The Spring Flowers Festival 2008 of HCMC, which lasted 12 days (from 5 days before Tet to the 6th day of the Lunar New Year) wrapped up on Tuesday, having attracted approximately 400,000 visitors, Saigon Giai Phong reports. According to Mr. Tran Thien Ha, Manager of Green Park Company of HCMC, tourists commented that the [...]
From October 3-7, 2007, the HCM City International Tourism Exhibition 2007 will be held in HCM City. This is an event held by funding from HCM City and local tourism companies. La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Tourism, said that with two years of experience in holding this event, [...]
The Spring Flower Fair will be held from Feb. 12 to 24 next year in Ho Chi Minh City to herald Lunar New Year (Tet). The city administration said Thursday that many local artisans and traders, together with counterparts from other provinces and neighboring countries like China, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore would participate in the [...]
Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong delta provinces plan to launch a tourism investment promotion programme in Cambodia from December 7-9, 2009. HCMC’s Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism said that businesses from the city and two Mekong delta provinces of An Giang and Kieng Giang would travel to capital of Phnom Penh and Sihanouk [...]
Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector has taken several measures to prevent the industry from declining any further due to the impacts of the global economic downturn, said a city official. Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism La Quoc Khanh said that the department held a meeting between 40 hotels [...]
Some 50 black and white photos on activities of President Ho Chi Minh during his various visits to China are being exhibited at the HCMC University of Foreign Languages – Information Technology (HUFLIT) from May 22. There are photos of President Ho and many Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai [...]
Two films by famous French director Jacques Demy will be screened in Ho Chi Minh City from June 17-28. The Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964) will play on June 17 and 21 while Peau d’Ane (The Donkey Skin, 1970) will be screened on June 24 and 28. Another of the award-winning [...]
HCMC this year will spend around VND9 billion, or US$600,000, on tourism promotion activities, twice compared to the last year’s budget, an official said. La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the city’s Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism, said that the city’s tourism needed a bigger budget on activities to help the sector overcome a [...]