The newly operational Metro Line 1 is a key driver for real estate projects, particularly in retail and office spaces. The commercial real estate sector typically lags behind the residential market. As communities grow and stabilise, demand for commercial spaces rises accordingly.
Ho Chi Minh City ranks third in Southeast Asia in terms of startup ecosystem value, with an economic impact of 5.22 billion USD, according to Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report, released at the Saigon Summit recently held in the city.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations and the Bulgarian Embassy in Vietnam on March 1 co-organised a ceremony to mark Bulgaria's National Day (March 3,1878-2024) in the southern metropolis.
Ho Chi Minh City has topped the list of destinations with the highest number of tourists in the year to date, and was followed by Hanoi and Thanh Hoa province.
The People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City have carried out practical activities to provide timely support for needy people affected by COVID-19 as well as frontline forces in the fight against the pandemic.
Despite struggling to cope with a COVID-19 resurgence, Ho Chi Minh City managed to achieve positive economic growth in the first seven months of the year, according to the city Statistics Office.
Ho Chi Minh City has set a target to provide 100 percent of public services online at level 4 by 2030. Level 4 is the highest level of online public services, which allows users to fill and submit forms, and pay fees online.
Within five years from 2014-2018, the Provincial Competitiveness Indexes (PCI) of 5 centrally-run municipalities have always been rated as excellent, high and mid-high.
The Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) has cooperated with other companies to provide more than 30,000 meals a day to people in quarantine areas in Ho Chi Minh City.
Starting from 18:00 on March 18 to the end of March, all entertainment establishments in Ho Chi Minh City were ordered to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
A teenage girl from the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh who has been living in Ho Chi Minh City for less than one year has won a design contest with a drawing of special cyclo.
With millions of visitors, including 5 million foreigners, visiting Ho Chi Minh City every year, tourism has become one of the city’s key economic sectors.
