HCM City, Dec. 2 -- Ho Chi Minh City is intensifying administrative reform as foreign investors show rising interest in opportunities across the southern economic hub. In recent months, municipal leaders have held a series of working sessions with major international corporations seeking to expand or launch new projects.

Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong recently met representatives of France-based HDF Energy, which set up its Vietnam office in 2022.

According to the firm's Vietnam Director Tran Khanh Viet Dung, HDF is preparing an investment portfolio worth around 500 million USD, covering renewable energy projects, a green hydrogen river bus service on the Saigon river, cooperation on a green port in Can...