On the afternoon of March 17, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism informed that there will be many attractive tours welcoming domestic and international tourists to visit and relax in Ho Chi Minh City during the April 30 and May 1 holidays.
In addition, the Department of Tourism also said that the award ceremony for the results of "Designing a tourism program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification" is planned to be held within the framework of the upcoming Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival, in early April 2025 at September 23 Park, District 1.
After 3 months of launching, the event has attracted the participation of many travel businesses, students and travel-loving organizations. Currently, some of the award-winning tours have been gradually deployed and offered to tourists by businesses. For Group A - Travel Business category, the first prize belongs to the tourism program "From Mau Than to the Great Spring Victory" of Chim Canh Thu Travel Service Joint Stock Company.
The program will take visitors back in time through prominent relics, recreating the development journey of Ho Chi Minh City, including: Ho Chi Minh City Museum; Headquarters of the Liaison Delegation of the General Command of the Vietnam People's Army; Weapon hiding base of the Special Forces attacking the Independence Palace in 1968 (Weapons bunker); Memorial stele of Saigon Special Forces soldiers; Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum; explore the unique architecture and historical stories of the Independence Palace historical relic...
Second prize went to the program “50-year train: Journey connecting cultural regions” of Vietnam Tourism and Transport Marketing Joint Stock Company – Vietravel. Tourists have the opportunity to explore different destinations with multi-modal journeys, along with 5 most beautiful train trips in Vietnam; cruise on Ha Long Bay and Nha Trang; enjoy the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine when traveling through the regions of the country…
In particular, in the grand event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day, at 11:30 a.m. on April 30, Vietravel tourists will be present at the Independence Palace historical site at the proud historical moment of the entire Vietnamese nation.
Next, visitors will rediscover "Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City Imprint, 50-year Memories from the Past to the Present" with destinations such as the Saigon Special Forces Museum with the Floating Bunker Relic, the secret mailbox associated with the Saigon Special Forces before 1975; conquer the Landmark 81 Skyview Observatory - one of the tallest buildings in Southeast Asia; enjoy the "A O Show"; cruise the Saigon River to admire the city at night and enjoy a dinner party with special music; cruise on a luxury yacht to the mysterious land of Thieng Lieng, experience a day as a "salt farmer"...
The tour program "Legend of the heroic Sac Forest commandos - Steel Land - Ho Chi Minh City" by Vietluxtour Travel Joint Stock Company won the Third Prize. The program will take visitors back to history with destinations such as: Sac Forest historical site, the Base Area of Sac Forest Group 10, associated with the heroic battles of special forces from 1966 to April 30, 1975; Can Gio Monkey Island; Sac Forest Martyrs' Cemetery: a place to gather the graves of martyrs who sacrificed their lives on this land through two long-term resistance wars for national independence and unification; Cu Chi Tunnels historical site; Independence Palace historical site; Nguyen Hue walking street...
For Group B - Individual and group, the first prize belongs to the travel program "Saigon Special Forces - Legendary bunkers" by Penguins Team. The second prize belongs to the Experience Travel Program "Slow Living - Listening to History" by contestant Tran Nhat Thanh (Student of Tourism Faculty - Van Lang University). The third prize belongs to contestant Tran Quang Duy with the travel program "Saigon I love changes every day".
THI HONG
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tphcm-co-nhieu-tour-tuyen-hap-dan-dip-le-30-4-va-1-5-post786377.html
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