The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together on August 19 on the occasion of the National Day of Hungary (August 20).

VOV.VN - Seventy-seven years ago today, Vietnamese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh, carried out the August Revolution, smashing the age-old colonialism and feudalism.

Domestic and foreign firms have so far registered more than 260 stalls at the upcoming 16th International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City (ITE HCMC 2022), the municipal Department of Tourism said at a press conference on August 16.

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.