Nguyen Trung Khanh, head of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism, speaks at a year-end conference organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism to review 2025 performance and outline key tasks for 2026, Ho Chi Minh City, December 30, 2025. Nguyen Van Dung, vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, shares views on building high-quality, sustainable tourism at a year-end conference organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism to review 2025 performance and outline key tasks for 2026, Ho Chi Minh City, December 30, 2025. Photo: Bong Mai / Tuoi TreAgainst that backdrop, Ho Chi Minh City continued to assert its role as the country’s leading tourism hub and growth engine. Gross regional domestic product growth exceeded eight percent, reinforcing Ho Chi Minh City’s position as the nation’s economic locomotive. In the year to come, Ho Chi Minh City has set a state budget revenue target of about VND803.6 trillion ($30.5 billion).

Source: Tuoitre News December 31, 2025 03:29 UTC