Ho Chi Minh City

As the country's bright spot in reading culture, Ho Chi Minh City is making efforts to implement many solutions to develop books and reading culture, towards the goal of registering for the title of World Book Capital of UNESCO.

Ideological leadership, awareness unification in training is a central political task and a decisive condition for the armed forces of Ho Chi Minh City to fulfill the functions of the army in combat, work and production.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on March 2 hosted a reception for Vice President of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) Nicholas Kolesch and Country Director of the SNV Netherlands Development Organization in Vietnam Peter Loach on the occasion their working visit to the city.

Through the bank-business connection program, commercial banks have disbursed 568.340 trillion VND in 2022, equal to 131% of the preferential credit package registered since the beginning of the year and an increase of 16.6% compared to 2021.

In the first two months of 2023, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City leads the whole country in terms of new FDI projects (39.5%), number of adjusted projects (21.8%) and capital contribution to buy shares, purchase of contributed capital (69.3%), according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

In order to attract foreign investment, Dutch businesses proposed Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders deal with the traffic congestion, especially in the roads connecting to ports, logistics, neighboring provinces and cities.

Mr. Hoang Tung, Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Thu Duc City Party Committee, on February 27 received Mr. Daniel Stork, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).

The 8th Vietnam-Japan Festival under the theme “Vietnam-Japan stand side by side towards the future, reaching out to the world” has taken place in Ho Chi Minh City on February 25-26.

With a total investment of over VND5.8 trillion, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital 2 (Tan Phu Ward, Thu Duc City) was put into full use from the end of January 2023, contributing to easing crowding at the Oncology Hospital 1 (Binh Thanh district).

(CPV) - With a total investment of over VND5.8 trillion, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital 2 (Tan Phu Ward, Thu Duc City) was put into full use from the end of January 2023, contributing to easing crowding at the Oncology Hospital 1 (Binh Thanh district).

Outstanding credit balance decreased by 0.48% in January and rebounded, estimated at 0.85% in February, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.

(CPV) – Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city greeted more than 676,565 international tourists and over 4.6 million domestic tourists in the first two months of 2023, fulfilling 13% of the year’s plan, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Appreciating the results achieved in the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Australia, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen said that the potential advantages of cooperation between the two countries remain very large, so the two sides need to further accelerate cooperation programs.

Diverse cultural activities will take place during the ninth Ao dai Festival in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City throughout March.

Ho Chi Minh City and Nova Scotia province (Canada) have potential and advantages to promote development cooperation in many fields, including hi-tech agriculture and seafood trade.

On February 23, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai received Mr. Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, to discuss cooperation in organizing the 8th Vietnam - Japan Festival in 2023.

The UK government has appointed TheCityUK to support Vietnam’s goal of developing Ho Chi Minh City as a regional financial and business center, according to the British Embassy in Hanoi.

A seminar hosted by the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee on February 22 with representatives of 18 foreign business associations in the city discussed ways to create a more attractive environment for foreign investors.

On February 22, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai had a meeting with Ms. Szojka Éva Szilvia, Consul General of Hungary to Ho Chi Minh City, who was marking the end of the working term in the city.

The Canadian travel magazine The Travel has shared about 10 Asian cities that are every street food fan’s dream, in which Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City is ranked second.

On February 21, Nguyen Trai Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City officially put into operation a hi-tech medical area, invested from the city's budget with a capital of VND 279 billion. The area covers nearly 18,000m2, including 9 floors and 1 basement.

On February 21, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Nguyen Thi Le received a high-ranking delegation of the Federation Council of Russia led by Mr. Andrei Vladimirovich Yatskin, First Vice President of the Council of the Russian Federation.

On February 21, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, received Mr. Shen Xiaoming, Secretary of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee, China.

(CPV) – The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Tax Department has just issued Notice 1465/TB-CTTPHCM on reducing land and water surface rents for those affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

On February 20, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong had a meeting with Ms. Park Jung Hyun, Head of Development Cooperation Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Korea (RoK), and a delegation to Ho Chi Minh City.

"I love Vietnamese Ao Dai" is the theme of the 9th Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Ao Dai Festival 2023, which will be held by the HCMC Department of Tourism and the HCMC Women's Union in March, under the direction of the HCMC People's Committee throughout March with many exciting activities, promising to bring Vietnamese people and international tourists memorable emotions and unique experiences.

(CPV) - Bach Dang Wharf has long been a familiar name to Ho Chi Minh City people, in a prime location running along the banks of the Saigon River and connecting busy streets of District 1. Up to now, after being upgraded with the campus on a total area of over 23,400 square meters, Bach Dang Wharf has a modern and brilliant beauty.

Apart from the existing seaports like Tan Cang and Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City is aiming to build an international container transshipment port, according to Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai.

The new Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya has said that India wishes to focus on developing cooperative relations with Ho Chi Minh City, one of the economic and cultural centers of Vietnam.

Mr. Phan Van Mai, member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Party Committee, and Chairman of the HCMC People's Committee, on February 16 received new-appointed Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya.