Ho Chi Minh City

(CPV) - International tourist arrivals to Vietnam reached nearly 2.7 million in the first quarter of 2023, a 29.7-fold increase compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(CPV) - The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Tourism has just issued a plan to develop waterway tourism products in the city in 2024.

A delegation led by Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai on March 21 offered flowers at the monument of President Ho Chi Minh in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

Mr. Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People's Committee, on March 13 received Mr. Håkan Jevrell, State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Sweden, who attends a Sweden – Vietnam business roundtable meeting on innovation and sustainable development in the city.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Committee for Overseas Vietnamese organized a conference on March 6 to summarize overseas Vietnamese affairs in 2023 and implementing tasks in 2024.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh City ranked first in import-export value of the country, according to the latest customs statistics on import-export turnover of provinces and cities in January.

(CPV) - In 2024, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City will organize many activities to promote its tourism in Australia, England and Germany, while continuing to enhance communication on CNN, Discovery and BBC News, said its department of tourism on February 21.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Transport plans to launch a high-speed boat service to Con Dao Island off Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on February 23 to meet tourism demand.

Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism industry aims to welcome about 6 million international visitors by 2024, for a total tourism revenue of about 190 trillion VND. To achieve this goal, the City Department of Tourism has proactively coordinated with departments and businesses to carry out many solutions.

Recently, many Ho Chi Minh Cultural Spaces have been formed at businesses with the desire to create conditions for workers to easily access and learn about the life, ideological values, morality, and style of President Ho Chi Minh.

A conference was held by the People's Committee of Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on November 29 to call on investment in the district in order to build Nha Be district into a sustainable development city under Ho Chi Minh City.

Identifying digital technology and digital data as tools for breakthroughs in the digital economy, in 2023 Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has carried out various activities and solutions to promote digital transformation in the locality, with the vision of becoming a smart city in 2030.

Along with the development of various types of tourism products such as MICE, waterways, cuisine, historical culture, ecology and community, Ho Chi Minh City's medical tourism products are gradually being improved, attracting interest from domestic and foreign tourists.

More than 40 typical tourism products in Thu Duc City and districts in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City have been contributing to enriching new tours and increasing experiences for tourists.

2023 is the year that Ho Chi Minh City promotes the most waterway tourism activities ever. The first river festival and the launch of river tours has brought visitors new and exciting experiences.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) aims to develop logistics into a key service industry, with revenue growth reaching 15% by 2025 and 20% by 2030.

On November 14, 2023, Ho Chi Minh City was presented the ASO CIO 2023 award by the Asia-Oceania Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) for the category of Excellent Digital Government at the ASOCIO Digital Summit in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

The budget carrier Vietjet Airlines opened a direct flight connecting the two big cities of Vietnam and China on the occasion of the official visit of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen to Shanghai city, aiming to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the twinned relationship between the two cities.

At the 12th session of the 10th Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People's Council for the period 2021-2026, delegates approved a draft proposal stipulating priority areas, criteria, conditions, content and level of support for creative innovation and start-up projects.

On November 11, the Public Administrative Centre of Thu Duc city, Ho Chi Minh City, was inaugurated, becoming the first of its kind in the southern metropolis.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has many advantages to exploit and promote waterway tourism, therefore, the city’s tourism sector has also invested, built and designed many new waterway routes and tours.

Vietnam Association of Stage Artists and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports has held a press briefing on the 4th National Magic Festival which will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from November 8-11.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will coordinate with Poland’s Mickiewicz Institute and the Warsaw Music Foundation to organize a concert in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the National Independence Day of Poland.

Dozens of international and local string soloists will participate in Saigon International Guitar Festival in Ho Chi Minh City from November 1 to 4.

The 3rd HCM City Tourism Week, themed “Green on every journey”, will take place from December 4 to 10, 2023, said the City Department of Tourism in a press conference.

Industrial production in the first 10 months of 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City has had much prosperity, as the production index of 4 key industries enjoyed sharp increases compared to the same period last year.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has been organizing many promotional activities to promote famous destinations of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular in Laos and Singapore.

On October 25, the first culture and tourism week of Vietnam’s northwestern region and Ho Chi Minh City kicked off in Luang Prabang, Laos to promote cultural exchange and tourism and create an opportunity to further strengthen the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) has held a press briefing on the Vietnam-US Friendship Concert in the city on October 28.

A conference to evaluate destinations and develop linking tourism products between Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City and Mekong Delta provinces and cities has been co-organized by the HCM City Department of Tourism and the Bac Lieu Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.