The national coming of age festival will be a highlight in the activities to be held by the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam and competent ministries and sectors in 2024, heard a conference held in Hanoi on January 8.

VOV.VN - Police operating in Ho Chi Minh City said on January 7 that they have just smashed a major drug trafficking ring transporting illegal substances from Laos to Vietnam, arresting 26 suspects in the process.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on January 4 announced that as of December 29, 2023, there had been 42 enterprises with capitalisation of over US$1 billion listed on the HoSE.

VOV.VN - A report on the macro-economic situation of Ho Chi Minh City in 2023, which also gives forecasts related to the southern hub’s economic growth in the year ahead, was launched on January 4 at a seminar held by the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) and the municipal Statistics Office.

The Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City air route recorded over 10.8 million seats sold between October 2022 and September 2023, making it the fourth busiest domestic air route in the world in 2023, according to statistics from air travel data provider OAG.

VOV.VN - Tourist destinations across the country, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Nha Trang, and Phu Quoc all welcomed a large number of international visitors during the three-day New Year holiday.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on December 30 announced a decision to set up the city’s Department of Food Safety – the first of its kind in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A Korean national wanted by Interpol for allegedly running illegal online gambling operations has been arrested by the police in Ho Chi Minh City.

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board has so far this year served more than 2.2 million Vietnamese and foreign visitors who came to pay tribute to the late leader and tour Da Chong (K9) historical relic site in Hanoi.

The Ho Chi Minh City International Music Festival, known as HOZO, opened on December 22 at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.