Places to visit in ho chi minh city vietnam

Short supply, rising prices A recent report by the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) showed that the municipal city’s real estate market was on a declining trend in the first nine months of 2019. Meanwhile, the market witnessed a scarcity in housing supply in the central business district (CBD) despite high residential demand. Being rolled out since the end of 2018, The Grand Manhattan is one of few projects in District 1 achieving impressive sale performance Nguyen Hoang, director of DKRA Vietnam’s R&D Division, said that real estate products in the CBD remain in limited supply. Land bank in the CBD are becoming scarce compared with District 2, or the southern and western areas of the city. Another reason is the local authorities’ tight control over granting licenses for new housing projects in the CBD to relieve population pressure on transportation, electricity, water, and infrastructure. Due to the scarcity, most projects in the CBD are … [Read more...] about Real estate in Ho Chi Minh City CBD: Optimism for the long-term

Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The atmosphere of a traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) will be nudged closer to both Vietnamese and foreigners at the Tet Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from January 3-5, 2020. The municipal Department of Tourism said at a press conference on November 13 that the festival, the first of its kind in the city so far, will feature important rituals of the Vietnamese traditional Tet, including a ceremony to erect Cay Neu (a tall bamboo tree), making offerings to ancestors, a ceremony to welcome Giao Thua (New Year’s Eve), and “Chuc Tet” (New Year greeting). Visitors to the festival will have the chance to experience Tet typical dishes as well as staples of the northern, central and southern regions, while engaging in several folk games such as tug of war and can knockdown. Trays of traditional dishes for Tet will be prepared by talented chefs who attended the Top Chef Vietnam 2019. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to hold first-ever Tet festival

Some of France’s Archives National d’Outre Mer (National Archives Overseas) most valuable documents about late President Ho Chi Minh are being displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi. The exhibition provides various angles on the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh through archives from the US, Russia, France and Vietnam The documents include a passport issued by the Chinese Consulate in Singapore to Tong Van So (another name of President Ho Chi Minh), portrait photos and fingerprints taken in 1931. They are on display at the exhibition 'President Ho Chi Minh: Life and Career through Vietnamese and International Archival Records', which opened on August 28 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of implementing his testament. The exhibition showcases more than 100 documents and images about President Ho Chi Minh’s life and career selected from archival and cultural agencies of Vietnam, the US, Russia and France. The exhibition provides different angles about … [Read more...] about Exhibition portrays President Ho Chi Minh through international archives

A concert featuring Vietnamese contemporary concerto and dance will be held at the HCM City Opera House on May 18 to celebrate the 129th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19.  Concert to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh Khúc Khải Hoàn (Song of Victory) will open with a composition for wind instruments composed recently by veteran musician Trong Dai, a graduate of Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. He has written two orchestral compositions, but is more popular for the soundtracks of the movies Hà Nội Đêm Trở Gió (Hà Nội on a Windy Night) and Chị Tôi (My Older Sister). The performance will feature a three-movement Concerto for Violin written by People’s Teacher Hoang Cuong, former headmaster of the city’s Conservatory of Music. Cuong wrote the song between 2007 and 2010 featuring traditional music and children’s music. The concerto will be performed by his son, violinist Hoang Tuan … [Read more...] about Concert celebrates President Ho Chi Minh

Cambodian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City Im Hen addresses the meeting on January 4 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Cambodian people have never forgotten the valuable assistance of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in the liberation of their nation from the Pol Pot genocidal regime. Cambodian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City Im Hen made the statement at a meeting in the city on January 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the victory of the southwest border defence war and the joint victory of Vietnam and Cambodia over the Pol Pot genocidal regime (January 7, 1979). Cambodian people have come to consider January 7 as their second birthday. Without this day, there would have been nothing today, he said. The official also expressed his deep gratitude to the Vietnamese Party, Government, and ex-voluntary soldiers and experts for supporting the Cambodian nation and people in escaping from the genocidal regime. The development of Cambodia over the past 40 years could not be … [Read more...] about Cambodians remember Vietnam soldiers’ help in escaping from genocide