VOV.VN - The Government on May 26 submitted a draft resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms for Ho Chi Minh City to the ongoing session of the National Assembly in the hope of creating breakthroughs in the development of the country’s largest financial and economic hub.

Ho Chi Minh City always pays attention to promoting trade and investment cooperation with the Czech Republic, said Nguyen Van Dung, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Council when receiving Jan Bartosek, Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, in the southern city on May 25.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on May 25 hosted a reception for Jagrup Brar, Minister of State for Trade at the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation in the Canadian province of British Columbia, where they discussed orientations to promote trade and investment cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Export Forum and Trade Fair 2023 officially opened on May 25, with the event attracting the participation of businesses from 70 countries and territories from around the world.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc on May 24 received First Deputy Minister of Culture of Belarus Valery Gromada.

VOV.VN - Seventeen Indian businesses have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City in order to seek greater investment opportunities across multiple fields in southern provinces of Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes New South Wales and Australia in general will support and cooperate with the southern hub in human resources training, digital transformation, and digital economy and transport infrastructure development, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen told visiting Governor of New South Wales Margaret Beazley on May 23.

VOV.VN - Amid tax incentives no longer being an advantage in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City requires strategic changes to attract more major foreign investors.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach US$7 billion in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

The Ho Chi Minh City Photographic Association and the Vietnam Institute of Buddhist Studies on May 22 opened a photo exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the US-backed South Vietnamese government of Ngo Dinh Diem (June 11, 1963 - June 11, 2023).