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HCMC to set up boats on river to sell coffee, bread, hu tieu to tourists, locals

With 500,000 waterway travelers a year and a vast river and canal network, HCM City is planning to take full advantage of the conditions to develop waterway culinary tourism.

HCMC to open five more tourism waterways in 2024

The HCMC Department of Transport has announced a plan to operate five more waterways next year to diversify tourism services and satisfy the travel demand of guests.

HCM City to host more MICE tourists next year

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will see a sharp increase in MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) tourists in 2018, according to the local Department of Tourism.

HCM City travel firms hope to profit from waterway tours

VietNamNet Bridge - Saigontourist has launched seven new waterway routes on the Sai Gon River and the river sections of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An. 


Waterway tourism remains underdeveloped in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite having a 1,000-km long network of canals and rivers, HCM City has developed its waterway tourism slowly in recent years, with only a few tours now operating. 

HCM City to develop waterway tourism

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is keen to develop inland waterway tourism into one of its key attractions by 2020.

HCM City focuses on developing waterway tourism

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism set a target of 4.7 million visitors in 2015, making a year-on-year increase of 7 percent.

Can Tho-Da Nang air route to open in 2014

 A new air route connecting Da Nang city in the central region and Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta will be launched in 2014, according to Vice Chairman of Can Tho People’s Committee Dao Anh Dung.

VND11 trillion to develop river tourism in HCM City

Building, renovating a series of piers, docks, organizing cultural events, etc. with a total capital of VND11 trillion, HCM City targets to turn river tourism into the city’s key tourism product in 2020.