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Vespa tour around Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 wins district tourism contest

Vespa tour around Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 wins district tourism contest

Sunday, December 04, 2022, 14:04 GMT+7
Vespa tour around Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 wins district tourism contest
A group of visitors are taken around the streets in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on Vespa scooters, December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

The People Committee of District 3 in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday afternoon organized a Vespa tour to famous attractions around the district.

Entitled 'Explore Colorful District 3 on Vespa Scooters,' the tour took its participants to Monument of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc, Chantarangsay, the first Khmer Buddhist Temple in Saigon, District 3’s inner-city waterway wharf, and other historical relics. 

Visitors are taken around the streets in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City by Vespa scooters on December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Visitors are taken around the streets in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on Vespa scooters, December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

The tour, designed by the Vietnam Travel and Marketing Transports JSC (Vietravel), won the district’s tourism product design contest in 2022.

The contest aimed to exploit, utilize, and promote the existing tourism value of District 3.

According to Le Truong Hien Hoa, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, the city’s tourism industry is recovering strongly and District 3 is among those with potential tourism resources.

Local authorities attend the ceremony to introduce the vespa tour around District 3 designed by Vietravel, Ho Chi Minh City on December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Local authorities attend a ceremony to introduce a Vespa tour around District 3 designed by Vietravel in Ho Chi Minh City, December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

A group of 30 Vespa scooters depart from the headquarters of the People Committee of District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

A group of 30 Vespa scooters depart from the headquarters of the People Committee of District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Vespa scooters park while visitors stop by a tea shop on Tu Xuong Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Vespa scooters park while visitors stop by a tea shop on Tu Xuong Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

A Vespa scooter used for the tour. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

A Vespa scooter used for the tour. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Visitors are taken around local alleys in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City by Vespa scooters on December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Visitors are taken around local alleys in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on Vespa scooters, December 2, 2022. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre

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