Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City still rose by 12% year-on-year to US$6.1 billion in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Branch in HCM City.

Vietnamese people living abroad have made significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi at a gathering in Ho Chi Minh City on February 3.

More and more US businesses have been looking to pour capital into or expand their existing investment in Ho Chi Minh City, especially in hi-technology, electronics, and telecommunications, as well as other areas where the city has strengths.

A photo exhibition is being held in district 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, to celebrate the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3) and welcome the success of the 13th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - Businesses throughout Ho Chi Minh City have made efforts to prepare a source of goods with a total value of more than VND19.000 billion in order to cater for the rising demand of consumers in the lead up to the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), according to the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade.

Foreign enterprises poured a considerable amount of capital into manufacturing and processing projects in the first half of January, according to the head of the investment office at the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza), Tran Viet Ha.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City launched its annual calligraphy street on January 28, with plenty of families and young people participating in the event ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to become a centre of economics and finance in Asia by 2045, boasting sustainable development and high living standards, a municipal official has said.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to continue to be an important partner of India in the fields of economy-trade, health care, information technology and clean energy, said Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang.

VOV.VN - A broad array of cultural activities are currently underway in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, with the events attracting plenty of local residents and tourists.