Watching Ho Chi Minh City shine under the night lights

When night falls, Ho Chi Minh City puts on its splendid and charming beauty. High-rise buildings and commercial centers next to each other demonstrate the development of this modern city, the leading economic and cultural center in Vietnam. After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has a new look and potential for breakthrough development. A colorful tourism picture is opening up.

Seen from above, the urban architecture of Ho Chi Minh City appears both modern and harmonious with many impressive constructions located next to the Saigon River such as: 81-storey Landmark Building (Binh Thanh District); Thu Thiem tunnel (connecting District 1 and Thu Duc City), Ba Son Bridge (District 1), Thu Thiem urban area (Thu Duc City), Ben Bach Dang Park (District 1) are becoming new architectural symbols in the affirmation of urban development of the City.

The picture of the city at night is painted more brilliant, colorful under the lights, vibrant with diverse entertainment, cultural and culinary activities worthy of the title of a "city that never sleeps". Nguyen Hue walking street (District 1), Lam Son Square area, in front of the City Opera House (District 1) has become the main venue for many cultural, sports and community art activities, serving free of charge to residents and visitors on weekends.

Ho Chi Minh City has identified strategic pillars for tourism development, including improving infrastructure and service quality, prioritizing traffic connections. This year, the traffic infrastructure of Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding areas has recorded many important steps forward, creating great advantages for tourism development.

At the same time, the tourism industry is researching and developing new products such as helicopter tours to see the whole city, expanding tourist ports. Next, strongly developing night tourism. The goal of Ho Chi Minh City is to become the "night tourism capital of Southeast Asia".

In the first 8 months of 2025, Ho Chi Minh City welcomed more than 4.3 million international visitors and about 26 million domestic visitors. Total tourism revenue reached over 125,000 billion VND, an increase of more than 12% over the same period last year. This is a very positive signal, showing that tourism products are increasingly attractive and have high added value.

Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry aims to welcome 8.5-10 million international visitors, 40-50 million domestic visitors, and total tourism revenue of VND260,000-290,000 billion in 2025.

After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City aims to become the leading tourism and service center in the region. Accordingly, in the next 10-15 years, it will be among the most attractive urban destinations in Asia, comparable to Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore or Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Photo: Hieu Nguyen

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