VOV.VN - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Vietnam Customs unveiled an action plan comprising of 21 solutions aimed at improving the operational efficiency of Cat Lai container port, during a workshop held on May 19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang has been busy on his visit to Germany from May 14 – 19, with renewable energy and climate action high on his working agenda.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai has expressed a wish to further promote investment and trade between Greece and Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular at a reception for Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and her entourage in the city on May 18.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front laid a wreath at the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 19, paying tribute to the late president on his 132nd birthday.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism is planning to launch a three-hour cruise tour along the Saigon River that is expected to be among key tourism products in the area this year.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is planning to pilot the opening of casinos at hotels rated five stars and above in popular tourist destinations for Vietnamese citizens aged 18 and over with the aim of fully exploiting the potential of the night-time economy in the country.

Prof. Dr. Yang Dao, a H’mong man who has lived in the US for years, said he was lucky to meet President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and was impressed by the late President’s ideology of solidarity between ethnic groups.

Translator Sandra Scagliotti and journalist and writer Hellmut Kapfenberger are among the many foreigners very much interested in exploring President Ho Chi Minh’s life and legacy.

VOV.VN - The Lang Sen (Lotus Village) festival 2022 officially kicked off in the central province of Nghe An on May 17 as part of activities marking the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

Vietnam wants to promote the relationship between San Francisco and Vietnamese localities in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular in areas that the US city has strengths such as economics, trade, science, technology, digital transformation, and climate change response, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.