VOV.VN - Police forces in Ho Chi Minh City announced on November 29 that they have smashed a criminal gang smuggling illicit drugs from Cambodia, arresting several traffickers and seizing almost 35 kgs of various drugs in the process.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry aims to receive six million international visitors next year, one million more than this year’s figure, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam - US Trade Forum 2023 will take place on November 21 in Ho Chi Minh City as part of efforts to step up economic and trade co-operation between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a talk on the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh for the Vietnamese community in Japan on November 15.

VOV.VN - Budget airline Vietjet is scheduled to run direct fights between Ho Chi minh City (Vietnam) and Shanghai (China), starting on December 1, 2023.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen held talks with Chen Jining, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai on November 14 within the framework of their working trip to China from November 13-18.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City was presented with the Digital Government Award of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) at the ASOCIO Digital Summit held in Seoul (Republic of Korea) on November 14.

VOV.VN - The 70th anniversary of Cambodia's Independence Day (1953 -2023) was celebrated by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on November 9, showing the solidarity and friendship between the people of the city and the neighbouring country.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi, on behalf of the State President of Vietnam, on November 7 presented a Friendship Order to Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov in recognition of his contributions to and tireless efforts in maintaining and promoting relations between St. Petersburg and Vietnam and enhancing the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Dung, vice chairman of the People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City, hosted a reception on November 6 for a delegation of the Friendship Parliamentarians’ Association of Japan’s Osaka Prefecture led by Wada Kenji, chairman of the group.