VOV.VN - The air route connecting the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi with the country’s southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City was the busiest domestic air route throughout Southeast Asia in August, according to statistics released by air travel data provider OAG Aviation.

VOV.VN - The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam on August 23 gave opinions on the development planning of Ho Chi Minh City in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.

Representatives from the Departments of Transport of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City joined other delegates representing authorities, and transport and digital development sectors from 28 cities around the world in the third International Transport Conference in Moscow on August 22 – 23.

Phan Van Mai, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, received Manuel Domingos Augusto, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), on August 22.

A delegation from Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Dien Bien and Lao province of Luang Namtha signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the two sides at their talks in Dien Bien Phu city on August 22.

VOV.VN - At the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders Meeting held in Indonesia, four entities including BRG Group (Vietnam), Sumitomo Corporation (Japan), North Hanoi Smart City Development Investment Joint Stock Company (NHSC), and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP) handed over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on decarbonization through energy management between North Hanoi Smart City (NHSC) and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP), aiming to make North Hanoi Smart City the first carbon-neutral urban area in Vietnam and the world.

A new night food street, to make its debut in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 on August 30, is expected to be a new driver for the development of the city’s night economy.

Ho Chi Minh City is greatly proud that its friendship and cooperation with Lao localities have been developing unceasingly in multiple areas and obtaining numerous practical results, said Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le.

The 9th Hanoi Book Fair will be held from September 27 -29 under the theme "Hanoi: Capital of Culture and Heroes - City for Peace".

The Ho Chi Minh Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on August 20 held a gathering to celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day (August 17, 1945 – 2024) in the southern economic hub.