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A fruit festival is underway along Binh Dong Wharf in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8, as part of efforts to create waterway tourism products in the southern economic hub.

The 16th International Travel Expo – Ho Chi Minh City (ITE HCMC 2022) will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in District 7 on September 8 – 10, heard at a press conference in Hanoi on March 31.

Ho Chi Minh City expects to welcome 3,000 international visitors in March and April, a tourism official has said.

Nine tourist destinations in Ho Chi Minh City have recently been allowed to welcome international visitors under a pilot program, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Nine tourist destinations in Ho Chi Minh City have recently been allowed to welcome international visitors under a pilot program, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism industry has seen many bright spots since the city became a “green zone” and travel regulations and medical isolation measures were relaxed, helping to attract more tourists during the Lunar New Year, or Tet, holiday.

The “City by the green river” tour, which has been introduced recently in Ho Chi Minh City, is an attractive option for visitors to the city during the opening days of the new year.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporters have won three prizes of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Press Awards 2020.

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of welcoming 33 million tourists with total revenue of more than 100 trillion VND (4.33 billion USD) in 2021.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism and the HCM City Tourism Association have launched a tourism programmes aiming to give free city tours to 5,000 orphans and disabled children, poor households and policy beneficiaries from 24 districts.

The first group of visitors from the northern province of Quang Ninh have visited tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the city’s tourism stimulus programme that has recently resumed.

The 16th edition of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival is set to take place from July 16 to 19, the municipal Department of Tourism and the HCM City Tourism Association announced on July 8.

The HCM City Department of Tourism has estimated that the city’s tourism industry suffered losses worth close to 10 trillion VND (426.2 million USD) in the first quarter of this year due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Solo travel could boost the growth of Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry, Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, deputy director of the city's Tourism Department, has said.

A forum was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 4 to promote sustainable tourism connectivity between the southern economic hub and the 13 city and provinces in the Mekong Delta.

The 15th International Travel Expo HCM City (ITE HCMC), the largest travel event in the Mekong sub-region, opened its door to welcome tourism and travel community at the Sai Gon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) on September 5. In his opening remarks, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen said this is a good opportunity to popularise Vietnamese people and culture to international friends.

The 15th Southern Fruit Festival will take place from June 1-August 31 in Ho Chi Minh City, said the HCM City Tourism Department.

The Kylin-Lion-Dragon Dance Championship of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 is scheduled to take place at The Garden Mall from April 26-28.

A tourism festival in Ho Chi Minh City under the theme “Happy Summer 2019” ended on April 14 with total sales of participating travel agencies reported at 120 billion VND (nearly 5.2 million USD) after four days.

The annual HCM City Travel Fair, themed “Happy Summer 2019”, will take place from April 11-14 at September 23 Park in District 1.