The SASR-CoV-2 virus strain found in patients who are employees at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat airport appear for the first time in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

On the threshold of Lunar New Year 2021, artists in HCM City reviewed their operation in 2020 and voice their hope for a new year 2021 with full of peace and further thrives so that they can bring their artworks closer the public.

People in HCMC now can buy beautiful but low-cost flowers at markets around town for decoration at upcoming Tet (Vietnamese traditional New Year festival – from February 12 to 14, 2021 this year).

A calligraphy festival is underway at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar and preserve the country’s traditional culture.

Facing the complicated situation of the Covid -19 epidemic, HCM City Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong has ordered temporary closure of establishments providing non-essential services in the city as from 12am on February 9 until further notice.

A flower road of 700m long has been set up in Phu My Hung urban area in District 7, HCM City to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

At 6am on February 8, the Ministry of Health announced four new locally-transmitted cases of Covid-19 who are staff at Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City, bringing the total number of patients in the country to 2,005.

Thousands of books are set to go on show at the annual book street festival which will take place in downtown Ho Chi Minh City from February 9 to February 15 in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Two major bus stations in HCM City have started attracting crowds with less than two weeks to go for Tet.

A new museum showcasing items and documents about the Ho Chi Minh Campaign in April 1975 has opened in HCM City.

The HCM City Theatre Association on Friday granted awards to critically and publicly acclaimed theatrical works created in 2020 at an awards ceremony held in HCM City.

According to Director of HCM City Health Department Nguyen Tan Binh, the city has had a COVID-19 case, a man coming from the northern province of Hai Duong.

Ho Chi Minh City launched its annual calligraphy street on January 28, with plenty of families and young people participating in the event ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.

HCM City needs VND553 billion (US$23.9 million) to invest in the motorbike emission control programme in the city by 2030. Of that, the city plans to check exhaust emissions for impoverished households free of charge between 2023-2025.

The annual HCM City Tet Book Fair will be held from February 9-15 during the Lunar New Year festival in downtown HCM City.

By 2025, digital transformation will contribute 25% of HCM City's gross regional domestic product (GRDP), said Chairman of HCM City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.

The HCM City Power Corporation is set to place 500km of medium-voltage cables and 800km of low-voltage cables underground in the next five years.

The HCM City People's Committee has recently asked four international schools to suspend their foreign syllabus from the 2021-2022 school year following Decree 86/2018/NĐ-CP.

The streets of Ho Chi Minh City have turned red with national flags, flowers, and various banners hung everywhere to celebrate the upcoming 13th National Party Congress, the country’s most important political event.

During heavy rains and high tides, a 74-year-old man in HCM City often picks up trash and clears sewer pipes. One day, when trying to collect garbage, he was swept away by water and almost lost his life.