Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of receiving 3.5 million foreign arrivals in 2022 after a bad year for tourism heavily impacted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
The Prime Minister has allowed Ho Chi Minh City to participate in the pilot programme of welcoming international visitors, which will offer a chance for the city to recover tourism following the long period of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
With potential for development in the fields of music, literature, and folk art, many Vietnamese cities have been meeting all conditions to join UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. However, this requires the initiative and determination of the authorities at all levels and appropriate policies based on the actual situation and potential of each city.
Ho Chi Minh City and the central province of Binh Dinh have received approval from the Government to reopen to foreign visitors this month, the sixth and seven localities to do so.
Following the successful launch of New Year tours, tourism agencies in Ho Chi Minh City are upbeat about local tourism recovery in the first quarter of 2022, especially in the period leading up to the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
(TITC) - Chairman of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Mr. Nguyen Trung Khanh, attended the online talkshow "Ho Chi Minh City: Reopening to welcome international tourists and overseas Vietnamese safely and thoughtfully" on December 23, 2021.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been listed among Top 100 City Destinations Index 2021 by London-based market research company Euromonitor International.
The 17th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival was launched on December 4 under the theme ‘Safe Destination - Lively Itinerary’.
(TITC) - On 28 November 2021, the 2nd annual World MICE Awards revealed Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) as Asia’s Best MICE Destination 2021, Sheraton Grand Danang Resort (Danang City) as Asia's Best Incentive Hotel 2021 and Vietnam Airlines as Asia's Best MICE Airline 2021.
Ho Chi Minh City has just been nominated as one of the eight candidates for the Asia’s Best MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) Destination under the World MICE Awards 2021.
Vietnam tourism continues to leave good impressions on tourists around the world according to the voting in the Travelers' Choice Awards 2021 from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website.
Cu Chi Tunnels, a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists thanks to its unique historical and architectural values, may soon join UNESCO’s list of world heritage.