On December 14, The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a conference on the development of passenger transport combined with waterway tourism under the chair of Deputy Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong.
The choir and soloists of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) are scheduled to hold a special concert at the municipal Opera House on December 16 – 17 to celebrate the Christmas season.
Ho Chi Minh City was named among the top 10 trending destinations on online flight booking search service Google Flights, which gives an insight into where Americans are looking to travel this year and beyond.
Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism authority plans to launch overnight cruises with ships accommodating hundreds of people along the Saigon River starting next year.
Four ships operated by Silversea Cruises are scheduled to carry thousands of international tourists around Asia, including Vietnam, this December.
The Vietnam International Food Industry Exhibition (Vietnam Foodexpo), the largest event in the country’s food industry, is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from November 16 to November 19.
Low-cost carrier VietJet Air will conduct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Kaohsiung in Taiwan (China) starting from November.
Food Ingredients Vietnam 2022 (Fi Vietnam 2022), the largest food and beverage (F&B) ingredients exhibition in the country, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12 with the participation of 5,000 food and beverage professionals from Vietnam and other countries.
A workshop took place on October 11 in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the journey of the banh mi, a kind of Vietnamese sandwich, from culinary cultural exchange to the value of a national brand.
Tourism magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler) of the United States has recommended the three best restaurants and a hotel for foreign travelers when they visit Ho Chi Minh City.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam currently has a total of 162 public and private museums, which are home to more than three million artefacts, reflecting the entire development process of Vietnamese history, culture, and people.
Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector has actively brought its indigenous culture into urban tourism, considering this as one of the strategies to promote the strengths of the city’s destination network.