Nearly 12,000 runners will compete at the 5th Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon, the event’s organizers said at the launch of the event on December 9.

Vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc on December 8 said that the metropolis is willing to support the opening of direct flights between the city and localities in Australia to boost tourism.

VOV.VN - A hot-air balloon festival was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on December 8, offering local residents and tourists the chance to see the country’s most populous and largest economic hub from above.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City was named among the top 15 most searched destinations by global travelers for the holiday season as complied by Booking.com, one of the world’s leading online travel companies.

A working delegation led by World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships Mari Pangestu paid a fact-finding trip to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 7 to check on the Can Tho City Development and Resilience Project.

VOV.VN - The Tuan Chau International Tourist Complex in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh is scheduled to host Winter Carnival 2022 on December 24.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism authority plans to launch overnight cruises with ships accommodating hundreds of people along the Saigon River starting next year.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week 2022 officially opened at Bach Dang Wharf Park in District 1 on December 5, featuring a wide range of exciting activities.

Ho Chi Minh City licensed 807 foreign invested projects worth US$3.54 billion in the first 11 months of this year, up 3.3% in value from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Ngo Minh Chau has met leaders of localities of Laos, Cambodia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) who were in the city for a friendship dialogue.