Ho Chi Minh City has diverse tourism products from rivers and fields.

According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, in the first 10 months of 2025, international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City are estimated to reach nearly 6.6 million, domestic visitors more than 33 million, reaching about 66% of the target set for 2025.

Total tourism revenue in the first 10 months of the year reached VND208,066 billion, reaching 71.7% of the target of VND290,000 billion in 2025. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism is continuing to diversify tourism products to attract tourists in order to achieve the economic growth target of over 8.5% in 2025.

The main objective of this plan is to implement the smart tourism development project: Building a smart 3D/360 interactive tourism map connecting tourist attractions of provinces and cities in 5 languages: Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese and Spanish.

Saigon River is an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

Organize for travel agencies specializing in culinary tours, survey restaurants with special culinary services in Binh Duong and Ba Ria Vung Tau areas to assess the actual route and food services, potential tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, there are a total of 1,569 travel agencies operating in Ho Chi Minh City, including 1,099 international travel agencies; 470 domestic travel agencies; 77 travel agencies and 20 representative offices of foreign travel agencies in Vietnam.

In October 2025, the Department of Tourism continued to implement online reporting to improve the form of business management, while serving the statistical work and updating the national tourism database. 773 accounts were granted to log in to online statistical reporting on the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism's tourism statistical database electronic information portal.

In addition, the Department of Tourism has also conducted surveys and introduced businesses and establishments participating in the medical tourism program; linked medical tourism development between Ho Chi Minh City and provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and Southeast regions. Continued to implement the program to develop tourism products to the border region with the theme "Proud of the imprints of the border region", organized the Famtrip program and announced tourism programs to the border region associated with the historical values ​​of the border regions...

In reality, community tourism products and services, ecological tourism, cultural-historical tourism in Cu Chi, Can Gio, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh areas have maintained a stable number of visitors with types of farm visits, craft villages, and school experiences. Urban tourism and services in central wards focus on landscape improvement, green spaces, developing check-in points, coffee services, and night cuisine, meeting the needs of domestic and international visitors. Many units have increased the use of digital platforms (Visithcmc.vn, ward and commune fanpages) to promote activities. The network of grassroots tourism destinations is increasingly diverse, attracting people and weekend tourists. The awareness of ward and commune authorities on local tourism development has been raised, with coordination with businesses and tourism business households.

Tourism activities are organized safely, without major incidents. However, there are still some limitations such as communication activities and updating tourism information on the websites of wards/communes are not synchronized, the content is limited. There is a lack of connection between local authorities and tourism businesses to form typical products according to the locality. The Department of Tourism will strengthen the direction of wards, communes, and special zones to standardize the "Local Tourism" section on the electronic information portal, regularly update events, destinations, and products. Encourage each locality to build at least one typical tourism product associated with the cultural-ecological-culinary strengths of the locality. Strengthen the connection between wards, communes and businesses in promotional activities, serving customers, towards sustainable tourism development at the grassroots level.

As of October 2025, Ho Chi Minh City has 39 recognized tourist areas and spots, including 33 tourist spots in the old Ho Chi Minh City; 1 national tourist area, 1 provincial tourist area, 3 tourist spots in the old Ba Ria - Vung Tau area, and 1 tourist spot in the Binh Duong area. Human resource training and development activities are carried out synchronously, practically and towards standardizing vocational skills.

According to Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, from now until the end of the year, the unit will focus on 4 major plans including: Promoting Ho Chi Minh City tourism within the framework of the Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Days event; the 3rd Ho Chi Minh City River Festival in 2025; the 5th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week in 2025, scheduled to take place from December 5, 2025 and the 8th Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon in 2025. In addition, it will organize a program to promote Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City tourism in the US and Singapore. These are highly strategic promotion programs, contributing to expanding the North American tourist market, strengthening the brand of Ho Chi Minh City as the leading MICE - culture - cuisine destination in Southeast Asia; maintain the presence of Ho Chi Minh City tourism brand in the Southeast Asian market, especially with Singapore - an international tourism transit hub.

Organize surveys, investigations, and assessments of tourism resources to reposition products and develop new product development orientations. Review and propose amendments to regulations on the conditions for the formation and operation of inland waterway terminals, passenger ports, etc. to promote businesses to invest and effectively exploit waterway tourism.

Developing community-based agricultural tourism destinations in the old Hoc Mon district; night tourism products in Ho Chi Minh City and Long Son community tourism products; sightseeing tours of Ho Chi Minh City from above by helicopter; agricultural and ecological tourism in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025. Developing culinary tourism products in 2025; organizing a survey program, introducing and promoting hospitals, medical facilities, tourist accommodation facilities, and health care facilities participating in the Ho Chi Minh City medical tourism program.

Organize activities to promote and advertise Ho Chi Minh City tourism at the WTM London 2025 Fair; implement promotional and exchange activities in the series of activities of the Asian Federation of Exhibition and Convention Associations (AFECA) in Indonesia; Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City tourism promotion program in Denmark in 2025...

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Xa-hoi/tp-ho-chi-minh-da-dang-san-pham-du-lich-tu-nhung-dong-song-canh-dong-i785146/