Chinese have for the first time become the largest number of international visitors to arrive in HCM City, according to the city Department of Tourism. Foreign tourists in HCM City. Their number soared to 600,000 last year, a year-on-year increase of 50 per cent. In 2016 they had been the third largest group, Lã Quốc Khánh, deputy director of the department, said. Chinese visitor profiles have changed, requiring his department to do market and product research to help travel firms tap this growing market segment, he said. The city would then develop appropriate tourism products to serve Chinese tourists, he said. Nguyễn Quốc Kỳ, general director of giant tour operator Vietravel, said tourism authorities should rearrange their priority markets for running promotion and marketing programmes in 2018-20. China should be a priority market, followed by Northeast Asian and Southeast Asian countries, he said. “The city will see a massive influx of Chinese tourists in the coming time.” Từ Quý Thành, director of Liên Bang Travelink, said his company saw a 30 per cent increase in the number of Chinese tourists last year. The number of bookings from China in the first quarter of this year rose by 15 per cent year-on-year, he said. Tours of three to four days to HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta or beach cities such as Vũng Tàu and Phan Thiết are the most popular, he said. Phan Đình Huê, director of Viet Circle Travel and Service Company, said most of the Chinese… [Read full story]
In January, Ho Chi Minh City earned VND5,808 billion from 310,000 foreign arrivals, achieving a year-on-year increase of 37.8 percent. In addition to this figure, local officials said, there were one million domestic visitors to the city. The Suoi Tien Tourism complex and Dam Sen Water Park saw 650,000 and 350,000 domestic arrivals, up 5 and 6 percent, respectively. In other tourist areas, the number of visitors showed a sharp increase.... [read more]
Mrs Dieu briefed the guest on the city’s socio-economic development achievements, which she said have been significantly contributed by the city’s Fatherland Front and people. The Fatherland Front has played an increasing role in addressing socio-economic issues, said Mrs Dieu. Mr Zhou said that his visit aims to promote the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam and the fine relationship between the CPPCC and the Vietnam Fatherland Front. It is also an opportunity for both sides to share experiences in national construction and development, he added. The same day, the Chinese delegation met Chinese businesses operating at the Linh Trung…... [read more]
Around 13,000 foreigners work in Ho Chi Minh City, the southern economic hub of Vietnam without permits, making up 76.5% of the city's total number of foreign workers. Most of unlicensed laborers belong to Chinese and Taiwanese firms, said the municipal Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. The department surveyed 2,000 local enterprises and fined some of them on charge of employing illegal foreign workers. The city is expected to grant licenses to 1,000 foreign workers in the future. Ho Chi Minh City now has more than 4.4 million people of working age. (Saigon Economic Times)... [read more]
Police officials in HCM City recently arrested two Malaysiannationals for using fake bank cards to withdraw money and purchase highvalue goods. Illustrative photo. According to the HCM City Police Department, the card service centreof the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam(Vietcombank) discovered people using counterfeit cards to withdrawmoney at an ATM machine in Dong Khoi street in HCM city. Shortly after receiving notification from Viecombank, police indistrict 1 and HCM City’s police force were at the scene and arrestedCheng Pusing and Wong Siew Wah, seizing a total of 32 fake credit cards. The two 19 year-old…... [read more]
Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City greeted nearly 330,000 foreign tourists in the first month of 2008, representing a year-on-year increase of 17 percent. Of this, the number of overseas Vietnamese returning to the city and the Southern provinces reached an estimated 150,000, up 15 percent over Tet 2007. Of this figure, 290,000 foreigners traveled to the city by air, up 15 percent year on year and 40,000 foreigners by other ways (mainly by land), up 30 percent compared to the same period of 2006. The number of foreigners using SaigonPort reached 5,000 in January, 2008. The number of domestic tourists…... [read more]
