The report on the socio -economic situation of Ho Chi Minh City in October 2025, on culture and arts, shows that during the month, the City organized many events, festivals, and cultural and artistic activities. Notably, the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio in 2025, this is a typical folk festival and contributes to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of fishermen in the Southern sea in general and the Can Gio fishing community in particular.
Ho Chi Minh City organized literary and artistic activities, art performances, and visual propaganda to welcome the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025-2030, an event marking a historic turning point after the City expanded its administrative boundaries with the motto "Solidarity - Democracy - Discipline - Breakthrough - Creativity".
Besides, there are other programs and activities such as: Con Dao Book Fair 2025 with the theme "Legend of Con Dao", Conference summarizing 50 years of Literature and Arts of Ho Chi Minh City after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), Ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany...
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports received the First Class Labor Medal (photo: Huyen Trang/Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports)
During the month, the City paid attention to mass sports activities, organizing sports tournaments to welcome the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio in 2025; a series of sports activities to welcome the 1st Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, term 2025-2030 such as: Vovinam tournament of City clubs, Yoga fitness festival, community sports program, Pickleball Drinknutrition Open City tournament.
Regarding high-performance sports, in October 2025, the City participated in National competitions with the following achievements: First place overall at the 2025 Aerobic Gymnastics Competition, third place overall at the 2025 Youth Athletics Championship. The City team participated in the 2025 Southeast Asian Pencak Silat Championship with 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal.
Regarding tourism, it is estimated that in October 2025, the total revenue of the tourism industry in October is estimated to reach VND 23,437 billion, an increase of 22% over the same period. The cumulative revenue for the first 10 months of 2025 is estimated to reach VND 208,066 billion, an increase of 22.4% over the same period.
The number of international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City in October is estimated at 705,161, up 18.5% over the same period last year. The cumulative number of international visitors in the first 10 months of 2025 is estimated at 6.58 million, up 17.7% over the same period.
In general, the City has organized many tourism events, creating impressions and spreading, but to be effective, it is necessary to have a long-term strategy, expand the scale and diversify the types of tourism, especially developing night tourism products to improve competitiveness, attract tourists, increase spending, extend the length of stay of tourists...
Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/tphcm-thang-10-2025-da-to-chuc-cac-hoat-dong-van-hoa-nghe-thuat-an-tuong-20251101170214977.htm
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