Ho Chi Minh City’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) hit VND1.37 quadrillion (US$59.4 billion at current exchange rate) in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 1.39%.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on December 29 recorded another COVID-19 patient who is one of the six people illegally entering Vietnam from Myanmar.

Many hotel owners in Ho Chi Minh City have had to close down their hotels as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic although rents at the premises have been cut by up to 70%.

VOV.VN - A woman who travelled on a bus with an illegal entrant, a COVID-19 patient, has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to local officials of Dong Thap province where the woman lives.

Officials from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City expressed their resolve to implement the Government’s first resolution in 2021, adding that they pay great attention to urban planning and development in their cities.

VOV.VN - A fresh case of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in Ho Chi Minh City, with the latest incident related to patient No. 1440, a young man from Vinh Long province who had recently illegally entered the country, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

VOV.VN - The Winter Carnival is set take place for the first time in the southern province of Quang Ninh's Ha Long City on January 1 as part of cerebrations to welcome in the new year.

VOV.VN - The Christmas atmosphere descended on every corner of the country on the night of December 24, with churches and parishes celebrating the occasion, in addition to plenty of streets lit up by festive lamps and colourfully-decorated shops.

VOV.VN - A concert commemorating the legacy of the extraordinarily talented musician and composer Ennio Morricone is scheduled to take place on December 27 at the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).

A documentary entitled “Len thanh pho” (Making our place), featuring the lives of young migrant female workers in Hanoi, won the Best Next Gen award at the Better Cities Film Festival 2020 in the US, according to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.