VOV.VN - The Smart City Asia 2023 officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 13, attracting the participation of 300 local and foreign firms showcasing an array of technological products across 400 pavilions.

VOV.VN - The 17th International Travel Expo – Ho Chi Minh City (ITE HCMC 2023) is scheduled to take place from September 7 to 9 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in District 7, heard a press conference in Hanoi on April 13.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than VND10.2 trillion (US$433 million) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Le Hoai Trung, member of the CPV Central Committee and chairman of its Commission for External Relations, attended the French Communist Party (PCF)’s 39th Congress in Marseille whilst on a working visit to the European country from April 7 to April 11.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Industry and Trade and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) jointly organised a conference on technology and finance for waste-to-energy projects on April 11.

VOV.VN - Simon Calder, a trusted and recognised travel journalist of UK publication The Independent, has posted an article recounting his interesting journey to Vietnam and revealed several suggestions for those visiting the country.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, hosted a reception on April 11 for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper, stressing the need for the US and Vietnam to strengthen cooperation in education and climate change response.

VOV.VN - Hanoi wishes to increase cooperation with Chinese localities, including Beijing and Guangzhou, Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee told Chinese ambassador Xiong Bo in the Vietnamese capital on April 11.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met with a delegation of 69 former political prisoners and prisoners of war from Ho Chi Minh City on April 10.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the War Remnants Museum signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in showcasing efforts to remedy war consequences in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10.