HCM City has launched the 3rd International Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Festival as part of its activities to promote tourism.

HCM City residents' fear of the coronavirus has led to a relatively empty HCM City, a normally vibrant city with many interesting entertainment activities.

District authorities in HCM City will speed up site clearance compensation and resettlement for households affected by construction of the city's Metro Line No 2 project by June.

HCM City is taking steps to improve road and water drainage infrastructure to mitigate its traffic and flooding problems.

Le Quoc Tuan, who reportedly killed five people and injured three others with an AK-47 in suburban Cu Chi District in HCM City, has been killed after being on the run for more than two weeks.

The number of foreign companies and corporations choosing Vietnam for investment and production has increased strongly in recent years but their recruitment of staff has faced problems, according to labour departments and centres.

Localities across the country are proactively implementing measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The HCMC government has proposed the prime minister allow it to change the use purpose of 384 hectares of agricultural land in its outlying district of Hoc Mon into urban land to reduce pressure on the inner-city areas.

HCMC Vice Chairman Vo Van Hoan has asked the relevant departments and agencies to draw up plans to build elevated roads in the city.

Art enthusiasts will have a chance to contrast the work of two female artists in HCM City this week to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Lecturers and students at many universities in HCM City and elsewhere are making hand sanitisers and giving them for free to staff and students amid the public health emergency caused by the new strain of coronavirus.

HCM City on Tuesday launched a trial model of an operation centre each for smart health and education as part of its project to turn into a smart city.

Flood tides have been forecasted to reach peaks of 1.6 metres on Saigon and Dong Nai rivers on February 12 and would flood many areas in HCM City.

Schools in HCM City will reopen from February 17 after two weeks of closing to prevent the spreading of Coronavirus, said the deputy director of HCM City Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Hieu.

HCM City authorities have approved a programme to check exhaust emissions from motorcycles that use public roads in the city.

HCM City saw a year-on-year reduction of 28 traffic road accidents, 30 deaths and six injuries during the peak traffic period from December 15 to January 30, according to the city’s Road and Railway Traffic Police Unit (PC08).

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, celebrated by the Hoa ethnic group in Cho Lon (Big Market) in HCM City’s District 5, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

A British man has been taken into custody for allegedly robbing a convenience store on Bui Vien pedestrian street in HCM City, city police have announced. 

More than 2,100 people have quarantined themselves due to fears of Coronavirus infections in HCM City.

HCM City authorities have identified urban infrastructure development as the key factor in meeting the city’s economic targets in 2020-25.