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A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Uniqlo, a global apparel retailer from Japan, opened its first store in Vietnam on Dong Khoi, a high-end shopping street in HCMC’s District 1 on December 6, with hundreds of fashion lovers turning out to mark the launch of the store.

A cold spell currently covering the whole country looks set to last for one week, causing plenty of challenges in the daily lives of local people, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

During the Black Friday 2019 shopping season, Hanoi remained muted while Ho Chi Minh City shoppers were out in numbers.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Hue flower street is set to open up to both local residents and tourists between January 22 and January 28, 2020, according to the occasion’s organisers.

Featuring an array of renowned areas that are famous for serving delicious cuisine, Vinh Khanh and Ha Ton Quyen are among the food streets that cannot be missed when paying a visit to Ho Chi Minh City.

Located in Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Hue flower street is set to be decorated with colourful mice for the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival to celebrate the Year of the Mouse.

Digitalisation is promising to become an optimal tool for construction sites that is observed and managed by digital technologies in order to increase systemisation and efficiency.

More than 7,000 people with disabilities from Ho Chi Minh City and 16 southern cities and provinces will join the 20th camp festival in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30.

A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 night to see off southern members of the Vietnamese sporting delegation to the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines.

The police of HCMC on November 21 revealed that they started legal proceedings against and arrested Pham Chi Dung for making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The ‘Cap Sac’ ritual is an indispensable proceeding in the life of every Dao male as it helps him earn the recognition of being mature enough to join in the community’s major activities.

Despite a small supply of new projects at rather high prices, both investors and experts are optimistic about the prospects of this market – with good reason.

Ho Chi Minh City is named among top three markets for real estate investors in Asia-Pacific, according to a survey unveiled in Singapore on November 12.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on November 11 handed down imprisonment sentences ranging from three to 12 years to members of the “Viet Tan” terrorist organisation.

Located in District 3 of Ho Chi Minh City, the brightly coloured Tan Dinh Church has become a popular tourist attraction for both local and foreign visitors due to its unique pink shade coupled with Roman style architecture.

Suspended ventures due to lack of ­administrative procedures are instigating a severe shortage of supply and sharp increase of prices of the property market in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as in outskirt areas.