Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on March 14 said that the city is committed to being a responsible partner and actively facilitating cooperation between businesses of Vietnam and Indonesia, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Binh Duong attracted over US$340 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) I the first two months of this year, equaling 441% year on year, with the real estate sector making up 90% of the total.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has unveiled that it will move to increase the number of flights between the nation and India by 30% as of March 26 in order to meet the rising demand for travel among tourists from the two countries.

The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs will continue to renovate itself to further enhance its operational efficiency, thus optimising OV’s contributions to the construction and development of the city in the new period, heard a conference held in the city on March 9 to launch the committee’s tasks in 2023.

A Vietnamese “banh mi” festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 30 – April 2, according to the HCM City Tourism Association.

VOV.VN - A range of gold-plated Ao Dai collections have impressed international friends during the Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival due to their wonderful design ideas and new materials used for international integration.

VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, has pledged his best efforts to augment links between local universities and the Association of Francophone Universities (AUF).

Ho Chi Minh City has cut short the procedures for issuing work permits for foreigners and digitalized the application process to make it easy for enterprises to get work permits for their foreign staff.

Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le on March 8 received Melissa Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State, who is on a working visit to the city.

A ceremony took place at the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7 to sign a contract on the funding of three projects in Vietnam at a total value of US$252,528.