Street art performances will take place from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays in the pedestrian square on Nguyen Hue Boulevard in downtown Ho Chi Minh City starting from this Saturday, May 13, said a source from the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Department.
A slew of cultural, art, cuisine and tourism events are scheduled in the next few months to attract more tourists to HCM City, according to the Department of Tourism.
Ho Chi Minh City's District 5 has honoured its venerable goldsmith tradition by converting Nhieu Tam and Nghia Thuc streets into a jewellery street.
More streets specifically for tourism will be designated in HCM City in the future, heard a programme named “Dialogue with the city’s authority” with a focus on boosting the local tourism industry.
The “Deutschlandfest 2017” will take place for the first time at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City on April 22, said Germany Consul General to the city Andreas Siegel said at a press conference on April 19.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has called for travel companies’ cooperation to attract 7 million foreign tourists to the city in 2017.
Ho Chi Minh City set a target of welcoming seven million international visitors in 2017, announced the Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thanh Phong, at a conference between the City’s leaders and travel businesses on April 13.
Traditional festivals of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand were featured at a programme that opened in Ho Chi Minh City, on April 12, by the city’s Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO).
The Viet Nam Culinary Conservation, Research and Development Centre (CRDC) has been launched to preserve and promote the quintessence of every dish and drink of the country, contributing to elevating the position of the Vietnamese cuisine in the region and world.
The Ho Chi Minh City Music Street, all set to open across the Alexandre De Rhodes Street in district 1 at the end of April, is likely to to provide a new cultural space for local residents and visitors to the city.
Low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways of Australia will open two direct flights from Melbourne and Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City of Viet Nam from next month.
Covering 4,000sq.m in a new residential area in HCM City’s District 2, Snow Town is becoming a popular venue for a different kind of entertainment.