Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on May 25 hosted a reception for Jagrup Brar, Minister of State for Trade at the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation in the Canadian province of British Columbia, where they discussed orientations to promote trade and investment cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Export Forum and Trade Fair 2023 officially opened on May 25, with the event attracting the participation of businesses from 70 countries and territories from around the world.

The Moscow State Linguistic University, known as Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages (MGLU), on May 24 organised the Vietnam Day to mark the 133rd birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc on May 24 received First Deputy Minister of Culture of Belarus Valery Gromada.

VOV.VN - Seventeen Indian businesses have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City in order to seek greater investment opportunities across multiple fields in southern provinces of Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes New South Wales and Australia in general will support and cooperate with the southern hub in human resources training, digital transformation, and digital economy and transport infrastructure development, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen told visiting Governor of New South Wales Margaret Beazley on May 23.

VOV.VN - Amid tax incentives no longer being an advantage in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City requires strategic changes to attract more major foreign investors.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach US$7 billion in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

The Ho Chi Minh City Photographic Association and the Vietnam Institute of Buddhist Studies on May 22 opened a photo exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the US-backed South Vietnamese government of Ngo Dinh Diem (June 11, 1963 - June 11, 2023).

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi will be closed from June 16 for yearly maintenance, according to its management board.