VOV.VN - French culinary week kicked off on July 11 in MM Mega Market An Phu in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring the involvement of 250 famous brands from France.

After a long lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City is seeing increasing demand for MICE (meeting, incentive, convention, exhibition) tourism from both Vietnamese and foreign customers.

The People's Committee of northern province of Quang Ninh province on July 11 held a meeting on preparation for the third meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC 3), which will be held from July 26-29 in Ha Long city.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform its ‘Nights of Film Music’ concert at the city’s Opera House on July 16-19.

VOV.VN - Ben Thanh market, one of the largest outlet centres located in Ho Chi Minh City, has become busy once again and is currently receiving around 2,000 arrivals per day, half of them being international tourists.

VOV.VN - A huge number of local people residing in Ho Chi Minh City have flocked to health centres to be vaccinated after the city recorded first COVID-19 infections caused by the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages.

VOV.VN - Health officials in Ho Chi Minh City are considering reopening field hospitals to receive and treat coronavirus patients following the emergence of new subvariants of the Omicron variant – BA.4 and BA.5 – in the city.

VOV.VN - Blockchain Global Day 2022, the first large-scale event of its kind held in Vietnam, is set to take place in Ho Chi Minh city on July 29 to seek ways to develop the local blockchain industry, according to organisers on July 7.

The New Zealand Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the country’s fruit exporters on July 6 presented 500 fruit boxes for charitable organisations for children and women in the city and Hanoi.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has sent a thank you letter to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for successfully organising Group I matches of AFC Cup 2022, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from June 24-30.