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The southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City is becoming an attractive destination for many countries worldwide in term of investment, trade, tourism and cultural exchange.

Visitors to the 12 th Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC) will have a chance to get up to 2,100 zero-fare tickets for all Vietjet’s domestic flights to and from HCM City.

Vietnamese and French enterprises gathered at a business forum in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7 to seek measures to boost their partnerships, contributing to the sustainable development in Vietnam.

There is huge potential for Vietnamese and Japanese firms to cooperate in many areas, including use of information and communication technologies in agriculture and food processing.

A delegation of business executives representing nine companies based in Turkey’s Antalya city on September 7 met with their counterparts in HCM City to exchange information.

The sixth edition of the international dance festival “Europe meets Asia in contemporary dance” will take place in Hanoi and HCM City from September 24-27.

Online books will be the highlight of the Autumn Book Fair scheduled to take place at Thong Nhat Park from September 9-13.

Remittances to the country’s business hub, Ho Chi Minh City, in August increased 14 percent from July, mainly from the US and Europe, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s HCM City branch.

A fall in tea export value is putting pressure on the tea industry to enhance product quality to raise the value and price of tea products.

A plan to build a flyover connecting Tan Son Nhat Airport with Nguyen Van Troi and Hoang Van Thu streets has been submitted to the HCM City Department of Transport by an infrastructure joint venture.

Ho Chi Minh City and Japan’s Osaka city have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in low-carbon city development.

A new project was launched on September 5 to control HIV among young drug users in Vietnam with funding from Expertise France, a French agency for international technical expertise.

A survey of the private-equity sector in July by consulting firm Grant Thornton found that 72 percent of respondents anticipated higher level of investment activities in Vietnam in the next 12 months

Many Japanese companies are exploring investment opportunities in the Vietnamese food market, which is expected to grow at around 5 percent this year.

Tran Quyet Chien finished in second place at the Guri Carom Billiards 3-Cushion World Cup in the Republic of Korea, which ended on September 4.

All 21 polluting factories in Dong Hung Thuan Ward in HCM City’s District 12 will be relocated or switch to other businesses before the end of the year.

The “EU Scholarships Info Days” will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on the first weekend of October, offering a chance for students to pursue higher education abroad.

A museum specialising in traditional medicine was opened recently in the southern province of Binh Duong, 30km from Ho Chi Minh City.

Besides the pursuit of knowledge, Tran Anh Linh, 17, a high school student in the US, also learns in order to get involved in social work.

The low-cost carrier Vietjet on September 5 announced 150,000 promotional tickets priced only from 0 USD under “ 12pm, It’s time to Vietjet ” campaign to mark its three new routes.