HCMC Tour Guide Association founded

July 04,2018 10:05 AM

The Ho Chi Minh City Tour Guide Association under the HCMC Tourism Association has been established, with more than 400 members. The association is a venue for tour guides to meet and share their experience and skills and learn about their rights. It is considering proposing 24/7 health insurance for tour guides, who usually face a high risk from accidents, and will also work with the city’s Department of Tourism to offer solutions to develop the city’s tourism industry. There are about 22,000 tour guides around Vietnam, including some 5,000 in HCMC.

Edelweiss to launch direct Zurich-HCMC flights

July 04,2018 10:33 AM

Edelweiss, Switzerland’s leisure airline and sister company of Swiss International Air Lines, has announced it will open direct flights between Zurich in Switzerland and HCMC from 15 November. An Edelweiss Airbus A340-300 seating 314 passengers, including 27 in Edelweiss Business Class, will fly twice weekly between the two cities and allow Swiss and other European tourists to reach Vietnam with ease and in comfort. The number of Swiss visitors to Vietnam is on the increase, with the 33,000 last year marking an annual rise of over 5%. As well as opening up Vietnam to Swiss and other European visitors, the new route also offers a convenient direct flight for travellers from around HCMC to the heart of Europe, with many onward flight options from Zurich to other European cities and world-wide destinations with Swiss International Air Lines.

Group Exhibition

July 06,2018 12:00 AM

Craig Thomas Gallery is introducing the 9th Anniversary Group Exhibition to showcase new works by the many artists that will be having solo exhibitions at the gallery in the ensuing 12 months. Among the artists are long-time gallery favourites like Luong Luu Bien, Pham Huy Thong, Lieu Nguyen and Nguyen Minh Nam. The Hue-based artist Truong The Linh will also show one of the works of the collection he has spent the past year creating. There will be a couple of surprises at the show, including the latest master work from acclaimed HCMC-based artist Lim Khim Ka Ty. The gallery also welcomes to the gallery’s walls works by the highly regarded Hanoi-based artist Nguyen Trong Minh. Minh is making new work exclusively for the anniversary show and this will be the first time his work has been on public display in HCMC.

‘Gang of Five Chancing Modern’

July 20,2018 12:19 AM

‘Gang of Five Chancing Modern’ is an art project surveying the more than 30 years of work of of five Hanoian artists: Hong Viet Dung, Ha Tri Hieu, Dang Xuan Hoa, Tran Luong and Pham Quang Vinh.

Established in 1983 upon their graduation under the name Gang of Five, they grew and developed their work amid significant socio-historical changes during the post-‘doi moi’ (reform) period in Vietnam. The exhibition presents a selection of paintings from the 1990s to the 2000s that are considered to signify their artistic characteristics. At the same time, a section of the display is dedicated to archival materials (small drawings and sketches, notes, photographs, etc.), to provide a contextual background on the group, through which the public can explore the arts scene of the time.