In the first four months of 2016 alone, Ho Chi Minh City received 1.8 million foreign tourists. This is equivalent to an annual 14% increase in visitors entering the city and a VND34 trillion (US$1.52 billion) in tourism revenue. In April of this year, over 402,000 visitors from all over the world arrived in Ho […]
Le Nguyen Vy is a famous artist in Vietnam known for his photography printing on stones and leaves. Today, he has made another name to himself as he became the first artist in Vietnam to print photographs on shells, a very difficult medium for the art, but something which he succeeded in and continually developing. […]
For the third time since 2006, the Quang Ninh Province of Vietnam once again partners with the Luang Prabang Province of Lao and Udon Thani Province of Thai for tourism development, this time covering the period from 2016-2017. The three provinces gathered for a special meeting on June 22, 2016 in Ha Long City, Quang […]
Vietnam’s young tech start-ups are showing so much talent and potential that international financial giants are pouring in all their investments into the new sector with confidence of a big turnaround. In March 2016, multi-national companies like Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered PLC increased their investment in the e-wallet MoMo operator by $28 million, while […]
Amid reports that Ha Long Bay has been gradually desecrated over a long period of time, the management board justified that not all of the stories are true and that there is a natural explanation to them. Ha Long Bay is a World Heritage Site as acknowledged by UNESCO and one of the most famous […]
Being new and unfamiliar to the place, tourists sometimes, if not always, fall victim to crimes such as theft, fraud, assault and even more serious crimes like kidnapping, even murder. Because of this alarming reality, Ho Chi Minh City is bent on tightening its security to better protect its tourists which are life and blood […]
An Australian who teaches English and has lived in Vietnam for the last nine years, Stivi Cooke was inspired to create the book “My Dad Is Awesome” to express his growing love for the country. “My Dad Is Awesome” is a cartoon book showing simple drawings, telling the story of a small Vietnamese boy who […]
Mekong Delta is experiencing grave drought and salinity, causing serious damage to its agriculture. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged all provinces to take necessary measures to solve or the least minimize the critical problem. The drought and saltwater intrusion situation is so dire that 139,000 hectares of rice crop intended for the winter-spring […]
The upcoming Hollywood movie ‘Kong: Skull Island’ went to Vietnam to shoot some scenes in one of its secretly idyllic site, a major event which brought unbelievable excitement among the locals after quite a while since the last several American productions visited the country for the same reason. The movie features a lake in Phong […]
tourists.Hop-on hop off is a global bus service company which offers ease and convenience to tourists all around the world. And now it has opened its doors to Ho Chi Minh City to bring international quality of service to its Hop-on hop-off went through a six-month trial period before being granted official operation license to […]