HCM City plans to offer a new tour to a painting village along the Saigon River in District 2 in September and will also inaugurate the Saigon-Cu Chi-Binh Duong route as part of its plan to develop riverside tourism over the next ten years.

HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has conducted a survey along the Saigon River to develop the city’s riverside tourism from 2011 to 2020.

At present, some travel firms provide short-distance riverside tours in HCM City like Ben Nghe-Nha Be, Bach Dang-Binh Quoi, with six floating restaurants and three yachts.

Medium-distance boat tours include Saigon-Dong Nai, Saigon-Binh Duong, Bach Dang-Cu Chi while long-distance boat tours comprise HCM City-My Tho-Can Tho-Chau Doc-Kien Giang and Phnom Penh, Shihanuville (Cambodia).

The city is working on a project to develop three waterway bus routes in the city, including: Nha Rong wharf – Sai Gon river – Vam Thuat river – An Loc bridge; Ben Nghe canal – Tau Hu – Cho Dem; Nha Rong wharf – Saigon Port – Te canal – Doi canal.

HCM City has 87 river routes and a tangled network of canals that are favourable for developing develop waterway transport, but they have yet to be utilized fully.

Source: Vietnamnet