A crowd of experts, researchers, scholars and managers working in tourism from Asia, America and Europe gathered at a recent event in Ho Chi Minh City to contribute their ideas on how to promote tourism globalisation and localisation.
The 2015 Ao Dai Festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7 to honour the Vietnamese traditional dress.
State President Truong Tan Sang and Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on February 16 led the celebrations kicking off the annual flower street festival in Ho Chi Minh City.
Phu My Hung Flower Fair 2015 themed ‘Mua gat’ (Harvest season) for the coming Lunar New Year, or Tet, will reproduce paddy fields in the harvest season and the particular scenes of the Vietnamese countryside in Phu My Hung Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7.
Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of welcoming 4.7 million international arrivals, raking in VND 94.6 trillion (US$ 4.43 billion) in total revenue in 2015, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Ho Chi Minh City's Can Gio Mangrove Forest is listed among the Global Top 100 Sustainable Destinations or in other words the world's greenest holiday destinations.
Ho Chi Minh city welcomed more than 412,000 foreign tourist arrivals in January 2015, a year-on-year rise of 8%, reported the municipal People’s Committee.
Ho Chi Minh City’s annual book festival along Ham Nghi Street is scheduled to open on February 16, part of numerous events to welcome the Lunar New Year.
The 2015 Spring Flower Festival, themed ‘Vietnamese Character–Vietnamese Spirit’, will kick off at Tao Dan Park in Ho Chi Minh City from February 13 to 24.
Viet Nam will become the first market for enterprises from north Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture to launch the “Cool Hokkaido” initiative, including a cultural village to be established in October 2015, in an attempt to support the locality’s business operations in Southeast Asia.
Those still undecided over a place to enjoy Christmas may consider the following hotels, restaurants and entertainment places to have a celebration with their loved ones.
This year’s flower street in celebration of the New Year will be organized on Ham Nghi Boulevard in HCMC’s District 1, featuring Viet Nam’s rural beauty and its modernization seen through the development of a metro system, which is now under construction in the city.