Ho Chi Minh City

Ms. Tran Kim Yen, member of the Standing Board of the HCMC Party Committee and Chairwoman of the HCMC’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee led a delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on April 11 congratulated the Consulates General of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand in HCMC on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Cambodia, the Songkran New Year of Thailand and the Bunpimay Festival of Laos.

New tourist destinations, tourism products and services as well as promotion programmes of Ho Chi Minh City have been introduced at the 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival which concluded on April 9.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai affirmed that the cooperative relationship between Ho Chi Minh City with Savannakhet province and other localities of Laos is always the highest priority in the relationship between Ho Chi Minh City and international localities.

The restoration project includes the Uncle Ho commemoration stele, the building of a new bas-relief behind the Uncle Ho commemoration stele; the building of house displays, working areas and common toilets; the campus and the lighting system.

On April 8, a conference on promoting tourism destinations in eight Northeast provinces was held within the framework of the 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair.

Ho Chi Minh City has taken the lead in the voluntary blood donation movement for many years, accounting for one-fifth of the donated blood nationwide.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai paid a courtesy visit to Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, and had talks with Mayor of Vientiane Atsaphangthong Siphandone on April 8 as part of his ongoing working visit to Laos.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai committed to working closely with the Hungarian Consulate General in the city and implementing cooperation towards the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

On April 3, the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Culture and Sports of the People's Committee of District 8 in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to launch the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space, with the theme "Uncle Ho with information culture and education".

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on April 1 released 44,000 catfish and 330,000 freshwater aquatic breeds such as giant freshwater shrimp and perch fish into the Saigon River at Bach Dang Wharf.

An exhibition on golf tourism products and services and a conference on promoting and training for golf tourism have been held at the first golf tourism festival in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Golf Tourism Festival opened at Tan Son Nhat Golf Course, on March 29-31.

The bread festival attracted thousands of people and visitors to enjoy on the first day of opening on March 30. The festival is jointly organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association and the City Department of Tourism.

The consumer price index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City increased by 0.04% in March 2023, according to the city Statistics Office.

On March 28, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai had a meeting with Mr. Kum Hang Seung, Deputy Minister of Environment of the Republic of Korea (RoK), on the occasion of his working visit in Ho Chi Minh City.

The 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair, themed “Center of intersection - A lively journey”, will be held at September 23 Park, District 1, the southern metropolis, from April 6-9, said the organizers at a press conference held on March 28.

The Olympic Running Day for the entire people’s health attracted more than 30,000 participants, including leaders of the Party, authorities, mass organizations at all levels, officers and soldiers of the armed forces, students, and elderly.

The International Electronic Training Centre (IETC), the first of its kind meeting international standards in Vietnam, was launched by the Saigon Hi-Tech Park Training Centre and Sun Electronics Group JSC in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25.

Vehicles traveling from Binh Duong to Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City and vice versa will move easier and faster when the two localities “shake hands” to invest in a connection transport project with an estimated cost of more than 5 trillion VND.

More than 200 documentary photos of typical events, cinematic works and artists of Vietnamese revolutionary cinematography over the past 70 years are on display at an exhibition which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23.

Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai led a delegation of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) arrived in Guadalajara city, Jalisco state, Mexico on March 23, beginning a working visit to the north American country.

On March 22, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai received Mr. Shimizu Akira, Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office, who came to say farewell on the occasion of the end of his working term.

An event has been held by Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) to announce information about the 35th HTV Cup national cycling tournament in 2023.

The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden One Member Limited Liability Company in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of Civil Engineering Environment, Yen Thach Hoc Co., Ltd. have organized a program named "Bringing wild orchids back to nature" at the Zoo and Botanical Garden in District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).

The credit package was announced by Mr. Nguyen Duc Lenh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City branch, on March 21.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai has just signed a decision to establish two management boards in the key urban areas of Thu Thiem and the Northwest on the basis of merging centers and reorganizing existing management boards, according to the Portal of the city People’s Committee.

Saigontourist Group aims to welcome nearly 1.7 million tourists in 2023, with revenue of 14 trillion VND, contributing 2.54 trillion VND to the budget, up 15% compared to last year.

Over the past days, many international tourist groups appeared on the roads and central areas of Ho Chi Minh City to visit and shop, creating a bustling and vibrant atmosphere in the southern city.

On March 18-28, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation led by Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai is visiting and working in Argentina.

On March 20, Zhangjiajie city (Hunan, China) and the Consul General of China organized a tourism promotion meeting in Ho Chi Minh City to introduce and promote tourism to local people.