The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said on January 24 that it has detected the appearance of the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that is currently spreading rapidly around the globe.

The municipal People’s Committee has approved an education development strategy from now until 2030, with a vision to 2045, aiming to ensure harmony between development and quality of education.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 reached over 9.46 billion USD, marking a year-on-year increase of 43.3% and a record high in the last ten years.

HCM City authorities are planning to submit to the Politburo a plan on developing Vietnam’s first international financial center in the city, according to HCM City Mayor Phan Van Mai.

Along with completing its transport infrastructure system, Ho Chi Minh City is building a smart traffic management and operation system using high technologies to deal with traffic congestion and reduce accidents.

The S20 Songkran Vietnam Music Festival - S2O Vietnam, an outdoor music event will be held for the first time at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in HCMC’s District 7 on May 11- 12.

A collection of antiques dating back from the 15th to 20th centuries is being showcased at the Museum of HCM City as part of the city’s celebration of Tết (Lunar New Year).

HCM City has halted its plan to collect fees on sidewalk and roadside usage due to regulatory hindrances.

The floating flower fair, one of the HCM City’s most-visited attractions in Tet (Lunar New Year), will open at the Binh Dong Wharf in District 8 from January 25 to February 9 (or December 15-30 of lunar calendar).

Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, will tighten the management of foreign workers in the city to close loopholes in the field.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) will help Ho Chi Minh City to establish a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR).

A series of activities to promote reading culture will be offered at the annual HCM City Tết (Lunar New Year) Book Fair, which will take place from February 7-14 (or December 27 to January 5 on the lunar calendar) in District 1.

A biography of late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet compiled by author Hoang Lai Giang was named the best literary work of 2023 by the HCM City Writers' Association.

The HCM City health sector has proposed a ban on the sale of drugs through social media platforms or livestreams in an effort to tackle the sale of counterfeit or substandard medicine, as well as medicine without documented origin.

A Tet (Lunar New Year) festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from January 18-21 with a range of special activities honouring Vietnamese culture and food.

The management board of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza) has set a target to attract 550 million USD in investment capital this year, averaging 8.5 million USD per ha.

A commercial centre in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City has been adorned with colourful Tet decorations as residents get into the festive spirit and prepare to welcome in the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

Around 51 troupes from 15 cities and provinces in Việt Nam will compete in the Chợ Lớn – HTV Unicorn – Lion – Dragon Dance Festival in HCM City on January 12, 13 and 14.

Doctors from Tu Du Hospital and Children’s Hospital 1 in HCM City successfully performed a foetal cardiac surgery on January 4, the first ever not just in Vietnam but in Southeast Asia.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to hold a conference calling for greater investment into green growth development towards meeting its sustainable development goals and accelerating economic restructuring in association with innovating green growth models.