The Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam has issued permits allowing China Eastern Airlines to offer direct flights connecting Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City to Kunming (China).
The Prime Minister has approved a master development plan on culture, family, sports and tourism for the southeast region to 2020.
Viet Nam’s nature and daily life coupled with tangible and intangible culture will be featured at the fourth Viet Nam Heritage Photo Awards through the lens of photography aficionados, as heard at a ceremony to launch the event held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12.
(TITC) - The website Boredpanda (USA) has published the list of 30 most unique modes of transport in the world, including the cyclo in Viet Nam.
“Busan Day 2015” held in Ho Chi Minh city on July 24 to mark 20 years of friendship and cooperation between Busan city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and HCM City.
A plan to operate electric cars in downtown HCM City especially targeted at tourists was presented by the Department of Transport at a meeting on 15 July.
The 2015 Southern Don Ca Tai Tu (traditional musical art form of the south) Festival, competing for Golden Lotus Awards, opened at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.
Oktoberfest, the largest cultural event of German-speaking communities across Southeast Asia, is due to take place in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City in October.
A number of luxury hotels in Ho Chi Minh City have put on feasts of Vietnamese and imported seafood for diners in addition to their usual Asian and Western treats.
Over 2.16 million foreign tourist arrivals visited Ho Chi Minh city in the first half of 2015, a year-on-year rise of 3%, reported the Municipal People’s Committee on June 24th.
The lotus, which has been nominated as the national flower, will be the topic of a cultural and artistic festival to open in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26.
(TITC) – International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City – ITE HCMC 2015 is a both trade and public tourism event which will take place from 10-12 Sep 2015, in Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.