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“For A Green Ha Long” program starts

The campaign is to encourage local people and nearby businesses to collect litter and protect the appearance of Ha Long bay, especially at the residential zones. From now until 2010, the campaign will focus on improving the environment of fishing villages in Ha Long bay. It will examine the activities of tourist fleets, offer job orientation and build schools for the local people. On the day the campaign was launched 50 plastic rubbish bins were given to families living at Vung Vieng...

Malaysia woos local travelers with sports tourism

VietNamNet Bridge – Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board organized a function at the Majestic Hotel in downtown HCMC last week to introduce to Vietnamese travelers a new kind of travel called sports tourism, featuring in particular the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Formula 1. The event will take place on March 21 to 23 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and is organized to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the country's grand prix. The organizer said that this was the...

Tourism project revives classical drama

VietNamNet Bridge - In a bid to infuse life into Hung Trach Commune’s cultural treasure called tuong (classical drama) and integrate it into the local tourism industry, a project took its first step and put on a special tuong performance on February 29. Viet Nam National Tuong Theatre’s reputed artists and local amateur performers joined hands in this special tuong performance, which drew a large audience from the provincial state agencies, Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park,...

Golf packages popular with tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – The sport of golf, commonly seen as an activity reserved for the upper-class, is not only a good form of exercise, but relaxing as well. With such strong demand for the sport, a number of tour operators are adding golfing onto their itineraries. Several golf tours offered by Saigontourist include numerous golfing destinations around the country. There are 15 golf active courses in Vietnam: the Vietnam Golf and Country Club in HCMC, the Long Thanh Golf...

Vietnam to host 2009 ASEAN Tourism Forum

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2009 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2009) and ASEAN Tourism Ministers' Meeting will take place in Ha Noi from January 5-12, 2009. The event will include a meeting of tourism working groups with experts and senior officials of tourism agencies of ASEAN countries; a meeting between ASEAN Tourism Agencies, ASEAN and partners; ASEAN Tourism Ministers meeting, ASEAN and partners. Besides, a tourism fair, Travex, with 450 booths showcasing the tourism industry of...

Making the most of the Mekong Delta

Farmers harvest pomelos in Bac Lieu. Luxuriant orchards full of juicy fruit can be found all over the Mekong Delta. VietNamNet Bridge - Those who have followed the Mekong Delta’s winding waters to the region’s farthest stretches agree that the journey is well worth it. Pham Nam Giang discovers the area’s hidden delights, both natural and man-made. Most tourists who visit the Mekong Delta make it no farther than My Tho, a day’s jaunt from HCM City, where they can...

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Van Thanh Park hosts culinary show between February 22 and 24. This was a large-scale festival that displayed the activities of various craft villages and countryside markets, with a special focus on eating and drinking. The event offered a wide range of gastronomic specialities from the country’s three regions prepared by famous chefs, along with an impressive showcase of Vietnamese traditional alcohol, wine and home-made liquors. Many traditional folk games were demonstrated...

Tourists going on location

Vietnam’s tourism industry could do more to cash in on travelling film fans VietNamNet Bridge – I’ll never forget how I rushed into the field of rape flowers, climbed the jagged cliffs of extinct volcanoes by the sea or walked through the Teddy Bear Museum in South Korea’s Jeju Island during my first visit. Over the past few years, millions of tourists from Japan, Taiwan, China and Vietnam have flocked to Jeju Island. I heard through the grapevine that the...

Over US $11 million for GMS tourist project

VietNamNet Bridge - A memorandum of understanding on an US $11.11 million project to develop tourism in five Vietnamese provinces belonging to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) was signed in Hanoi on February 29. Signatories to the project were the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Asian Development Bank, and the project management board. The five-year project will be carried out in northern mountainous Cao Bang and Bac Can provinces, and central coastal...

New Zealand to kick off food promotion in town

VietNamNet Bridge – Peter Thornley visited the School of Hotel and Tourism in downtown on Tuesday to give a cooking class to students as part of the New Zealand annual Wine and Food Festival, which will take place on Saturday. Hundreds of students gathered around the chef from New Zealand, who has 30 years of experience, to learn techniques and get some tips on how to cook beef and lamb dishes, which are very popular in New Zealand. Dang Quoc Hoa, vice director of the school,...

Cua Lo Aquatic Fest heats up

VietNamNet Bridge – The old and the new collide during this year's Cua Lo Aquatic Festivities beginning on April 30 in the central province of Nghe An. Gliding along the Lam River adds a little novelty to the range of activities. These also include musical performances, fireworks displays, rituals, and local speciality, offering glimpses into the land and its people. New tours have sprung up alongside this year's festival, giving visitors a chance to explore history and a...

Eyes rolling over zealotry to new natural wonders

VietNamNet Bridge – The news that Vietnam has three sites near the top of the new seven natural world wonders list has made Vietnamese people very proud, but is it worth celebrating? Ha Long Bay (left), Fansipan Mountain (small photo, above) and Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park (photo: halongfriends.com, vndaily.net) Seven natural world wonders is in the voting selection process and at this moment, Vietnam has three sites near the top of the rankings: Fansipan...

Let’s ride a pony

VietNamNet Bridge – Many children love horses and dream of riding a horse on an adventurous journey. Unfortunately, the excitement of a horse ride for them is not easily experienced here in town. Amaury Le Blan, the club manager, told the Daily that the club is the only one of its kind in Vietnam. He said that the club came from an idea of a father who wanted to teach his daughter to ride a horse ten years ago. His teaching became known among his circle of friends and soon...

Macau, Vietnamese companies partner to embrace more tourists

VietNamNet Bridge - Low-cost carrier Viva Macau and Macau.com have teamed up with Vietnamese tour operators to create a program to boost the number of Vietnamese tourists to Macau, a Las Vegas of Asia. In the program, TransViet, Saigontourist, Ben Thanh Tourist, Cho Lon Tourist, Fiditour, Hoan My, Vietravel and some other Ho Chi Minh City-based tourism companies are operating tours not expensive to Macau. A three-day and two-night visit to Macau is priced in the range of US$179-229...

Vietnam Airlines increases domestic fares

Vietnam Airlines spokesman Trinh Ngoc Thanh says the new prices would help the national flag carrier diversify its local fares, counterbalance high input costs over the past four years and operate more flights in the country. The Ministry of Transport had earlier approved the two carriers’ proposals of fare rises. Vietnam Airlines’ new one-way fares include VND1.7 million for Ha Noi-Ho Chi Minh City and HCMC-Hai Phong routes; VND1.65 million for the Ha Noi-Buon Ma Thuot, Da Lat and...


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