Emotions ran high at Le Thi Rieng Park as former soldiers remembered comrades whose remains have yet to be recovered.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has ordered Ho Chi Minh City to resolve all remaining obstacles and ensure the completion of its VND10 trillion (USD 385 million) flood control project within this year.

HCMC is projected to possibly break into the world's top 5 in port throughput by 2030.

Vice Chair of the HCMC People's Committee Nguyen Manh Cuong says the city plans to present a Draft Law on Special City to the National Assembly at its upcoming session for enactment.

More than 500 cats were found alive or recovered during a police investigation into an organized group accused of stealing, collecting and transporting pets for sale across southern Vietnam.

HCM City's Department of Culture and Sports, together with the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund and TikTok Vietnam, met on June 9 to discuss a multi-platform campaign spreading the city’s culture, heritage, and urban cuisine.

Ho Chi Minh City has continued to attract strong foreign capital inflows in the first months of 2026, with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) emerging as a key investment channel and showing the city's appeal to international investors.

Authorities are preparing to excavate areas inside Le Thi Rieng Park following evidence suggesting the existence of mass graves containing hundreds of fallen soldiers.

A former US serviceman, a 12-year-old boy at the time and longtime local residents have shared powerful memories that may help identify mass graves dating back to the 1968 Tet Offensive.

A combination of aerial imagery, military records and eyewitness accounts has helped researchers locate suspected wartime burial trenches beneath a Ho Chi Minh City park.

The HCMC Military Command announced the establishment of a specialised force tasked with searching for the remains of fallen soldiers as part of the national “500-day campaign” on martyrs’ remains search, repatriation and identification.

HCMC has processed or set resolutions for 838 backlogged projects, unblocking more than VND206,000 billion. The city has said that enterprises cannot be forced to endure shortcomings caused by State agencies during project execution.

Ho Chi Minh City is racing to complete approvals for Metro Line 6, aiming to break ground on the airport-linked project before the end of 2026.

A sharp increase in dengue cases, including four deaths, has placed Ho Chi Minh City on heightened alert as experts warn of worsening transmission risks.

When the sun goes down, Ho Chi Minh City comes alive with glowing streets, crowded eateries and the restless energy that once earned it the name “the city that never sleeps”.

The latest wave is heavily concentrated in data centres, AI, semiconductors and R&D - the core pillars of the digital economy, said Nguyen Ky Phung, head of the Saigon Hi-Tech Park management board.

Candidates sitting Ho Chi Minh City's specialized physics entrance exam were granted an extra 15 minutes after a mistake was discovered in one of the test formulas.

Ho Chi Minh City is pioneering efforts to expand access to quality healthcare by deploying doctors and extending hospital services to remote and island areas, as part of its push toward universal health coverage.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested two men accused of operating a large-scale network that allegedly produced and distributed banned traditional medicines nationwide under the Bao Thanh Duong brand.