Ho Chi Minh City

Performances, seminars and competitions will be held at International martial arts festival to take place in HCM City which will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on December 20.

The HCMC People's Committee organized a conference to review the implementation of sub-projects under a project on training international-standard human resources and the shared university initiative in the city on December 12.

The New Generation concert in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30 features conductor Wojciech Czepiel from Poland, who will lead the Conservatory's youth orchestra, alongside two talented young artists comprising Violinist Pham Dinh Minh and Clarinetist Hoang Ngoc Anh Quan.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just reported the results of the 5-year implementation of the project on developing Ho Chi Minh City’s cultural industry for the 2020-2035 period.

Cultural industries can boost international standing through soft power. To ensure sustainable growth and economic efficiency, strategic investment in key areas is crucial in Ho Chi Minh City.

The report on the construction of the railway route from the southern economic hub to the Mekong Delta hub of Can Tho is expected to be completed and submitted to the relevant authorities for approval in 2025.

A seminar celebrating the 300th birthday of Great Physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac (1724–2024) took place at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, on December 9.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications has coordinated with relevant units attracted 24 publishing houses and organizations to organize a book street.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee has just issued a Plan to organize cultural and artistic activities to welcome the New Year 2025.

The organization board of the “Ho Do" International Music Festival 2024 cooperated with the HCMC Association for the Protection of Nature and Environment (HANE) to launch the "One Million Green Trees for the Homeland Sea and Islands and a Green Vietnam” campaign.

Aiming to continue attracting tourists to HCM City, in 2025, the city aims to welcome about 8.5 million international visitors; about 45 million domestic visitors; and total tourism revenue is estimated at 260 trillion VND.

Many businesses in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) have cooperated, offering "shocking" promotions at the end of the year because this is an important and potential time for business activities and a period when consumer demand increases dramatically, an opportunity for businesses to cooperate, share resources and create breakthrough values.

Various activities to care for residents will be held by Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) during the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) with the total funds of VND1 trillion.

The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien) in Ho Chi Minh City will start trial runs from December 9-21 before officially beginning commercial operation with 200 trips a day.

A program to honor craft Villages and regional specialties in 2024 was held at Le Loi Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, on December 12.

A week on business matching and introducing food products opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11.

An international competition for talented pastry chefs (Vietnam International Bakery Show 2024) opens in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, on December 11.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Customs Department has promoted implementation of digitalization in management and support for customs brokers and promptly instructing procedures for enterprises to create favourable conditions for trade, according to the Hai Quan Online.

The HCM City People’s Council has approved a Resolution on the state budget revenue estimate; city budget revenue and expenditure in 2025.

(CPV) - With the current advantages of Nha Rong Wharf, Ho Chi Minh Museum, the relic of house at Chau Van Liem and thousands of Ho Chi Minh cultural spaces that have been built by localities in recent times, Ho Chi Minh City is considering and forming a tourism program about Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space.

The Saigon Entrepreneur Magazine, Saigon Entrepreneurs Club and the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV) jointly organized a seminar on business connections between domestic and US-based Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh City streets appear more dazzling than ever, adorned with magnificent decorations and vibrant colors as Christmas approaches.

(CPV) - The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has recently issued a plan for implementing the "Strategy for the Development of Ho Chi Minh City's Cultural Sector for 2020–2035" in 2025.

Many precious images and artifacts originating from the Vietnam People's Army are on display at an exhibition which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 10 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024).

In addition to the great achievements in socio-economic development and the cause of innovation, the great national unity bloc in Ho Chi Minh City has been constantly strengthened and consolidated; patriotism, national pride and self-esteem continue to be promoted; and the cultural, material and spiritual life of the people has gradually improved.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade on December 10 launched a mobile sales program for market stabilization with the theme of “Connecting consumers - Spreading love”.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has the largest population in the country and it is facing the fastest population aging rate in Vietnam.

On December 9, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a conference to engage in discussions with Japanese businesses operating in the city.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh City is preparing various activities for the 2025 Lunar New Year with an estimated total budget of approximately VND975 billion. The city plans to host gatherings for revolutionary veterans, intellectuals and scholars; visit and present gifts to families of war veterans, policy beneficiaries and social welfare recipients; and ensure holiday care for workers and laborers.

The People’s Committee of District 7 hosted Vietnam-Korea Cultural, Art Exchange Festival 2024 from December 7, 2024 to January 7, 2025.