HCM City, Nov. 25 -- Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc on November 25 held separate receptions for Stephan Mergenthaler, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF), and Yang Peng, CEO of the Singapore-based digital payments & fintech group Ant International, on the sidelines of the southern metropolis' ongoing Autumn Economic Forum 2025. During his meeting with Mergenthaler, Duoc said the municipal leadership hopes to receive continued support from WEF in refining the model of its forum, elevating its profile, and contributing more practical initiatives to the international community, particularly to the young start-up and innovation ecosystem. Within the cooperation framework between the souther...