Hard Rock Cafe, Cafe Hi-End, or Acoustic Cafe in Ho Chi Minh City are regarded as the right places to savour coffee with live music.   Hard Rock Cafe on Le Duan Street, District 3 Cafe Hi-End on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District 1 Acoustic Cafe on Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street, District 3 Number 7 Cafe on Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street, District 3 Yen Cafe on Pham Dinh Toai Street, District 3 Vung Oi Mo Ra on Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street, District 3 Tuong Cafe on Thanh Thai Street, District 10 Rock Fan Club on Tu Xuong Street, District 3     VOV/Zing  

Riverboat rambler: Hàn Đà Nẵng Princess cruise ship docks at Hàn River port for a night river tour. — VNS Photo Thanh Tịnh ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city has launched Hàn Đà Nẵng Princess, a five-star cruise ship offering tours of the Hàn River. The city’s culture, sports and tourism department said the cruise ship, built in HCM City, has three decks with full recreational facilities and diving services for 198 passengers. The ship, which was built with total investment of VNĐ50 billion (US$2.2 million), offers days and nights tours along the Hàn River. The city has given licences for 29 boats for carrying tourists in the Hàn River. In 2015, the city also debuted the first five-star cruise ship, Harem2. According to the department, nearly 300,000 tourists, of which 90,000 are foreigners, booked tours and accommodation in the city for the four-day holiday (from April 29 to May 2), a 30 per cent increase compared with last year. Four and five-star hotels were up...

Visitors to Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City will be treated to various forms of street and traditional Vietnamese art every weekend, starting from this Saturday. The new program, called “Ho Chi Minh City Street Show,” will debut on May 13 before taking place from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday night along the promenade, the municipal tourism department announced on Monday. “The weekend shows will not only feature common street arts like magic and singing, but also traditional arts including folk songs and gong dancing,” Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the tourism department, said at the program’s launch ceremony. Six different stages will be erected along the pedestrian street, which connects the city’s edifice with the Bach Dang wharf. The highlight of the weekend’s program will be a number of ‘fusion’ performances, combining modern street arts with traditional Vietnamese folk culture, according to the tourism department. “We expect this...