Saigon Travel News

Saigontourist conducted a special MICE tour for 80 Singaporean visitors who came to Vietnam on October 22 to do charitable activities.

 While many foreigners can’t drink Vietnamese coffee, which is made by coffee filters because it’s very strong, the former general manager of the five-star hotel Renaissance Riverside Saigon, Albert Kaindlbauer, likes the special kind of coffee.

The Rex Hotel and the Bat Dat Hotel in HCMC have launched two new food programs for gourmets this month. Enthusiasts of German and Belgian beers should stop by the Rex while the Bat Dat is a venue for seafood.

Foreign tourists and expatriates in the city can participate in a poll of the 100 most exciting sites or activities in HCM City from now until the middle of next month.

Nature is full of secrets that defy understanding. Nature is also a place where people can return to their minds and find peace.

Younger directors walked away with the honours at the National Professional Theatre Festival awards ceremony at HCM City’s Opera House on Wednesday.

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.

The three-day international travel expo in HCMC wrapped up Saturday in what a local tourism official described as a big success in terms of business networking as thousands of meetings have been conducted.

The history of the Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City has come to light in a new book recounting a half-century of war and peace in Vietnam, as seen through the eyes as one of the city’s landmark institutions.

Saigonese are ready to raise their glasses for the fifth annual Oktoberfest, which begins Tuesday.

Saigontourist Travel Service Company was honoured with the Tourism Alliance Award 2009 granted by Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam Tourism Association in the framework of the International Tourism Exhibition 2009.

No longer the sole province of the Chinese, dim sum has been thoroughly Vietnamized after centuries of being a welcome guest in this southern land.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s ‘International Travel Expo 2009’ officially opened October 1 with the participation of over 300 buyers from 28 countries and territories. The expo will remain open until October 3.