The Hanoitimes - The event was part of activities to commemorate 320 years since the establishment of Ho Chi Minh City. A welcoming ceremony was held on December 10 to welcome HCMC’s 7 millionth foreign guests at Tan Son Nhat international airport. The symbolic 7 millionth holidaymaker was Frenchman Tissot Jeanclaure. Ho Chi Minh City welcomes 7 millionth foreign visitors so far this year. The visitor, along with two other tourists immediately before and after him, was presented with special gifts from Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism and Vietnam Airlines. All three passengers were on the same flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport (France) to Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh City). The number of foreign visitors to Ho Chi Minh City in the 11 months of 2018 is estimated at 6.8 million, a 19.6% increase from the same period last year, according to Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism. The event was part of activities to commemorate 320 … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City welcomes 7 millionth foreign visitors so far this year
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Ho Chi Minh City launches eight new tours
The Hanoitimes - Visitors will tour Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic places at affordable prices. Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism has been working with travel agents to design eight affordable tour packages to introduce iconic destinations in the city, VnExpress reported. This move is under a scheme to celebrate the city’s 320th founding anniversary. The tours will give visitors an insight of the development of Ho Chi Minh city since its inception to the present. Ho Chi Minh City launches eight new tours. VnExpress.net Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Binh Tay Market, and the War Remnants Museum are included in these tour packages. The other destinations are Can Gio district, famous for the Vam Sat eco-tourism site and Rung Sac Military Base, and Cu Chi district, which is well known for its underground tunnels. These places tell visitors the history of the city. On this occasion, a series of discounts will be … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City launches eight new tours
HCMC receives delegation of Cuban Women’s Federation
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Tat Thanh Cang hoped that the Cuban Women’s Federation and the Vietnam Women Union in Ho Chi Minh City will have effective working sessions as well as exchange experiences in women’s activities and tighten relationship between the two sides. Head delegate Teresa Maria Amarelle Boue, highly appreciated the preschool model for low-income families and vocational training programs for women of the HCMC’s Cultural House that Cuba can learn from the city’s experiences. She also expressed her deep impression in Cu Chi Tunnels historical site, and military strategies and tactics that Vietnamese people and armed forces carried out in struggles for independence and unity. By THUY VU - Translated by Kim Khanh … [Read more...] about HCMC receives delegation of Cuban Women’s Federation
HCM City official welcomes Cuban Women’s Federation representatives
Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang (R) receives Teresa Maria Amarelle Boue, Politburo member of the Communist Party of Cuba and Secretary General of the Cuban Women’s Federation, on October 26 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang on October 26 received a delegation of the Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC), now on a working visit to the Vietnamese city. Head delegate Teresa Maria Amarelle Boue, Politburo member of the Communist Party of Cuba and Secretary General of the FMC, affirmed that her country always wants to enhance the traditional solidarity and friendship with Vietnam so as to benefit the people of each country. Noting the outcomes of the delegation’s working visit in HCM City, she said they were very impressed with the local child care model for low-income earners as well as vocational training and career guidance activities of … [Read more...] about HCM City official welcomes Cuban Women’s Federation representatives
Cu Chi shines in SCMP’s best tunnel tours in the world
The Hanoitimes - South China Morning Post has announced its list of the best tunnel tours in the world and Cu Chi Tunnel, Vietnam is on it. South China Morning Post (SCMP), a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper, has just named Cu Chi Tunnel in Vietnam the number one destination among the best tunnel tours in the world. Cu Chi tunnel. Photo: Alamy The tunnels of Cu Chi, 25km (16 miles) northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, were excavated in the late 1940s by the Viet Minh, during the first Indochina war, against the French. The district became a stronghold of the country's liberating forces during the Vietnam War, and the network of narrow passageways was extended and deepened to improve the chances for those inside of surviving aerial bombardment and search and destroy missions conducted by American forces. Viet Cong guerillas spent the daylight hours holed up in their carefully concealed lairs, emerging after dark to conduct military operations or scavenge for food. The … [Read more...] about Cu Chi shines in SCMP’s best tunnel tours in the world