In the first eight months of 2024, Cai Rang received over 2 million visitors, with nearly 684,000 visiting the Cai Rang floating market. The total tourism revenue is estimated to be 137.5 billion VND.
On August 22, at the Ninh Kieu Riverside Wedding Conference Center, the Standing Committee of the Can Tho City Confederation of Labor organized a collective wedding ceremony for 8 couples of union members and workers in 2024. This is also the first time the City's Confederation of Labor has organized this special and meaningful wedding ceremony.
On August 20, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Can Tho City People's Committee Duong Tan Hien had a working session with the Managing Director of Southeast Asia of SUEZ Farchad Kaviani on the possibility of cooperation in projects related to water supply, wastewater treatment, and waste management in Can Tho City.
On August 16th, Permanent Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Mr. Duong Tan Hien attended the ceremony marking the 10-year export milestone of Asia Veterinary Medicine Co., Ltd. (Achaupharm), and marking the company's 500th export order to the Middle East market.
Vietnam has always identified safe and friendly tourism as a focus. As part of this strategy, Can Tho aspires to be recognized as an “ideal, safe, and friendly tourist destination”, However, there are still minor issues impacting the city's tourism image that need to be addressed.
MICE tourism (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions tourism) is often framed in luxurious, professional meeting rooms or large outdoor spaces. However, there is a form of thematic MICE in open space that is being formed in Can Tho.
A signing ceremony of a coordination regulation for the 2024 - 2028 period between Can Tho City People's Committee and Can Tho City Labor Federation was held on August 16.
Chairman of the Can Tho City People's Committee, Tran Viet Truong, emphasized this at the Investment and Trade Promotion Conference in Can Tho City, organized by the Can Tho Promotion Agency in collaboration with the Thu Duc City Investment and Trade Promotion Center, Ho Chi Minh City Business Association, Thu Duc City Business Association, Thanh Hoa Province Business Association, and Can Tho City Business Association on the afternoon of August 16.
On the morning of August 14th, in Can Tho city, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and Southwest Pipeline Operating Company held a ceremony to present social security to two localities, Can Tho city and Kien Giang province, and organized a tree planting event in response to the program of planting 3 million trees of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group.
On August 9th, 2024, the People's Committee of Can Tho led by Mr. Nguyen Thuc Hien - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City as head of the working delegation had a meeting with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City chaired by Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on organizing the “First Can Tho City Tourism Week in 2024” and discussing coordination activities on investment and trade promotion scheduled to be held at the end of 2024 in Can Tho City.