VOV.VN - The nation has reported its first imported case of a new variant of the novel coronavirus VOC 202012/01, which originated in the UK, according to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people in big cities across the country like Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi capital gathered at key venues to ring in a new year with music, dancing and fireworks. 

The tests of all of the 100 samples of imported frozen food in Ho Chi Minh City have turned out negative for the corona virus SARS-CoV-2, the municipal Food Safety Management Authority said on December 30.

VOV.VN - The Saigon Yacht Show (SYS) 2021 kicked off at Lan Anh Village in Ho Chi Minh City on December 30 to mark the launch of the nation’s first ever yacht show.

VOV.VN - Big cities across three Vietnamese regions are poised to hold fireworks shows, countdown parties, and a number of cultural and entertainment events to celebrate New Year 2021.

VOV.VN - Both the men’s and women’s teams from Ho Chi Minh City have emerged as victors at the 2020 National Basketball Championships which concluded in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on December 29.

Ho Chi Minh City’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) hit VND1.37 quadrillion (US$59.4 billion at current exchange rate) in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 1.39%.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on December 29 recorded another COVID-19 patient who is one of the six people illegally entering Vietnam from Myanmar.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to establish the Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX) on the basis of merging the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) and the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), which set to take effect on February 20, 2021.

Many hotel owners in Ho Chi Minh City have had to close down their hotels as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic although rents at the premises have been cut by up to 70%.