Ho Chi Minh City

FDI capital in Ho Chi Minh city, including new investment and through capital contributions and share purchases, reached more than USD1 billion in the first two months of 2019, according to the Department of Planning and Investment.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade and the Regulatory Delivery International Directorate under the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on support for building a market specialised in pork trading in the city on March 7th.

A get-together to celebrate the 141st anniversary of the National Liberation Day of Bulgaria (March 3rd, 1878-2019) was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organization (HUFO) in the city on March 1st.

At a meeting to review administrative reform work over the past year, on February 19th, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Ho Chi Minh city People's Committee Vo Si said that the city has implemented many effective solutions.

Travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City have organised a great number of spring tours for tens of thousands of visitors on the occasion of the beginning of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019.

The Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh city recently organized a meeting to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Pig 2019 with the participation of 800 overseas Vietnamese from 26 countries and territories.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee organized a get-together for foreign representative agencies on January 25th, on the occasion of lunar New Year (Tet).

The sixth Vietnam-Japan Festival in Ho Chi Minh city features more than 140 pavilions of businesses from Vietnam and Japan, helping visitors explore cultural traits of the two nations.

The 11th Spring Voluntary Campaign 2019 will be organized by the Vietnam Student’s Association in Ho Chi Minh city in January, 2019.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has confirmed the reinforced and increased relationship between Vietnam and Denmark in all areas.

In 2019, Ho Chi Minh city will provide over 320,000 jobs for laborers. Notably, 80% of the jobs require trained laborers, said Tran Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the city's Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (FALMI).

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has confirmed that his authority will help the new Oriental Republic of Uruguay Ambassador to Vietnam Rosario Portell realize the task of promoting cooperation in investment and trade between her country and Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh city.

During his reception for Deputy Mayor of Germany’s Leipzig city Torsten Bonew on December 6th, Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan discussed measures to promote cooperation between the two cities, including in education, healthcare, technology and transport.

Diverse cultural activities are taking place during the Vietnam - France Festival at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in Ho Chi Minh city from December 5th to 10th.

On December 2nd, the 45th Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program (SSEAYP) docked at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh city to promote friendship among the youth of participating countries, broaden their perspectives of the world and strengthen their spirit and skills for international cooperation.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to enhance delegation exchanges and step up cooperative relations with China’s Hunan province, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has said.

The program on experiencing French culture and foods will take place in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City from December 1st and 2nd.

The Ho Chi Minh city Department of Tourism has introduced 8 tours to stimulate the travel demand with a sharp discount up to 50% in celebration of the city’s 320th founding anniversary this year.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has expressed his hope to increase economic and culture cooperation with Japan’s Chiba prefecture, while exchanging experience in urban planning and management, development of urban innovation, and labour cooperation.

The first Chamber Music Concert by famous Spanish pianist Hilario Segovia will take place at the Ho Chi Minh city Conservatory of Music on November 30th.

The Vietnam - Netherlands friendship concert will take place at the Ho Chi Minh city Opera House on November 18th to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam - Netherlands diplomatic ties.

About 300 documents, photos, maps and designs on French architecture in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are on display at an exhibition at Nguyen Hue pedestrianstreet, district 1, from December 4th to November 24th.

The 4th Vietnam – Japan Culture and Trade Exchange Programme was opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 2nd jointly by the municipal People’s Committee, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), and the Japanese General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.

A dialogue between the leaders of Ho Chi Minh city and representatives of the elderly from districts was organized by the city Department of Labor, War-Invalids and Social Affairs, at the Vocational Training and Job Creation Sponsoring Centre on October 31st.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has just agreed to organize a ceremony to mark 320 years since the establishment of Sai Gon-Ho Chi Minh city (1698-2018) with the theme "Sai Gon – Cho Lon – Gia Dinh – Ho Chi Minh city – 320 years of aspiration of rising up”.

An exchange with writer David Foenkinos from France will take place at 18h30 on November 14th at IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city.

A meeting to disseminate the Law on Vietnamese Nationality 2008, which was amended and supplemented in 2014, and documents guiding the law on nationality for overseas Vietnamese; administrative procedures on nationality for Vietnamese people settling abroad, was organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25th.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has issued decisions recognizing groups of key industrial and agricultural products in the 2018 - 2020 period.

The 2018 Ho Chi Minh city Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week (WHISE), is being held from October 15th-19th, with the aim of promoting innovation and startups in the city.

Ho Chi Minh city and Cuba have a lot of opportunities for cooperating in bio-products to serve agricultural production, farm products processing, and trade for agricultural products.