VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is set to host the first-ever “Namaste Vietnam Festival" from August 12 to September 12 to mark 75 years of Indian Independence and 50 years of Vietnam – India diplomacy this year.

VOV.VN - The 20th international medical, hospital and pharmaceutical exhibition (Medi-pharm Expo) officially kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on August 11, attracting the participation of 260 enterprises from 20 countries and territories around the world.

VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the People Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and vice secretary of the municipal Party Committee, hosted a reception on August 9 for Ruslan Varankov, the new consul general of Belarus in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Can Tho city held a working session with a delegation from the Dutch Embassy on August 9, during which the two sides exchanged views on the Mekong Delta’s sustainable agricultural transformation.

The ninth Da Lat Flower Festival will be held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from November to late December, with 51 attractive events, according to a plan recently announced by the provincial People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Green Building Week 2022 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City by the Ministry of Construction this October as part of efforts to meet the net-zero emissions commitments set out at the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26).

Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) has opened a branch in Ho Chi Minh City with an aim of linking trade and investment network with the Southeast Asian country.

Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Madan Mohan Sethi has called on Indian universities to create chances for educational cooperation, including exchanging students and lecturers, with Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Union of Friendship Organisations held a get-together on August 5 to mark 27 years of Vietnam's membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (July 28) and the 55th founding anniversary of the bloc (August 8).

VOV.VN - The Mini Thailand Week 2022 kicked off on August 5 in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring the participation of roughly 100 Thai exhibitors.