The Notre Dame Cathedral, which is situated in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, began restoration last Friday, marking the first overhaul after 137 years of its existence.
The International Travel Expo (ITE) Ho Chi Minh City 2017 themed ‘Your Gateway to Tourism in Asia’ will take place at the Sai Gon Exhibition and Convention Centre on September 7-9.
The development of online tourism in Viet Nam is an inevitable trend as the non-smoking industry is strongly affected by technological advances.
“Online Tourism Day” will be held for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5, 2017.
Dental tourism has been identified as one of Ho Chi Minh City’s five main medical tourism products, according to its Department of Tourism.
Tourist arrivals to Ho Chi Minh City reached some 2.8 million in the first half of 2017, a 14.7% increase year-on-year.
With a growing number of medical tourists who combine travel with medical care coming to HCM City in recent years, lucrative medical tourism needs concerted efforts by various official agencies and travel firms to realise its huge potential, experts have said.
A weekend flea market at Bach Dang Wharf in downtown HCM City has been attracting a large number of local and international visitors since it first opened in late April.
Ho Chi Minh City is planning to open a few more book streets after the first one in the downtown area turned out to be a much bigger success than expected.
Viet Nam’s budget airline carrier Vietjet Air will launch a promotion programme from June 15 to 18, offering passengers 5,000 promotional tickets priced from just US$ 0 on the Ho Chi Minh City - Hong Kong (China) route.
Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities have devised a plan to bolster the city’s waterway tourism in the 2017-2020 period.
The eighth European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on June 9.