The Can Gio People's Committee has opened an exhibition to promote tourism in the coastal district along with the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre. The event provides information on traditional folk festivals like the whale-worshipping festival, places of amusement, resorts, and restaurants as well as documents on historical and traditional customs. Ecological tours, cultural tours of waterways, tours to the Can Gio mangrove forest – a World Biosphere Reserve – Monkey Island, and Vam Sat forest are being offered. The exhibition,at the ITPC's office, 92-96 Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, will remain open until August 7. HCM City tour company launches veggie pagoda pilgrimage tours The HCM City-based Lotus Tours has launched pilgrimage tours to meet increasing demand. It offers two tours, one to Long Thanh (in Dong Nai Province) and Ba Ria (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province) and the other to Long An Province and My Tho in Tien Giang Province. The Long Thanh-Ba Ria tour … [Read more...]
Thanh Nhan wins HCM City Tour
Thanh Nhan wins HCM City Tour (02-05-2006) Fantastic:Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan of An Giang Plant Protection team receives a bonus of VND37 million (US$2,300) for his overall tour’s top place. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong HCM CITY — Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan of An Giang Plant Protection crossed the finish line of the HCM City Television Cycling Tour in record time on Sunday in HCM City to claim the title. Nhan, who retained the yellow jersey for the last ten stages of the competition, clocked in at 57 hours 55 minutes 35 seconds. "It was really a surprise. I’ve never even thought about winning such an important cycling race," said Nhan, the new champion. "I just reached about 80 per cent of my peak in the last stage. However, I gave it all I had, and received great support from my team-mates for the win," Nhan said. "It was a wonderful victory for me, and I have no complaints about the organisers or the fans. They were perfect," he added. Le Anh Tuan of Domesco … [Read more...]
Hieu takes 16th stage in HCM City Tour
Hieu takes 16th stage in HCM City Tour (28-04-2006) If today is Thursday, it must be Da Lat: Stage winner Mai Cong Hieu (centre) of Domesco Dong Thap is flanked by second-ranked Nguyen Van Duc (left) of Agifish An Giang and third-ranked Ho Van Phuc of Vinh Long after yesterday’s Phan Rang-Da Lat leg of the HCM City Cycling Tour. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong DA LAT — Domesco Dong Thap’s Mai Cong Hieu took the 16th stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Tour yesterday, inching closer to the title King of the Mountain. In a time of 3 hours 33 minutes 49 seconds, Hieu took the green jersey as stage winner, pedalling 118km from Phan Rang to Da Lat at an average speed of 33.1kph. It was the second time he won a stage race. The first time was two weeks ago when he came in first in the fourth stage, cycling 141km from Paksan to Vientiane in Laos. Nguyen Van Duc from the Agrifish An Giang team and Ho Van Phuc, a Vinh Long team member finished second and … [Read more...]
Ki-hong stars in HCM City Tour
Ki-hong stars in HCM City Tour (23-04-2009) HA NOI — South Korean Yoo Ki-hong won the first stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Tour yesterday. Yoo reached speeds up to 43.511kmh on the 179-km stage from HCM City to Binh Thuan’s Phan Thiet City. He finished in four hours, six minutes and 50 seconds to beat Tuan Anh, from Domesco Dong Thap, and Le Van Duan, of Sai Gon Plant Protection 1. The South Korea team leads after the stage with a combined time of 12:21.56, followed by the Sai Gon Plan Protection 1 team and Domesco Dong Thap. Domesco Dong Thap coach Tran Van Quyt said the stage was raced at high speeds because of continuing strong chases. "The South Korea team is strong but local teams can compete with them," he said. "Yoo, who took the red jersey for the best climber in the race two years ago is in top form and the other riders will have to be at their best to contain him," said Binh Duong Environment and Water Supply coach Banh Chan Quyen. Today’s second … [Read more...]
HCM City welcomes 1,100 foreign MICE visitors
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has welcomed 1,100 foreign scientists, doctors, and academics who have come on a MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions) trip for an ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies conference that runs from yesterday (Nov 17) to tomorrow (Nov 19). The city-based Ben Thanh Tourist said the visitors are staying at luxury hotels like the Sheraton and Park Hyatt and will visit the Cu Chi guerrilla warfare tunnels and other attractions after wrapping up a workshop. This is the biggest MICE group Ben Thanh has served in 2011. * HCM City tour companies roll out festival promotions Several travel agencies in HCM City have announced discounts for Christmas and New Year package tours. Saigontourist Travel Service is offering a wide some 300 inbound and outbound tours, including Lunar New Year package tours for overseas Vietnamese, older people, and honeymooners. Saigontourist's Christmas and New Year tours will … [Read more...]
HCM City tour digs up buried history
VietNamNet Bridge – Remarkable landmarks in HCM City, such as Sai Gon Notre Dame Basilica or Caravelle Hotel, are familiar to many tourists, but the history behind each building often remains a mystery, even to local people.History lesson: Tim Doling (second right) enthusiastically introduces the heritage of buildings in the centre of HCM City to visitors. — Photos tuoitre.vnBut writer- historian Tim Doling from Bristol, the UK, author of the popular heritage blog Historic Viet Nam and the new walking tour guidebook Exploring Ho Chi Minh City, knows these stories well.With his thorough understanding of the city's history, Doling runs Heritage Tours, which introduces a wealth of lesser-known places of interest, alongside the city's better-known historic sites.Originally trained as a medieval historian, Doling has spent most of his career in the cultural sector, running theatres and arts centres in Coleraine (Northern Ireland), Horsham (England) and Hong Kong, and undertaking … [Read more...]
Gardens selected for HCM city tours
Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Department in co-ordination with the municipal agricultural and rural development department has made a survey and selected eco-tourism gardens in suburban districts to improve the quality of city tours. The first four gardens surveyed include Hoa ca crocodile village in district 12, Minh Tam bonsai flower garden, Binh Minh tourist site and orchid garden in Pham Van Coi farm in Cu Chi district. Promotion for these gardens will be carried out, said the agricultural and rural development department. The tourism department said they would continue to expand the survey to select destinations in Binh Canh, Thu Duc and No 9 districts for city tours. (Source: Nhan Dan) … [Read more...]
HCM City river tourism falls short of expectations
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite HCM City’s dense network of rivers and canals, waterway tourism has not matched its potential, thus failing the city’s expectations it would become the main tourism product by 2020.Foreign visitors go sightseeing at the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal by boat in HCM City. Despite HCM City’s dense network of rivers and canals, waterway tourism has fallen short of the city’s expectation that it would become the city’s main tourism product by 2020. — VNA/VNS Photo An HieuPhan Xuan Anh, chairman of Du Ngoan Viet Company, one of the few travel firms to operate river tours to Can Gio and Cu Chi and of inner city canals, said conditions are not conducive to organising such tours. The number of bridges with low clearance is among the biggest problems facing river tourism, he said. On the route from Bach Dang Wharf to Cu Chi, for instance, boats have to travel under the Binh Loi Bridge, which has very low clearance, meaning large … [Read more...]
HCM City to audit cooking gas prices
The chairman of the HCM City People's Committee, Le Hoang Quan, has asked the city Department of Finance to check pricing compliance by Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) trading agents and companies in the city. The department has been told to submit inspection results to the Ministry of Finance by February 20. Quan has also asked the city Market Management Department to strengthen inspection on price posting and selling of LPG trading agents and companies. In addition, he ordered the Department of Industry and Trade to report to the municipal government on LPG demand and stockpiling. He said he wanted to encourage cooking-gas trading companies to take part in the city's price-stabilisation programme. Cooking-gas prices have risen many times this year. Tuoi Tre (Youth) Police check violations of environmental laws The Environmental Crime Prevention and Fighting Police Department said 39 violations of the Environmental Protection Law were discovered in the southern region from December 15 … [Read more...]
Travel expo returns to HCM City
HCM CITY — The 8th edition of the International Travel Expo (ITE) will be held at the Sai Gon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City from September 13-15 this year. The first two days of the exhibition will be opened only to trade visitors, which include hosted buyers and sellers. Public visitors are welcomed to join the event on the last day. ITE HCMC 2012 expects to gather over 200 participating companies from more than 30 countries and anticipates 18,000 to 20,000 international and regional visitors. Organisers said that the exhibition sought to provide a unique platform to launch inbound and outbound travel businesses in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. It would also present an excellent opportunity for avid travelers to enjoy massive promotions and discounts extended especially for the event. The organising committee, comprising the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, VINEXAD and IIR Exhibitions, … [Read more...]