The hot air balloon festival was held in Ho Chi Minh City last week (Photo: TST Tourist).

The video introduces HCM City’s tourism with diverse perspectives, colorful events and festivals, special cuisine, and unique tourism products. 

On the video, international audiences can see and experience the vitality of the largest city in Vietnam. This part of the program is titled "Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City".

This video will be broadcast  from 6am to 10am, 10am to 5pm, and from 7pm to midnight from December 12 to 29 in the Asia-Pacific and North American regions.

HCM City was recently named among the top 15 most searched destinations by global travelers for the holiday season from December to January as revealed by Booking.com. The city climbed up a total of 2,985 spots to secure 12th place among destinations searched for by global travelers.

It was also named among the top 10 trending destinations on online flight booking search service Google Flights, which gives an insight into where Americans are looking to travel this year and beyond. It ranked behind only big cities in the world such as London, Paris, Dubai, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Rome, New York, Tokyo and is one of two Asian cities named in the list.

Tran Chung