A photo exhibition spotlighting the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh kicked off in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 16.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to, together with the Consulate General of Singapore, double efforts to boost the development and prosperity of Vietnamese and Singaporean people, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on August 15.

VOV.VN - The 77th anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day (1945 – 2022) was celebrated by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO), showing the solidarity and friendship between people of the two nations.

VOV.VN - Many streets throughout Ho Chi Minh City were left submerged by flooding on August 15, with the weather causing motorbikes to break down and hindering commuters travelling in the southern city.

Foreign investors net purchased 14.8 million stocks, worth some VND80 billion during the week from August 8 – 12, showing that the Vietnamese securities market remained attractive to them.

Ho Chi Minh City’s office market witnessed its first positive signs in the first half of this year since being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for the previous two years, experts said.

The Vietnam Chamber of Industry and Trade (VCCI) in Ho Chi Minh City partnered with the Embassy of Poland in Vietnam to host a networking event in food and beverage to boost trade between the two countries.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to promote cooperation with Singapore in the field of human resources development, including cadre training for the administration system, said a municipal leader.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism unveiled on August 11 that it has received a group 123 MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and events) tourists of ABSA company from South Africa.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is set to host the first-ever “Namaste Vietnam Festival" from August 12 to September 12 to mark 75 years of Indian Independence and 50 years of Vietnam – India diplomacy this year.