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HCM City to hold expo for Indochina tourism[Code: 3785]

Terrace rice field in Sapa in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Vietnam Travel - HCM City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will work with tourist agencies to hold an international tourism investment conference, which will present Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam as destinations, on September 30 and October 1. The Tourism Investment Conference 2009 (TIC) will be a chance for cities and provinces in the country to introduce their major tourism projects...

Peace tourism proves revelatory[Code: 3784]

Vietnam Travel – I felt privileged when a group of American tourists invited me to join them on the Peace Trees Vietnam’s Citizen Diplomacy Trips to the central province of Quang Tri. Cultural immersion: Two American visitors (centre and right) try to make banh canh, a local dish, in a cooking class organised by the Quang Tri province’s Women’s Union. I met the group after they’d spent a week touring the southern provinces. The week didn’t seem long...

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 4/9[Code: 3783]

Locals to enjoy cheap luxury stays Six of HCM City’s 12 five-star hotels will for the first time offer a discount of 50 per cent for local guests between September 1 to October 31, under the promotion "One Day to Stay in 5-Star Hotels". La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said: "The travel demand of Vietnamese people is increasing. We want to make the people familiar with luxury facilities and woo them to stay...

Time for Vietnamese travel firms to step up[Code: 3782]

Vietnam Travel – Vietnam now has to compete fiercely with regional countries which are more professional and have more experience in tourism promotion in order to attract more tourists to Vietnam.   Arriving in Schezuan province on August 30 to launch tourism promotion activities, the Vietnamese delegation discovered that officials and travel firms from five other countries were present there to do the same thing. As the global economy is recovering,...

Viking Travel launches motorcycle tour to Thailand[Code: 3781]

Saigontourist welcomes 1,250 cruise passengers The HCMC-based Viking Travel and Media Company on Wednesday kick-started a motorcycle tour of 17 Harley bikes for Vietnamese and foreign tourists from HCMC to Thailand. Tran Xuan Hung, director of the company, told the Daily that 21 Vietnamese in HCMC and five foreigners living and working in Thailand were joining the six-day tour. The travelers from Thailand had earlier arrived in Vietnam on August 31. The travelers will go to...

Phu Quoc islanders asked to approve massive tourism plan[Code: 3780]

Vietnam Travel – Phu Quoc Island will become an economic and eco-tourism hub by 2030, according to a plan unveiled at a meeting this week.  Phu Quoc Island will become an economic and eco-tourism hub by 2030. The Southern Urban and Rural Planning Institute under the Ministry of Construction who designed the plan urged Kien Giang province People's Committee to quickly review it for submission to the Prime Minister for approval this year. Ngo Quang Hung,...

Halong Bay Emeraude cruise boat trip Promotion[Code: 3774]


Vietnam Airlines Promotion[Code: 3773]

Promotion to Cambodia         Fare Conditions...

Treasures of Tre Islet[Code: 3772]

Vietnam Travel – Tre (Bamboo) Islet, also called Rua (Tortoise) Islet, is a famous scenic area of Kien Giang Province’s Kien Hai District in the Mekong Delta.  The island is 30km west of Rach Gia, a provincial town, and takes two hours to reach by boat. It spans an area of about 400 hectares, with a length of 3.5km and width of around 2km. Its highest peak is 395 meters above sea level. Residents on Tre Islet are mainly fishermen, while others process seafood or grow...

More options for travelers to Vung Tau[Code: 3771]

Vietnam Travel – For many, beaches in the coastal resort town of Vung Tau, some 150 kilometers from HCMC, are familiar getaways. Thanks to its location, it is where people, especially from HCMC, can find a place to escape work and noise and unwind on a weekend. For years, Vung Tau has been a favorite destination for locals from neighboring provinces. It is estimated that 90% of the visitors to the resort town are Vietnamese vacationers. This can be seen in festival or holidays...

Visiting Hanoi’s Old Quarter by tramcar[Code: 3770]

Vietnam Travel – The authorities of Hoan Kiem District have submitted to the Hanoi government a project to provide tours of Hanoi’s Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake by tramcar. A tramcar for tourists in the Hue royal citadel. This project will be implemented by the Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company. The first 12 tramcars will be put into operation later this year. These cars will have from 5-12 seats and be battery-operated. The estimated ticket prices are...

Five-star hotels to give 50% discount to Vietnamese guests[Code: 3769]

Vietnam Travel – For the first time, six of 12 five-star hotels in HCMC will offer a hefty discount of around 50% for local guests from September 1 to October 31 to attract more Vietnamese people to stay in luxury hotels. The Rex and the Majestic will offer Vietnamese customers a rate of US$80 per room per night. The city's tourism department and these hotels met in the five-star Majestic Hotel Friday to announce the promotion called 'One day at five-star hotels'....

Airlines forced to report monthly on flight delays, cancellations[Code: 3768]

Vietnam Travel – Domestic airlines will be required to submit monthly reports on flight delays and cancellations starting in October to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) in compliance with Circular 14 just issued by the Transport Ministry. Vo Huy Cuong, director of CAAV's Air Transport Department, told the Daily last week that the new circular promulgated for Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific and Indochina Airlines should provide the aviation...

One-day tour bookings increase[Code: 3767]

Visitors disembark from a high-speed tourist boat at Cham Island. Vietnam Travel - HCM City travel agencies reported an increase in one-day trip bookings for this week’s National Holiday – a bright spot in a tourism industry lagging because of the global economic downturn and fears of the spread of swine flu. The September 2 National Day falls next Wednesday and there will be only one day off for students and public employees. Dai Nam tourist site in Binh...

Far and away[Code: 3766]

Vietnam Travel - Ma Le commune in Ha Giang province is inhabited by a colourful community of Giay ethnic people, who cling to traditional ways and shun modern medicine.  Driving through a rocky plateau amongst the mountains of Ha Giang province, I find the small village I have been looking for -- Ma Le commune of Dong Van District, home to a small population belonging to the Giay hill tribe. When I arrive the regular weekend market is underway. The sky is clear and...


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