HCM City greets 3.2 million foreign visitors in 9 months
Vietnam’s business and economic hub, Ho Chi Minh City, welcomed more than 3.2 million foreign visitors, up 5 percent annually, raking in more than 69.1 trillion VND (3.14 billion USD).
Vietnam’s business and economic hub, Ho Chi Minh City, welcomed more than 3.2 million foreign visitors, up 5 percent annually, raking in more than 69.1 trillion VND (3.14 billion USD), a 6 percent rise, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
Between now and the year’s end, the city will fine-tune the cooperation mechanism between its tourism and public security sectors and promptly establish a tourist support centre, ensuring safety for visitors.
A tourism stimulation programme will continue with a focus on inbound travel and services improvement.
The hotel occupancy in the southern metropolis averaged 62 percent in the third quarter, down 2 percentage points quarterly but up 5 percentage points yearly, reported Savills Vietnam estate service provider.
In its quarterly hotel market update, Savills Vietnam said the average room rent rate dropped 4 percent quarterly and 7 percent annually to 1.6 million VND (75 USD)/room/night due to the low season.
As of this September, the city’s 112 hotels offered around 14,400 rooms, up 4 percent quarterly and 14 percent annually.
The figure included 480 new rooms from six new projects, 240 of which were in the three-and five-star category, in the third quarter.-VNA
A slump in tourism has hit Ho Chi Minh City's hotel market, which saw a drop in the average rate of reserved rooms in the first six months of the year compared to the previous five years.
The average room rate (ARR) in Ho Chi Minh City dropped 5 percent quarterly and 3 percent annually to 1.6 million VND/room/night (or 78 USD/room/night) in the second quarter of 2015, reported Savills Vietnam estate service provider.
The property market in Ho Chi Minh City has been vibrant since the outset of 2015 thanks to buoyant merger & acquisition (M&A) activities which are expected to continue thriving in the time to ahead.
Seventeen existing and new projects made a total of 9,550 apartments available in the real estate market of Ho Chi Minh City in the third quarter of this year, announced Savills Vietnam.
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Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Trade Promotion Agency Bui Quang Hung emphasised that logistics has evolved from a technical function into a core capability for Vietnamese exporters to maintain their competitive advantage in the US market.
A trade official has suggested companies work closely with shipping lines, airlines, and freight forwarders to monitor routes, transit times, and potential surcharges while exploring broader cargo insurance to cover risks like war and terrorism.
In addition to institutional reform, the agency is also rolling out key solution groups to combat counterfeit goods, imitations, and intellectual property infringements in the digital environment.
The event, co-organised by the Vietnam Trade Office in the UK and TT Meridian, a local importer of Vietnamese fresh produce, aims to build a national lychee brand and encourage broader recognition of Vietnamese fruits in a competitive, high-end market.
The industry's performance has been powered by bold investments in modern production lines, enabling Vietnamese firms to produce complicated products which were exclusive to advanced economies.
Illustrative image (Source:congdongcaphe.vn)
