Municipal and project bonds issued through Vietnam’s international financial centre in Ho Chi Minh City could provide a new source of medium- and long-term funding for infrastructure, easing reliance on the state budget and bank credit.

A 78-year-old woman who collects recyclables in Ho Chi Minh City discovered 15 gold rings, two necklaces and other jewelry among items she had brought home - and immediately contacted police to help find their owner.

The Mayors' Conference, part of the third Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue 2026 (FD 2026), kicked off in the southern metropolis on September 11, highlighting local diplomacy as an important driver of innovation and sustainable growth.

HCMC's core objective is to transform public habits from simply "disposing of waste in designated places" to "sorting waste according to regulations."

Foreign semiconductor and technology companies often want to sign memoranda of understanding with Ho Chi Minh City before investing, but Vietnam’s current law does not recognize foreign-invested enterprises as eligible foreign signatories.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have warned celebrities and online influencers to take greater responsibility for the products they promote, saying false claims or exaggerated benefits in online advertising will face strict penalties.

Vietnam’s largest city is drawing up a 100-year development vision built around major transport links, new economic engines and stronger defenses against climate risks.

Once glowing with the work of around 100 lantern-making families every Mid-Autumn Festival, Phu Binh lantern neighborhood in Hoa Binh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, is now home to just two households still keeping the craft alive.

Thong Nhat Hospital, a major public hospital in HCM City, said on September 8 that it successfully performed its first ever living-donor liver transplantation with support from Military Central Hospital 108 in Hanoi.

HCMC has ordered agencies and local authorities to review benefits granted to public-sector employees during administrative restructuring after the State Audit identified multiple cases that failed to comply with regulations.

HCMC has proposed two new ring roads extending across several provinces, a major infrastructure initiative intended to create additional layers of connectivity beyond Ring Road 4.

With the new school year already underway, parents in HCM City are taking time off work and enduring long lines in the heat to find missing textbooks for their children.

HCM City plans to establish three media accounts in every commune, ward and special zone, focusing on government-resident engagement, culture and society, and the economy, with the accounts to be operated by local content creators.

Thick black smoke swept through a Ho Chi Minh City hotel before dawn on Sept. 7, trapping dozens inside before firefighters and residents rescued 26 people. Two guests died.

HCM City posted encouraging economic growth in the first eight months of 2026, but businesses remain under pressure as the number of firms leaving the market rises sharply.

A HCMC farmer has successfully grown the luxury mango known as the “Egg of the Sun,” selling his first locally grown fruits for $11–23 each.

Ho Chi Minh City is pushing for double-digit growth, targeting GRDP expansion of at least 10% in 2026. The city aims for growth of 11.07% in Q3 and 12.3% in Q4.

Around 500 delegates, including nearly 40 delegations from international localities and partners of Ho Chi Minh City, will attend the 3rd Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue (FD 2026) next week.

In flowing ao dai, schoolgirls in Ho Chi Minh City captured the joy and excitement of the first day of the 2026-2027 academic year.

Passengers began arriving at Saigon Station as early as 3am as Vietnam’s railway sector opened sales of 300,000 tickets for the 2027 Tet holiday.