VOV.VN - The Saigon Choir received a Certificate of Excellent in the category of Virtual choir - Video clip A Cappella at the World Choir Games 2021.

VOV.VN - Many local people flocked to the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ho Chi Minh City following the reopening of the site after nearly five months of closure due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AI Hack Bootcamp 2021 – a programme that seeks AI solutions for e-commerce - was launched at a ceremony jointly held by the Saigon Hi-tech Park Incubation Centre and the Vietnam E-Commerce Association on October 1.

VOV.VN - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel firms, has announced plans to open three Holiday Inn Resorts in Vietnam’s Ho Tram, Ha Long Bay and Sa Pa, over the next three years.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a fact-finding trip to Ho Chi Minh City on August 26 in order to inspect the implementation of COVID-19 prevention measures in the nation’s largest COVID-19 hotspot.

Despite the pandemic impacting the resort, hotel and rental market, the housing and apartment segment still has projects for sale at record prices.

Nearly 16.8 million TEUs of container cargo have been handled at Vietnamese seaports in the first eight months of 2021, up 18% from the same period last year, according the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

Numerous solutions have been rolled out to deal with the congestion at seaports and make customs clearance process faster amid the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Members of “Stay Strong Saigon” - a project of young Vietnamese people in the US in coordination with members of the “Vietnam - Unite for Vietnam” project launched a campaign to donate 20,000 N95 face masks to frontline forces in the COVID-19 fight in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - One million doses of Vero Cell vaccine arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on July 31 as part of a deal to import five million doses of the vaccine from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.