State budget collections in Ho Chi Minh City in January were estimated at VND42.47 trillion (US$1.84 billion), 11.6% of the estimate and up 2.9% year-on-year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

Bamboo Airways on February 4 operated its first flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia city in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, using Embraer 195 aircraft.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year (Tet) six days away, plenty of shops on Hai Thuong Lan Ong street in Ho Chi Minh City have been covered in red as a diverse range of decorations attracts new consumers.

VOV.VN - Workers are putting the final touches to decorations on Nguyen Hue flower street in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest of its kind, before it officially opens to the public on February 9, or the 28th day of the last lunar month of the year, to welcome the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - Thousands of books are set to go on show at the annual book street festival which will take place in downtown Ho Chi Minh City from February 9 to February 15 in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City still rose by 12% year-on-year to US$6.1 billion in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Branch in HCM City.

Vietnamese people living abroad have made significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi at a gathering in Ho Chi Minh City on February 3.

More and more US businesses have been looking to pour capital into or expand their existing investment in Ho Chi Minh City, especially in hi-technology, electronics, and telecommunications, as well as other areas where the city has strengths.

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee Raul Castro Ruz has conveyed his warmest congratulations to Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee in the 13th tenure.

A photo exhibition is being held in district 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, to celebrate the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3) and welcome the success of the 13th National Party Congress.