VOV.VN - A surge in tourist arrivals and rising hotel performance in Vietnam are attracting a growing number of international hospitality brands seeking to expand into the country’s fast-growing luxury hotel market.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City needs a major transformation in its growth model to sustain double-digit economic growth, with institutional reform and a stronger investment climate seen as more decisive than the amount of capital available.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities and businesses operating in the southern metropolis have stepped up strategic orientations and concrete action programmes to translate Resolution No.68-NQ-TW of the Politburo into practice and create conditions for the private sector to make breakthroughs and become a key growth driver.

VOV.VN - Many streets across Ho Chi Minh City are taking on a festive look with national flags, banners and posters promoting the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

Amid mounting urbanisation pressures and rising growth demands, Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating investment in large-scale strategic infrastructure projects across transport, urban development and digital systems, aiming to remove long-standing bottlenecks while creating spillover benefits for economic growth.

VOV.VN - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been named among Asia’s 50 best cities for 2026 in a ranking compiled by Time Out, a UK-based travel and lifestyle magazine.

VOV.VN - The UK-based Times Higher Education (THE), one of the world's largest university ranking organisations, has announced Southeast Asia ranking with the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City becoming the only Vietnamese representative to enter Top 15.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on March 12 sentenced four defendants to death for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking ring in the city.

VOV.VN - Police in Ho Chi Minh City have broken up a cross-border drug trafficking ring that transported synthetic narcotics from Cambodia into Tay Ninh province for distribution in several localities.

VOV.VN - A court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced 19 defendants in a large-scale case involving illegal cross-border money transfers and money laundering, with financial flows totaling trillions of Vietnamese dong and tens of millions of US dollars between Vietnam and foreign countries.