Amidst the bustling city streets in Ho Chi Minh City, filled with shabbily dressed street peddlers, alongside the ancient architecture and markets with names like Ben Thanh and Binh Tay, there are always great numbers of tourists.
Busan Day in Ho Chi Minh City – a festival to promote cultural identities of Busan city and the Republic of Korea – was held on July 25, drawing the participation of thousands of local people.
As many of 29 photographs, 184 historical artifacts and some scientific documents about the outstanding traditional crafts of Cham ethnic women in Ninh Thuan province, are currently on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh city.
Saigontourist’s Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City is offering a variety of attractive promotion programs for the summer of 2014.
After its renovation, the Saigon Hotel in downtown HCMC has resumed operation with a new face and to mark the occasion, it is offering various attractive promotions to welcome guests back.
(TITC) - After 9 years of organizing, the Southern Fruit Festival has become the most awaited cultural event of Ho Chi Minh City every summer. The festival aims to honor achievements in agricultural sector of Southern and Vietnamese people at the same time contribute to promoting and introducing Ho Chi Minh City to international and domestic visitors.
The 2014 Southern Fruit Festival is expected to open on June 1st in Tien Stream Tourism Area, Ho Chi Minh city, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Ao Dai, the traditional Vietnamese long dress, was introduced to the public in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8-9.
Ho Chi Minh City is striving to welcome 4.4 million international tourists, raking in 94 trillion VND (4.4 billion USD) - 15 percent more revenue than last year.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Spring Flower Festival 2014 attracted over 1 million visitors from January 25 to February 5, a local newspaper reports.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in conjunction with the municipal Tourism Association and Vietnam Airlines, held a ceremony on December 24 to welcome the 4 millionth foreign visitor, a Japanese, to the city.
The Asian Records Organisation (ARO) has included ten more Vietnamese culinary specialties in its latest Asian Records listings.