Shopping tourism emerges as major draw for HCM City visitors

VietnamNews - Sep 25, 2026

HCM City, which ranked 16th, is placed ahead of well-known tourism cities such as Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Mumbai in India.

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