A trade conference to foster connections between industrial machinery and equipment businesses of Ho Chi Minh City and Spain’s Basque Country was held in the southern largest economic hub of Vietnam on October 8.

VOV.VN - As many as 400 local and foreign enterprises from 20 countries worldwide are expected to join the Vietnam Foodexpo 2024,set to run from November 13 to 16 in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab has projected that the Vietnamese economy would grow to hit the US$2 trillion size by 2050.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Xuan Thang, a Politburo member, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), and chairman of the Central Theory Council, held a meeting with Mariam Sherman, country director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam, on October 3 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Hanoi earned nearly VND82,000 billion in tourism revenue during the nine-month period of the year, up 18.5% on-year, while Ho Chi Minh City grossed nearly VND140,400 billion from tourism activities, up 11.9% on-year, according to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City’s respective Departments of Tourism.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 30 asked competent ministries, sectors, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang city to clearly define the scope and operating model of regional and international financial centres to be established in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A stage erected at Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City for the Miss Cosmo 2024 pageant suddenly collapsed on September 28 evening.

VOV.VN - A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City will attend the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024, which is scheduled to take place in early October.

VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration Duong Ngoc Hai on September 27 received a delegation from Santiago de Cuba led by Deputy Governor Waldis Gonzalez Peinado, who are visiting the city as part of the Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue and Economic Forum 2024.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City queued up to get their hands on the new iPhone 16 as the new series were launched at stores at midnight on September 26.