Ho Chi Minh City

Nearly 100 local journalists in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has been injected COVID-19 vaccine at the Pasteur Institute of the city.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on April 28 received Ms Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam, for an exchange on cooperative programs.

Ho Chi Minh City has been implementing the most important and effective works to focus on building an urban authority and improving the investment environment, with the motto “Better service to businesses and investors”.

The Phu Nhuan district Party Committee in Ho Chi Minh city has organized a conference to review 5 years of realizing Decree 05-CT/TW of the Politburo on studying and following the ideology, morality and style of President Ho Chi Minh and to honor typical teams and individuals.

A seminar to promote trade between Vietnam and the US after the COVID-19 pandemic has been co-organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) and the US Trade Association, on April 28.

Popular tourist destinations in Ho Chi Minh city and typical tours will be promoted by celebrities on social media and networks, with the message “Ho Chi Minh City: Safe - Vivid - Open-minded - Youthful.”

A mobile contest was organized by the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Culture and Sports on April 26 to popularize the election of 15th NA and People’s Council deputies.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen received a high-level Chinese military delegation and Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence Wei Fenghe, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from April 24-27.

A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20 to honour 17 collectives and 33 individuals for their achievements in overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the city for the 2018-2020 period.

Ho Chi Minh City has received hundreds of billions of VND to support the fight against COVID-19, the City Fatherland Front has reported.

The Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs of HCMC will organize an event on April 20 to honour overseas Vietnamese who have made great contributions to Vietnamese community activities abroad in the 2018-2020 period.

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in Ho Chi Minh City To Thi Bich Chau has confirmed the close relationship between the city and the Republic of Korea, stressing that it would develop further in all areas.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued a decision on a plan to improve the business environment, investment environment, and improve the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) of the city for the period 2021 - 2025.

Appreciating Vietnam's achievements in COVID-19 prevention and economic development, US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink said that Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, is one of the places that has prevented the pandemic most effectively in the world, while in 2020, Vietnam is one of the few countries to achieve positive economic growth.

Public bike service project called Mobike has been agreed to be piloted in District 1 for one year from August 1 to promote public transport, reduce pollution, and create a new tourism product.

The Ho Chi Minh city Election Committee on April 6 organized the 8th meeting, presided over by Ms. Nguyen Thi Le, Deputy Secretary of the city Party Committee, Chairwoman of the city People’s Council and President of the Committee.

An online contest named "Workers, civil servants, employees, with national festival" was launched by the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Confederation on March 29.

A campaign was launched on March 28 to encourage “All people exercise to follow great Uncle Ho’s example" in the 2021-2030 period and respond to Olympic Run Day for the entire people's health in 2021 in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh city hit record high at USD6.1 billion in 2020, an increase of 15% compared to the previous year, Deputy Chairman of the city People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said at a conference held on March 18.

The Ho Chi Minh city Department of Tourism has said it will research and digitalize tourist destinations in the city in 2021.

A concert named French operas’ night will take place at Ho Chi Minh City Opera House at 20:00 on March 28.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has issued and carried out support programs for enterprises and key industrial products such rubber - plastic, foodstuff, and mechanical – automation in order to develop enterprises and key industrial products of the southern hub in the 2021 – 2025 period.

Ho Chi Minh City considers artificial intelligence (AI) a key technology serving its digital transformation and building a smart urban center. Accordingly, the city has been developing mechanisms and policies for increasing research, development and application of AI, making it a spearhead economic sector by 2030.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health will work with the providing agency of COVID-19 vaccines, and inspect and assess equipment and facilities for the preservation of vaccines to prepare the first phase of injection, the City Department of Health said on March 3.

Ho Chi Minh City’s economy saw positive growth, contributing VND2.9 trillion each day to the State budget. The city is neither neglecting nor over-reacting regarding COVID-19 prevention efforts.

In February, Ho Chi Minh City created jobs for 27,412 labourers, the City General Statistics Office said on March 1.

Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on March 1 had a working session with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the plan and goals for socio-economic development in 2021.

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has just approved the plan to apply IT in state management, digital government development, and cyber security maintenance for the period from 2021-2025.

The French Institute in Ho Chi Minh City will host a series of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on March 8.

In 2021, the Ho Chi Minh city Industry and Trade sector strives to achieve the specific and basic targets, including 5% growth in industrial production, with its four key industries (food processing, pharmaceutical chemicals-rubber-plastic, mechanical engineering, and electronics) growing by at least 6.7%.