Saigon Travel News

In the early New Year, HCM City is still partying to the sound of drums and cymbals – this time from the dragon and unicorn dancing troupes.

Around 1,250 passengers and crew from Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK traveling abroad the cruise ship Costa Allegra arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Navi Oil port on February 23.

The city’s biggest floral show that converts Nguyen Hue Boulevard into Flower Street closed on Wednesday after having enthralled more than one million visitors over a week.

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Malaysia Airlines and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have confirmed the augmentation of their flights to HCMC from late March to cash in on a recovery of global air traffic demand this year.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sport, and Tourism reported that the number of tourists touring during the Lunar New Year 2010 (Tet holiday) increased sharply.

The Spring Flower Festival 2010, named “Viet Nam hoa” (Flowering Vietnam) opened at Tao Dan Park, Ho Chi Minh City on February 8.

Annually, HCM City’s “Ong do” (those who teach Han script and also calligraphers) gather on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai before Tet festival.

The Spring Flower Festival opened at the Tao Dan Park in HCM City on February 8.

An ecotourism complex in Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to Vietnam’s 20 traditional crafts will open its doors to visitors February 14, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

British cruise ship Spirit of Adventure docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 8, bringing 800 passengers and crewmen to Vietnam.

Annually, HCM City’s “Ong do” (those who teach Han script and also calligraphers) gather on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai before Tet festival.

The country's largest tour operator, Saigontourist Holding Company, targeted 10 per cent growth for this year, its general director Nguyen Huu Tho has said.

The five-star hotel Mövenpick Saigon will close on March 8 for US$15 million top-to-bottom renovations in five months and re-open on August 1 this year, general manager Dominik Stamm announced here Monday.