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Ho Chi Minh City’s Contest on Youth Innovative Ideas 2018 has been launched and opened to entries from March 6 to September 10.

Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) talked with Vietnamese enterprises on how to protect their intellectual property rights overseas at a seminar in HCM City on March 5.

Room rental rates in HCM City have significantly increased after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, causing inconveniences for university students and labourers.

HCM City's Department of Finance plans to submit a proposal to to the People’s Council to increase salaries for Government workers.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to increase the parking fees for automobiles that park on roadsides and sidewalks in District 1, 3, 5, 10 and 11 to 20,000-40,000 VND (0.9-1.8 USD) per hour.

Over 3,000 people of different ages in traditional long dress (ao dai) joined a mass performance in Nguyen Hue pedestrian street on March 4, a highlight of the fifth Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival.

Japanese businesses commit to using advanced technologies to develop urban infrastructure in Ho Chi Minh City, said President of the Japan Conference on Overseas Development of Eco-Cities (J-CODE).

An Ao Dai festival, the fifth of its kind, will take place in multiple locations across Ho Chi Minh City from March 3 to 25.

The Ho Chi Minh Television Cycling Tournament this year will include 30 stages with a total length of 3,267km, the event’s organising board has announced.

The Vietnam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair (VIFA – EXPO 2018) will n take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 7 to 10, said the city’s Handicraft and Wood Industry Association (HAWA) on February 28.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan highly valued cooperation between Vietnam and Germany, including educational collaboration, while receiving Professor, Honorary Doctor Horst Hippler, who is President of the German Rectors’ Conference, on February 28.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Hue Flower Street welcomed more than a million visitors during the seven-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Site clearance has hindered several key infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City, which is home to 437,000 people from 51 ethnic groups, has been carrying out a number of the Party and State’s ethnic affair policies to take good care of ethnic minority people as well as promote their cultural diversity.