As many as 100 travel companies in Ho Chi Minh City are taking part in the second tourism stimulus programme with nearly 200 discounted products.

Hoang Minh Thuy from Ho Chi Minh City surpassed nearly 1,700 entries to win the first prize of the video clip contest “For a Green Vietnam”, the organising board announced on October 27.

VOV.VN - A total of 27 out of the 35 finalists of the Miss Vietnam 2020 pageant left a positive impression on both the judges and audience members during a talent segment held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Disease Control Center (HCDC) on October 27 said they have tracked down and quarantined 38 people linked to a Korean national who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Japan several days ealier.

VOV.VN - Police forces operating in Ho Chi Minh City stated they arrested 17 people on October 27 following a series of searches, with 100 kg of a variety of drugs seized in the process.

As of the beginning of October, Ho Chi Minh City has licensed nearly 30,000 new businesses with combined registered capital totaling VND667 trillion (US$28.64 billion), according to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.

Cultural experts have hailed ‘ao dai’, traditional Vietnamese dress, for the extent to which it honours the intangible values of humanity.

Banks in Ho Chi Minh City are focusing on measures to mitigate the difficulties faced by businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and help them get back to health, a State Bank of Vietnam official has said.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Relief Board launched a campaign on October 17 calling for donations to be made to residents suffering the effects of flooding in the nation’s central region.

Ho Chi Minh City has allowed another 14 hotels to serve as paid quarantine facilities to meet the growing demand, taking its total count to 24.