Ho Chi Minh City plans to break ground on nine major transport projects around Vietnam's National Day, including Thu Thiem 4 Bridge and key gateway highway expansions.

More than 780 streets in Ho Chi Minh City now have duplicate names or numbering after administrative reorganization, prompting authorities to develop a long-term solution.

HCM City is leveraging its expanded administrative boundaries to roll out integrated tourism products that blend diverse experiences with promotional campaigns.

Search teams have recovered the remains of 150 fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City since the excavation began on June 23, according to the Ho Chi Minh City High Command.

Ho Chi Minh City has established a venture capital fund to strengthen its innovation ecosystem and support the emergence of homegrown technology unicorns, city leaders announced.

Two Graphic Design students have taken their graduation project beyond the classroom, with HCM City considering it for its electric bus communications.

As a leading centre for science, technology, and innovation, Ho Chi Minh City is taking proactive steps to build capacity for the quantum computing era, with a strong focus on developing talents to seize arising technological opportunities.

For hundreds of students in Ho Chi Minh City, history moved beyond the textbook as veterans shared wartime memories alongside artifacts preserved for generations.

Beyond museum walls, technology is also reshaping how the public experiences the city's heritage.

In contrast to the market in Hanoi, gold dealers in Ho Chi Minh City saw a sharp increase in customer traffic on July 23. Most customers came to sell gold bars, gold rings and diamonds despite a steep decline in gold prices.

Ho Chi Minh City police have charged and detained six Philippine nationals accused of staging rigged card games to defraud foreign tourists.

More than 38.8 million visitors traveled to Ho Chi Minh City in the first seven months of 2026, pushing tourism revenue to 72% of its full-year target.

A total of 93 international students are joining young Vietnamese volunteers in the 33rd Green Summer Volunteer Campaign in Ho Chi Minh City in 2026, contributing to community projects while fostering friendship and cultural exchanges.

Ho Chi Minh City is expanding its cultural industry through closer integration of the arts and tourism, while a new concert project aims to bring Vietnamese pop music to North America in late 2026.

Thousands of Vietnamese football fans gathered at Saigon Riverside Park on July 20 for a 24-hour Coca-Cola festival culminating in a live screening of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ Final.

Every bone and tooth recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park undergoes a meticulous DNA sampling process, offering renewed hope of identifying Vietnamese soldiers who have remained unknown for nearly six decades.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to introduce a free textbook loan programme for all students in general education, continuing education and literacy programmes from the 2026-2027 academic year.

The two sides will study and localise key technologies covering signalling, communications, power supply, electromechanical systems (E&M), SCADA, operations control centres (OCC), automatic fare collection (AFC) and platform screen doors (PSD).

Success is measured not solely by annual GRDP, but by how much more value each unit of capital, each hectare of land, and each hour of labor generates.

Nearly 14 million Ho Chi Minh City residents are to receive health screenings under a citywide campaign involving every level of the healthcare system.