Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai on January 24 met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier who was paying a two-day state visit to Vietnam from January 23.
Thirty-two enterprises in various areas including building materials, consumer goods, garment and textile, food and services received the Ho Chi Minh City Golden Brand Award from the municipal People’s Committee on January 14 for the outstanding achievements they have carved out to develop brands for products and services.
VOV.VN - The management board of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza) has set a target of attracting US$550 million in investment capital this year, averaging at US$8.5 million per ha.
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is set to to hold a conference calling for greater investment into green growth development towards meeting its sustainable development goals and accelerating economic restructuring in association with innovating green growth models, according to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.
VOV.VN - The increasing demand for trading and travelling during the Lunar New Year holiday will pose a high risk of disease outbreaks, especially those transmitted through the respiratory systems, according to the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC).
Ho Chi Minh City expects strong tourism growth in 2024 following its encouraging outcomes in 2023, said Director of the municipal Tourism Department Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa.
VOV.VN - The Thua Thien Hue Department of Tourism hosted a program on the morning of January 1 to welcome the first visitors to the locality by air in 2024.
Ho Chi Minh City continues to be the leading locality in the country in terms of the number of visitors and revenue from tourism, with nearly 5 million foreign and nearly 35 million domestic tourists, and a total revenue of over VND160 trillion (US$6.6 billion), the municipal Tourism Department announced on December 28.
The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association's chapter in Ho Chi Minh City (VCFA HCMC) will continue to promote people-to-people diplomacy activities to increase understanding between the people of Vietnam and Cuba as well as between HCM City and Cuban localities in particular, contributing to further intensifying the special relations between the two countries.
VOV.VN - The police of Ho Chi Minh City announced on December 28 that they were hunting for a Chinese national named Zhang JinWen who is wanted for murdering his compatriot.