Key highlights include the “Find your flavour” food tour series and “The essence shines”, a multi-sensory art performance.

Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City.

Running from July to August, “Find your flavour” aims to become a key offering of this summer by integrating activities such as food passports, interactive games, videos, and all-in-one culinary city tours in partnership with local travel agencies and restaurants.

Meanwhile, “The essence shines”, developed by the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, uses cutting-edge video art, light, sound, and spatial motion to depict iconic literary and artistic works from the city’s last five decades. The programme also features creative side events including comic creation contests, digital art exhibitions on HCM City history, children’s painting sessions and weekend art playgrounds.

According to the Department of Tourism, the initiative serves as both an artistic showcase and a creative learning space, inspiring cultural engagement - especially among the youth. Blending traditional art with modern technology, it highlights HCM City as a creative hub where culture is shared in a fresh, friendly way.

Recently, the digital travel platform Agoda ranked HCM City as the top destination for short getaways in Viet Nam. Dubbed the "city that never sleeps", it offers a dynamic mix of street food and nightlife, catering to the growing preference among Vietnamese travellers for quick, energy-recharging trips.

Vu Ngoc Lam, Director of Agoda in Viet Nam, noted that short trips are making it easier to explore cultural centres and lesser-known destinations, with Viet Nam’s diverse landscapes and intercity connectivity offering plenty of opportunities for both short and extended journeys.

HCM City attracted nearly 1.64 million foreign visitors in the first three months of this year, up 18.2% from the same period in 2024, the city’s Department of Tourism said.

During the period, the southern economic hub also welcomed over 8.57 million domestic tourists, marking a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.

Total tourism revenue rose 26.7% year-on-year to 56.66 trillion VND ( 2.21 billion USD), achieving 21.8% of the 2025 plan.

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