Ho Chi Minh City’s foreign trade totalled more than US$60.48 billion in the first eight months of this year, down 0.03% against the same period of 2019.

HCM City’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.06% in August against July, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

Ho Chi Minh City always creates favourable conditions for foreign businesses to operate in the city, contributing to local socio-economic development, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said on August 27.

VOV.VN - A photo exhibition got underway in Lam Son park in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City on August 26 to mark celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN - After pouring a sum of US$1 billion into a local factory, Intel will continue its investment into the nation over the coming years, said Kim Huat Ooi, vice president and general director of Intel Products Vietnam Co., Ltd.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on August 25 debuted an all-women police escort unit to lead the motorcades to protect Vietnamese and foreign leaders travelling around the southern city.

Some 90-95% of the travel companies in HCM City have suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the municipal Department of Tourism reported on August 24.

The Ministry of Transport has approved Dong Nai province’s proposal to widen Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh expressway to 10 lanes from its current four.

VOV.VN - Da Nang C Hospital officially launched a test system for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on August 15 alongside the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City with the aim of helping the central city to quickly control the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - A group consisting of more than 400 tourists who had been left stranded in Da Nang as a result of the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were successfully brought home to Hanoi on August 12.