The Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on October 17 held an inauguration ceremony of the bust of Mahatma Gandhi (1869 -1948) – a great national leader and hero of India – in Tao Dan Park, District 1.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, hosted a reception on October 17 for Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar who is on a working visit to the southern city.

VOV.VN - Representatives of various tourism businesses, leading airlines, and hotels in Vietnam gathered at the Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City tourism promotion programme taking place from October 11 to October 23 in San Francisco of the United States.

VOV.VN - Two delegations of Korean enterprises from Daegu city and Gyeongbuk province are set to conduct 80 direct trade exchange sessions with Vietnamese businesses in Hanoi on October 17, according to the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA Hanoi).

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi has jumped one notch to 96th position on a global list of the 100 best tourist cities around the world, according to the 2023 World's Best Cities Report made by leading tourism advisory firm Resonance Consultancy of Canada.

The inaugural WOW K-Music Festival 2023 is scheduled to take place on October 21 and 22 at Van Phuc City, a residential project in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, received Deputy Mayor of China's Chongqing city Zhang Guozhi on October 13 to discuss directions for boosting co-operation between the two localities moving forward.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to strengthen cooperation with the French Development Agency (AFD) in the coming time, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan said when receiving AFD Director in Vietnam Herve Conan on October 11.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) 2024 was presented at Vietnam Night held as part of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 2023 in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 9.

VOV.VN - Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, and Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade of the province of Ontario in Canada Vic Fedeli discussed ways to propel bilateral ties forward in the near future during a reception held on October 11 in the southern metropolis.