VOV.VN - Bars, karaoke, and massage services based in Ho Chi Minh City are permitted to resume operations from January 10 following eight months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with returning staff ready to welcome customers again.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, has lowered its COVID-19 alert level to green – the lowest in the four alert level system adopted by the Ministry of Health – thanks to its encouraging results in combating the virus.

VOV.VN - Airfares have fallen to a record low in recent years as the traditional lunar New Year holiday (Tet) is drawing near.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City recorded 20 COVID-19 related deaths on January 17, the lowest figure over the past six months.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association held a get-together on January 7 to mark 43 years since the victory in the Southwestern border defence war and the joint victory on January 7, 1979 of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal regime.

VOV.VN - Whilst the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic exerted a range of adverse impacts on business production and export activities, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the southern key economic region continues to increase sharply.

VOV.VN - The prolonged COVID-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s largest coronavirus hotspot – is showing signs of abating as the number of hospitalisations is decreasing considerably these days.

The Vietnamese Government and the World Bank (WB) have signed a US$126.9 million financing agreement to improve access to infrastructure, connectivity and reduce flood risk in the urban core of Vinh Long city in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, the WB said on January 6.

VOV.VN - A further 16,472 SARS-CoV-2-virus cases across 62 localities nationwide were detected on January 6, a drop of 580 from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to start work on several important transport projects in areas surrounding its Tan Son Nhat International Airport in 2022 so as to ensure synchronisation with the airport’s Terminal T3 project.