VOV.VN - Vietnam and Indonesia are committed to quickly formulating an Action Program for 2024-2028, aiming to increase bilateral trade to US$18 billion by 2028, heard a joint business forum in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on September 25 called on Leipzig city of Germany to share its experience with the southern metropolis in sustainable urban planning, enhancing resilience, and transferring environmentally friendly green technologies.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Open 2024 and the World Championship 3-Cushion Individuals both opened on September 25, featuring dozens of the world’s leading cueists.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 25 attended the opening of the fifth Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum themed “Industrial Transformation: New Driving Force for Sustainable Development of Ho Chi Minh City.”

A conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 24 with a view to promoting cooperation between Chongqing city of China and the southern hub of Vietnam in the New Land - Sea Trade Corridor.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 4.014 million foreign tourists and 27.353 million domestic visitors during the January to September period, up 12.4% and 1.3%, respectively, reported the municipal Department of Tourism.

The second Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue 2024 was held on September 24 with the participation of 35 delegations from international localities that have set up friendship and cooperative relations with the southern city.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan hosted a reception on September 24 for Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Masahiro, who is in Ho Chi Minh City for the Friendship Dialogue and Economic Forum 2024.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the Executive Committee of Belarus's Minsk city signed a cooperation agreement for the 2024-2026 period on September 23.

Ho Chi Minh City needed to hire some 60,000 jobs in four key industries and nine major service sectors in Q3, up 3.5% against the same time last year, according to Director of the HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Nguyen Hoang Hieu.