News

To entertain the overnighters and day-trippers, there are kylin and dragon dances, displays of martial art, puppet shows and folk games such as bit mat dap nieu (where a blindfolded person tries to beat a clay pot) and nhay sap (dancing on a bamboo pole). Among the highlights are the age-old and very special quan ho folk songs of the province once called Kinh Bac and now named Bac Ninh. Admission to all the entertainment and activities is free. (Source: SGGP)...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has put on hold the job of licensing travel firms that want to provide inbound services while pending the issue of a circular guiding the implementation of the Tourism Law. In a notice issued last Wednesday signed by acting head of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Ky, the national tourism body is now compiling the circular for submission to the Prime Minister for approval. The department will resume the licensing job as...

A Japanese investor who visited Con Son uttered: “The air here can be sold for gold.” The local government plans to develop an ecological tourism project on these islands, said Dinh Viet Khanh, Director of the Can Tho Department of Tourism. Under this plan, Con Au will be a resort and entertainment centre; Cai Khe will be a modern general tourism centre; Con Khuong will host orchard-villas; Con Son will be a resort for the old, while Tan Loc will host craft village and orchard...

Ben Thanh Tourist arrange tours for Hue Day 1 will include a morning visit to famous tourist spots such as the Thien Mu Pagoda, the Nguyen dynasty’s royal palace and Dong Ba Market. In the afternoon tourists will return to the royal palace for the festival’s programmes including jazz and rock and roll performances, Russian art, traditional South Korean dances, a Canadian circus troupe and the American band Kimotion. Tourists will spend their second morning enjoying street...

Hon Gai Port VietNamNet Bridge - Lotus, a cruise ship that operates regularly between HCM City and Ha Long Bay, berthed at the Hon Gai International Passenger Port in Ha Long for the first time last Sunday. Around 1,000 passengers were traveling aboard the ship. Port authorities said it was the first time that a giant vessel had berthed there. The port cost about VND 645 billion (US$40 million) to build. The ship, regarded as the most luxurious and modern cruise liner in...

Cu Chi tunnel VietNamNet Bridge - The UK’s “The Economist” magazine has run an article, saying that Vietnam’s tourism may be “booming.” “Like its industry, agriculture and diplomacy, its tourism is now firmly on the map,” the magazine commented. The magazine quoted the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) as saying in the latest annual survey that Viet Nam moved up from sixth to fourth place in the league table of the world's fastest-growing destinations. Last...

VietNamNet Bridge – Festival Hue 2008, a special art, culture, and tourism festival, will be held next month in the ancient city of Hue in the central region. The festival will take place from June 3 to 11. Some events will be open for free admission, and some will be limited to ticket holders. HCMC-based Ben Thanh Tourist has launched three new tours to take tourists to attractions in the city as well as to the festival. The three-day and two-night tour will consist of half...

VietNamNet Bridge – The yearly Halong Tourism Festival in Quang Ninh Province ended yesterday, having effectively attracted tourists to the city during the festival and for the Liberation Day and May Day Holidays this week. According to Quang Ninh Province department of Culture, Sport and Tourism, most hotel rooms in Halong City were fully booked last weekend during the festival. The total number of tourists will continue to increase over the next few days as a result of the...