse array of activities and incentives for diners.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music has launched a piano competition for contestants of all nationalities and different ages, with the ultimate aim of becoming a destination for pianists from across the world.

Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Duong Anh Duc received Jonathan Law, executive director of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), in the southern metropolis on June 29, to discuss orientations for promoting cooperation between the two sides.

The Ho Chi Minh City Welfare Association in collaboration with the Vietnam-Denmark Friendship Association on June 28 reviewed a project on protecting children and preventing child abuse in the southern city.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest economic and financial hub in Vietnam, attracted nearly US$2.9 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of the year, representing a year-on-year rise of 30.7%, according to the Statistics Office of Ho Chi Minh City.

A serious landslide caused by heavy rains occurred in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong in early morning of June 29, damaging four houses.