The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed the pilot use of electric cars to transport tourists around the city.

Ho Chi Minh City is focusing on building unique tourism products to optimise its resources for the development of the smoke-free industry in the post-pandemic period.

The “City by the green river” tour, which has been introduced recently in Ho Chi Minh City, is an attractive option for visitors to the city during the opening days of the new year.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism and the HCM City Tourism Association have launched a tourism programmes aiming to give free city tours to 5,000 orphans and disabled children, poor households and policy beneficiaries from 24 districts.

The Kylin-Lion-Dragon Dance Championship of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 is scheduled to take place at The Garden Mall from April 26-28.

The annual HCM City Travel Fair, themed “Happy Summer 2019”, will take place from April 11-14 at September 23 Park in District 1.

Vietnam’s southern city Ho Chi Minh City has claimed a place on UK travel website Culture Trip’s list of the 12 best cities for culture in the world in 2019.

The number of international arrivals in Ho Chi Minh City has to date this year reached 3.18 million, up 32 percent from last year and meeting 42.4 percent of the yearly target.

Average hotel occupancy rate in Ho Chi Minh City reached 74 percent in the first quarter, increasing by 6 percentage points from the same period last year.

An Ao Dai festival, the fifth of its kind, will take place in multiple locations across Ho Chi Minh City from March 3 to 25.