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A small villa offers a stunning view of this pristine landscape Hue may be famous as being the last Vietnamese royal citadel and home to the Hue festival, but neighbouring Bach Ma National Park has perhaps more to offer to explorers of the road less travelled. Phong Lan villa has seven rooms and can sleep 30. The rooms of the villa are separated by thick stone walls of up to 40cm. From my garret’s arches, a panoramic vista across the valley greets my eyes. Tuan, who quadruples as...

VietNamNet Bridge – Kien Giang-based Mekong Aviation Joint stock Co has submitted an application to the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) to launch carrier Mekong Air. Mekong Air has a charter capital of VND600 billion (nearly US$36.4 million), some VND300 billion higher than the minimum required by the Law on Aviation to operate services within Vietnam. Mekong Air said it planned to use Canadian Bombardier aircraft, which can carry 86-90 passengers, to fly from...

By 2025 the airport will be able to accommodate six million passengers Da Nang International Airport will be able to receive up to four million passengers and 80,000 tonnes of luggage a year by 2015. And by 2025, it will be able to handle six million passengers a year. At present, the airport can only handle about one million passengers yearly, but significant growth in tourism and business in the central region have led to plans for an upgrade. A scheme announced last week states...

One-pillar pagoda in Hanoi VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi welcomed 3.8 million visitors, including 655,700 foreigners in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 12.4 percent. The number of holiday-makers from China , Thailand , the US and Australia increased sharply, leading to the shortage of hotel rooms. The city is expected to welcome 7.6 million visitors with 1.4 million foreign tourists by the end of this year. Ho Chi Minh City in the period welcomed around 1.5...

VietNamNet Bridge – A VND19.6 trillion (US$1.23 billion) project to build a North-South express sea route using specialised vessels has been submitted to the Government for approval. The sea route for cargo, and passenger transport was proposed by the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin). The route would use six large ferries (ofen known as Ro-Pax) designed to carry wheeled vehicles and passengers. They will be built over four years, beginning from later this...

VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism Malaysia is teaming up with airlines and travel firms over new packages to draw more Vietnamese to that country, as part of a major campaign that Secretary General Ong Hong Peng from the country's tourism ministry announced last Friday. The Malaysian tourism authority is working with Malaysia Airlines over the three-day package "Malaysia Stopover Special Promotion" and the three-day tour "Discover Malaysia Pass" to Kuala Lumpur. The "Malaysia...

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City wants to see its tourism revenue reach VND46 trillion (US$2.78 billion) by 2010, double the figure of last year. It hopes to do this by pursuing its tourism development scheme approved by the city’s People’s Committee. The city’s hospitality sector will expand operations to potential markets such as Norway, Sweden, India, Indonesia and South Africa, in addition to further key markets like the US, Canada, France, Japan, China and ASEAN...