Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have both been included in a list of the safest cities in Southeast Asia, as compiled by statistics site Numbeo.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities made a proposal to clear bottlenecks for healthy and sustainable development of the real estate market.

Digital transformation is considered key to improving education and training quality, as proven by the effect of HCM City actively applying digital transformation over the past five years.

HCM City will focus on speeding up major transport works this year.

Developing a high-quality surveillance camera system would help improve the management capacity of authorised agencies at all level throughout HCM City, according to the city’s Department of Information and Communications.

The HCM City Department of Justice has proposed the Ministry of Justice pilot the issuance of electronic civil status records instead of a paper version as part of efforts to enhance satisfaction with civil status registration.

Many streets in HCM City - Vietnam's largest city - fell quiet on the first day of the 2023 Lunar New Year.

A government action plan is needed to develop a digital economy in HCM City and make it a Southeast Asian economic hub by 2030, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Minh Khai has said.

Hand-painted signs in the style of the 80s and 90s are still popular with many business customers, especially those who order signs from Mr. Nguyen Hoai Bao.

Fireworks will light up the skies over six locations in Ho Chi Minh City during the upcoming Tet Lunar New Year Festival, Vietnam’s largest national holiday.

Hai Thuong Lan Ong Street in District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City is covered red on the days before the Lunar New Year 2023 (Tet).

On the morning of January 3, serious traffic congestion occurred on roads heading to HCM City’s center.

Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, earned over 5.9 trillion VND (251 million USD) from tourism services during the New Year holiday from December 31 to January 2.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 2 signed off the Politburo’s Resolution No 31-NQ/TW on orientations and tasks for the development of Ho Chi Minh City by 2030, with a vision to 2045.

By 2030, Ho Chi Minh City aims to achieve annual economic growth of 8 - 8.5 percent, with the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) per capita reaching about US$14,500, and the digital economy making up 40 percent of its GRDP.

Twelve outstanding young citizens of HCM City in 2022 have been honoured by the city’s Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union.

Roughly half of the registration facilities in HCMC have stopped working recently, causing long queues of vehicles to rush to complete their periodic safety inspection and registration.

Thu Duc City in HCM City and the Vietnam Publishers Association on Wednesday commenced the building of Thu Duc City Book Street.

Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro route is now on a trial run after 10 years of construction before commercial operation in late 2023.

HCM City plans to earn budget revenue of VND470 trillion in 2023, a great challenge for the city in the current situation.