The program dubbed HCMC – One Hundred Excitements is organized by the city government and its tourism department with an aim to develop tourism products in the city and promote the city’s image to tourists. The selection committee picked the best brands via a poll among tourists.

Almost all winners in the catalogues of boutique services, shopping places, coffee shops and restaurants for foreigners are located districts 1 and 3 while almost all Vietnamese must-state are favorite dishes of Southern people.

In the catalog of prominent cultural, sports and tourism events, the yearly International Travel Expo or ITE has been surprisingly selected as one of the ten best brands for international visitors because the event is staged for local and foreign tourism entrepreneurs to promote their products, services and find partners. The three-day travel expo offers the time for public viewing but almost all visitors are locals.

Along with the program to honor winners, the tourism department is also carrying out activities to promote such brands to tourists especially to international visitors via international travel fairs as well as Vietnamese embassies in foreign countries.

List of winners in the One Hundred Excitements program

10 Vietnamese boutique services hotels

1.       Rex Hotel

2.       Majestic Hotel

3.       Park Hyatt Hotel

4.       Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers

5.       Continental Hotel

6.       Legend Hotel Saigon

7.       Grand Hotel

8.       Duxton Hotel Saigon

9.       Bong Sen Hotel Saigon

10.   Hotel Equatorial Saigon

10 Authentic and attractive food with Vietnamese flavor

1.       Ngon Restaurant

2.       Mandarin Restaurant

3.       Vietnam House Restaurant

4.       Maxim’s An Nam Restaurant

5.       Pho 24

6.       Ngoc Suong Restaurant

7.       Song Ngu Restaurant

8.       Com Nieu Restaurant

9.       Saigon Boat Restaurant

10.   Wrap & Roll Restaurant

10 Most distinctive souvenirs of Vietnam

1.       Aodai (Vietnamese traditional dress)

2.       Lacquerware

3.       Conical hat

4.       Embroidery

5.       Mango

6.       Dragon fruits

7.       Mangosteen

8.       Coffee

9.       Cashew nut

10.   Tea

10 Best tourist shopping places

1.       Ben Thanh Market

2.       Saigon Tax Trade Center

3.       Miss Aodai

4.       Parkson Saigon

5.       Diamond Plaza

6.       Dong Khoi Street

7.       Khai Silk Shop

8.       Saigon Square

9.       Saigon Co.opMart

10.   Laquerware Tay Son

10 Vietnamese must-taste

1.       Vietnamese Pho noodle

2.       Vietnamese spring rolls

3.       Vietnamese pancake

4.       Steamed rice crepe

5.       Vietnamese fresh spring rolls

6.       Sweet & sour soup

7.       Broken rice

8.       Vietnamese bargette

9.       Braised fish in clay pot

10.   Lotus root salad with shrimp & pork

10 Most unforgettable sites

1.       Ben Thanh Market

2.       Notre Dame Cathedral Saigon – Central Post Office HCMC

3.       War Remnants Museum

4.       Reunification Place

5.       Cu Chi Tunnels

6.       Museum of Vietnamese History in HCMC

7.       Square in front of City Hall

8.       Chinatown

9.       Can Gio Ecology Tourism Park

10.   An Dong Market

10 Stylish coffee shops

1.       Highlands Coffee Shop

2.       Terrace Coffee Shop

3.       Paris Deli Coffee Shop

4.       Central Nguyen Hue Coffee Shop

5.       Window Coffee Shop

6.       Du Mien Coffee Shop

7.       Chot Nho Coffee Shop

8.       Serenata Coffee Shop

9.       Trung Nguyen Coffee Shop

10.   Soho Coffee Shop

10 Prominent cultural, sports & tourism events

1.       Nguyen Hue Flower Street

2.       Lunar New Year celebration Festival

3.       New Yew celebration Festival

4.       Spring flowers Festival

5.       Southern fruit Festival

6.       Hung King Memorial Festival

7.       International Travel Expo – ITE

8.       HCMC tourism Festival

9.       Fine International Cuisines Festival

10.   Nghing Ong Festival

10 Most favorite city tour programs

1.       Notre Dame Cathedral Saigon – Central Post Office HCMC – Opera House - Square in front of HCMC Hall

2.       Saigon river cruise with wedding procession

3.       Vietnamese cuisine cooking show

4.       Cu Chi underground tunnels – rice paper making factory

5.       Cu Chi underground tunnels - the War Remnants Museum – Water puppet- Ben Thanh Market

6.       The War Remnants Museum - Reunification Place- Ben Thanh Market

7.       Thien Hau Pagoda – Binh Tay Market- Ben Thanh Market

8.       Binh Tay Market - Thien Hau Pagoda – museum of Vietnamese traditional medicine

9.       Dinner on cruise restaurant at night

10.   Museum of Vietnamese History in HCMC – Water puppet- Saigon zoological garden

10 Exciting entertainment venues

1.       Nightspot Bar Sheraton

2.       Saigon Saigon Bar

3.       Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theatre of HCMC

4.       Bach Dang Square

5.       Opera House

6.       Pham Ngu Lao Street

7.       Catwalk Club

8.       IDECAF Theatre

9.       Maxim’s Discotheque