Saigon Travel News

The 5th International Travel Expo (ITE), the largest annual tourism event in Vietnam, kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on October 1.

The organization committee for “Saigon 100E” has closed nominations, with suggested activities now placed in ten categories, said Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism September 23.

The organization committee for “Saigon 100E” has closed nominations, with suggested activities now placed in ten categories, said HCM City’s Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism September 23.

Park Hyatt Saigon welcomes Benjamin Attwater (Ben) as the new chef de cuisine of Square One restaurant, taking over the helm from Satoru Takeuchi, who moves to Grand Hyatt Macau. In his new role, Ben will oversee the operation of Square One, the hotel’s Vietnamese seafood and Western steak restaurant.

In September and October, or so called tide-water season in the Mekong Delta, linh fish, a specialty of the Mekong Delta, make their annual appearance on the rivers where they drift lazily and wait to be caught.

Company (Saigontourist) received more than 50,000 foreign tourists by sea during the first nine months of the year.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet on September 19 presented the Ho Chi Minh Order to the Ho Chi Minh Relic Complex in Hanoi in recognition of its substantial contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

Saigontourist Travel Service Co arranged a special tour on old-fashioned Vespa scooters for 25 foreign visitors from the Tetra Pak Co on Wednesday.

Like people, hotels have stories, and the Caravelle Hotel in HCM City has narrated its in Caravelle – Saigon: A History, a book that traces its 50-year history.

Ninety-three bartenders from restaurants, hotels and resorts across the country are taking part in an annual contest opened yesterday, September 17, in HCM City's Van Thanh Park.

The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will work with tourist agencies to hold an international tourism investment conference, which will present Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam as destinations, on September 30 and October 1.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the first ever international tourism investment meeting between September 30 and October 1 in an effort to introduce tourism development potentials of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

More than 350 businesses have registered to join a promotion month starting September 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, offering consumers VND123 billion (US$6.9 million) in savings.

HCM City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will work with tourist agencies to hold an international tourism investment conference, which will present Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam as destinations, on September 30 and October 1.