The country’s travel hub, HCMC, is pinning high hopes on the development of MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism to take advantage of the country’s economic center and its hospitality facilities, a tourism official said.
An exhibition of nearly 150 photos and documents about Viet Nam’s islands of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa opened in HCM City on Tuesday.
Thirty pieces of “xa loi” or Buddha relics (things left after the physical bodies of the Buddha or eminent monks were burnt) and a jade Buddha statute will be honored at the Suoi Tien cultural park on the occasion of the Vu Lan holiday from August 31-September 3.
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.
The Vietnam record book centre on August 23 officially included a bronze drum which was made by artisan Le Van Bay in Thieu Trung village, Thieu Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province.
The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Tuesday awarded three new licenses to foreign travel firms to open their representative offices here.
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