A video entitled “Ho Chi Minh City – Vibrant City” is screened on CNN. (Photo courtesy of the HCM City’s Department of Tourism)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Commercials promoting HCM City’stourism potential have been screened on CNN from December 12, according to themunicipal Department of Tourism.
Two videos entitled “Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City” and “Ho Chi Minh City –Vibrant City” feature exciting festivals, excellent cuisine, and uniquetourism products, inspiring audiences to have hands-on travel experiences inthe young, vibrant and friendly city.
This is the first time the image of HCM City has been featured on theAmerican TV channel.
The adverts have been broadcast three times day in Asia-Pacific and NorthAmerican regions and will run until December 29.
The city tourism authorities hope that the cooperation with CNN in promotingits tourism will help attract more international tourists from key tourismmarkets in the world and increase the return visitor rate.
The city’s tourism sector has made efforts to diversify tourism productsthroughout the year and affirm its role as the country’s largest tourism hub.
The city welcomed 3 million foreign tourist arrivals and nearly 28 milliondomestic visitors in the first 11 months of this year. Tourism revenue totaled more than 117 trillion VND (4.88 billionUSD)./.
Three Vietnamese dishes – “banh mi,” “pho” and iced coffee – have been named in the CNN’s list of “50 of the best street foods in Asia” which it calls just a “small sampling of the region’s wonderful food traditions”.
Hanoi is listed among the 12 best places in the world to go for fall by American news channel CNN, as autumn in Vietnam’s capital city is drier and cooler with monsoon season ending.
Three Vietnamese signature dishes – "banh mi", "pho", and iced coffee – have been mentioned in a CNN list of 50 of the best street foods in Asia, which is recognised as being just a "small sampling of the region's wonderful food traditions."
CNN wishes to resume tourism promotion cooperation with Hanoi, thus contributing to introducing the capital city’s cultural identity and valuable traditions to the world, Senior Vice President of CNN Robert Bradley told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen at a meeting in Hanoi on October 4.
The Hanoi speciality Banh ran is among the best dishes from Vietnam that CNN Travel suggests travellers try when visiting the capital in particular or the country in general.
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A video entitled “Ho Chi Minh City – Vibrant City” is screened on CNN. (Photo courtesy of the HCM City’s Department of Tourism) 
