A number of tourism events were held in Ho Chi Minh City in 2017, drawing crowds of visitors both at home and abroad.
HCM City plans to open two more pedestrian streets named De Tham and Do Quang Dau for entertainment activities during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
The southern largest hub of Ho Chi Minh City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors next year, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.
Ho Chi Minh City will see a sharp increase in MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) tourists in 2018, according to the local Department of Tourism.
Ho Chi Minh City welcomed the six millionth international visitor to the southern economic hub during the year at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on December 15.
A flower street will be opened on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City from February 13 - 19 to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.
The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city - Gyeongju World Culture Festival 2017 has attracted four million visitors after 23 days.
Ho Chi Minh city’s first river bus route, from Bach Dang in District 1 to Linh Dong in Thu Duc district, will offer services free of charge for 10 days to encourage people to choose the new public transport type.
Hundreds of traditional costumes of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea were displayed on the walking street of Nguyen Hue in HCM City on November 18.
Four- and five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City have seen a slight decline in room rates although the rising number of tourists has resulted in an increase in occupancy rates at high-end hotels.
The Ho Chi Minh city Department of Transport has proposed opening three round-robin electric car routes to take passengers from wharves to some locations in the city, as the river bus service is put into operation in November.
Natural landscapes and the people of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are highlighted through 130 art works at the Viet Nam-RoK Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.