Nha Rong wharf - Ho Chi Minh Museum
Nha Rong wharf is a popular tourist destination in Ho Chi Minh City. This was the place where President Ho Chi Minh embarked in 1911 to seek a path to national salvation.
Festival looks to promote southern delicacies
The fifth Southern Land Cuisine Festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 29 to June 1, serving more than 200 local dishes.
Thrilling birding tour and more
These days, thousands of birds and storks are flocking to Vam Sat Ecological Tourist Centre, making this natural site amidst Can Gio mangrove forests more exciting. The mangrove forests in…
HCM City gets electric buses   (May 18, 2015)
HCM City gets electric buses
Ho Chi Minh City will launch its first electric bus service going through downtown tourist destinations like Ben Thanh Market, the War Remnants Museum and the Nguyen Hue walking street early next month.
Jetstar Pacific to open Ho Chi Minh City-Chu Lai route
The low-cost carrier, Jetstar Pacific will open a Ho Chi Minh City-Chu Lai (Quang Nam province) route on May 19, 2015.
Ho Chi Minh City to hold Belgian beer fest
The Belgian Beer Festival will be organised for the first time late this month in Ho Chi Minh City, following its first appearance in Ha Noi in 2014.
Art performance festival celebrates 40th anniversary of Southern liberation and national unification
The Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organize a mass art performance festival in Ho Chi Minh City and the central province of Quang Tri.
Training on Green Lotus Sustainable Tourism Label in Ho Chi Minh City
(TITC) - On 27 March 2015, in Ho Chi Minh City, Hotel Department (Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT)) in collaboration with Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme – Funded by the EU (EU Project) organized a training course for Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism, Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Southern provinces on evaluation criteria, assessment methods…
Seaplane tour service in the offing
Hai Au Aviation Joint Stock Company and Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism are planning to launch seaplane tours in the city.
Ho Chi Minh City conference spotlights tourism globalisation, localisation
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.
Ao Dai Festival 2015 opens in HCM City
The 2015 Ao Dai Festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7 to honour the Vietnamese traditional dress.
Flower street festival opens in HCM City
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 Spring Flower Fair brings countryside to 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 targets 4.7 million international arrivals
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.
Can Gio listed among top 100 sustainable tourism destinations
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.