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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...

Players jump onboard tourism bandwagon[Code: 3765]

Vietnam Travel - Three Indochinese countries and Japan are committed to joining forces to lure more international tourists. The goal was the focus of last week’s Hanoi-based video seminar on promoting the Mekong River basin by Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and Japan tourism leaders. The meeting took place amid the countries tackling the global financial crisis and growing concern over influenza pandemics which have reduced flows of international tourists. “The three...

Rocky mountain high[Code: 3764]

Vietnam Travel – Sacred to Vietnam’s millions of Buddhists, Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province boasts breathtaking scenery along with hundreds of temples, other man-made structures, and religious objects. On the top of sacred Yen Tu Mountain looking down. A Vietnamese saying warns that “Though you practice charity and do good deeds for a hundred years, you will not achieve perfect enlightenment if you have not been to Yen Tu.” The majestic scenery...

Thu Le Park and zoo provide relaxation for city dwellers [Code: 3763]

Lovers tour Thu Le Lake on swan boats in Thu Le Park. Vietnam Travel - Tran Van Bang laughs with joy when a little ca ro (anabas fish) gets caught in his hook. The 57-year-old war veteran comes every weekend to Thu Le Park (along Kim Ma Street) to fish, which has been his hobby since he was a young boy. "I don’t care how many fish I catch, the most important thing for me is the relaxation and the peace that I can find here," he says while putting bait on his hook. His...

Tourists return historic edicts[Code: 3762]

Vietnam Travel - Ten Vietnamese royal honour-conferring edicts have been given back to the Vietnam History Association by American tourists.According to historian Duong Trung Quoc, the American tourists bought the edicts and brought them to the US without knowledge of their meanings and historical values.”By chance, the edicts were discovered by painter Trinh Bach, who has preserved and replicated many of the Nguyen dynasty’s royal costumes. When Bach explained the origins and...

Underwater wonder[Code: 3761]

A visitor enjoys an ice-cream cone at the Tri Nguyen AquariumA visitor enjoys an ice-cream cone at the Tri Nguyen Aquarium Vietnam Travel - Magical sea creatures, breathtaking colors and a world of wonder await visitors to the Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Khanh Hoa Province’s Bong Nguyen Island.  Situated five kilometers south of the beach resort town of Nha Trang and part of the Tri Nguyen Resort, the aquarium has long been a popular tourist destination since it...

Number of foreign visitors surge[Code: 3760]

Vietnam Travel - The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in August reached 315,000, up 16 percent over the previous month, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). The increase was thanks to the effective implementation of tourism demand stimulus measures, said the GSO. Most of Vietnam’s key tourism markets saw growing numbers of visitors, with Japan taking the lead, posting a 55.4 percent growth rate, followed by the Republic of Korea (52.2 percent),...


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