HCM City to develop cultural tourism
Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities plan to focus on developing cultural tourism from now until 2030, speakers at a recent workshop held by the city's Department of Culture and Sports and the Institute for Development Studies. 
HCM City to host Cho Lon food fair
Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 will organise Cho Lon Kitchen food fair at Van Lang Park in District 5 from January 11-12. 
HCM City – best New Year’s Eve holiday destination for Vietnamese: Agoda
Agoda.com, one of the world’s fastest growing digital travel platforms, on December 17 revealed Ho Chi Minh City is the destination-of-choice for Vietnamese travellers to throw a great New Year’s…
Unmissable food streets of HCM City
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.
HCM City allocates 30 million USD for preservation of historic buildings
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee plans to allocate more than 700 billion VND (30 million USD) for renovation and preservation of cultural heritage sites and buildings in the 2019-2020 period, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.  
Italian cuisine week returns to HCM City
The Italian Cuisine Week (ICW) has returned for the third time to HCM City from November 14 to 29.
Workshop features Hang Trong folk paintings
A workshop featuring Hang Trong folk paintings, a genre of traditional Vietnamese woodblocks by artisans in Ha Noi, will open next week in HCM City.   
HCM City: Can Gio district to host Nghinh Ong festival
The Nghinh Ong (Whale Worship) festival is scheduled to take place in Can Thanh, Can Gio district in Ho Chi Minh City on September 23 -25.  
Oktoberfest Viet Nam 2018 kicks off on October 3
Oktoberfest Viet Nam 2018, the city’s most exciting annual German beer and food festival, returns for its 14th year at Windsor Plaza Hotel in HCM City. Festivities kick off  each night at 6pm and run until midnight on October 3-6 and October 10-13.
Thanh An Island, a hidden beauty
Not a tourist destination famous for beautiful landscapes, Thanh An Island in Can Gio District, 70km from the centre of HCM City, is nevertheless attracting more and more local and foreign visitors thanks to its peacefulness and wildness. There are neither high rises nor cars, and just few motorbikes roll down the lanes in the seashore village.  
HCM City to set off fireworks on National Day
Fireworks will light up the sky of Ho Chi Minh City on September 2 to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of National Day.   
International Travel Expo to take place in HCM City next month
The 14th International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre from September 6-8, offering an excellent opportunity for businesses to introduce their products and services to both domestic and foreign tourists.  
HCM City serves nearly 4.4 million foreign tourists in seventh months
With various tourism products like shopping, cuisine and river cruise tours, Ho Chi Minh City attracted nearly 4.4 million foreign visitors in the first seven months of this year. 
Oktoberfest to take place in HCM City in September
The German Business Association (GBA)’s annual Oktoberfest event will be held from September 19-22 at Hotel Nikko Saigon on 235 Nguyen Van Cu street in HCM City’s District 1.  
HCM City advised to optimise potential of waterway tourism
As much as 16 percent of the natural area of Ho Chi Minh City is made up of rivers and canals, which creates a great resource for the city’s tourism development through the forming of diverse waterway tourism products, according to experts.