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Extreme sports meet wraps up in Madagui

The Madagui Tourist Park located on Highway 20 between Ho Chi Minh City to Da Lat. As part of the Nam Cat Tien Forest, Madagui has a thick vegetation cover characteristic of tropical rain forests. It is an ideal place for camping and exploring neglected caves and tropical rain forests. (Source: SGGP)

“Let’s Vote for Ha Long” campaign meaningful, anyway

Let’s vote for Ha Long Bay! Eyes rolling over zealotry to new natural wonders Historian Duong Trung Quoc, Secretary General of the Vietnam Association for Historical Sciences: This is only the selection of an organisation. I don’t like this selection nor place it in a high position. I regard it as a social activity. I think this selection is positive in some aspects because through it we pay more attention to protecting the environment of Ha Long Bay....

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 17/3

Brunei diplomat gives Ha Long Bay his vote of confidence The international community has continued to show support to Vietnam’s World Heritage site of Ha Long. During a promotional event in Ha Long City last Sunday, Brunei Ambassador to Vietnam Dato Mahadi Wasli said he was confident that Ha Long Bay will keep topping the new wonders of the world voting. in the past two weeks. Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang grotto and Fansipan mountain are competing with more than 200...

Call me crazy, but I’m one of Da Lat’s top tourist attractions

VietNamNet Bridge – The so-called Crazy House in Da Lat, an original design that has been controversial since it was built 18 years ago, has finally received what it had long been waiting for – official recognition. Dang Viet Nga, owner and designer of the house, which also serves as a hotel, received the certificate of "architectural ownership rights", the first of its kind granted to a privately owned house in Lam Dong Province. The house, located on nearly 1,600sq.m at...

Vietnam attends int’l tourism fair in France

VietNamNet Bridge - Six Vietnamese enterprises operating in the tourism sector are showcasing their products at an international fair which is taking place in Paris, France, from March 13-17. The businesses include Vietravel, La Palanche, HAPRO Travel, MPV Tours, Bai Tho Tourist and national carrier Viet Nam Airlines. As part of a national action programme on tourism, the participation of Vietnamese businesses in the Paris International Tourism Fair, one of the world’s largest...

Traditional craft villages attract tourists

The Tourism Administration’s Travel Department Head Vu The Binh, said there is also a need to revive traditional skills and encourage cooperation between craftsmen and vocational training schools to develop skills for young generations and create products that entice tourists to visit the villages. (Source: VNA)

Amazing natural beauty of Phong Nha – Ke Bang

VietNamNet Bridge – UNESCO has recognized Phong Nha – Ke Bang national park as a world natural heritage site. The park is also recognized for its biodiversity, with the highest number of animals and plants on planet. After adventures and discoveries since 1990 of Vietnamese and foreign scientists, the Phong Nha – Ke Bang grotto system in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang national park is recognized as the most beautiful water-grotto system in the world. Since then, many new...

Airport authorities reorganise as new firms

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Permanent Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has agreed in principle to the setting up of three new aviation corporations, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Transport on Monday. The Southern Aviation Corp had earlier set up on the base of the Southern Airport Authority as an experiment. According to a representative from the Ministry of Transport, who requested anonymity, the successful trial of the Southern Aviation Corp led to the...

Exciting Ham Ho in Binh Dinh

To sample the regional culinary specialties tourists should visit Hoa Loc Vung restaurant to taste the fried fish served with Loc Vung leaves. Finally, for those who are interested in the regional culture, a memorial ceremony and festival is held in the temple of the two founders of Ham Ho named named Le Kim Boi and Le Kim Bang on the 20th day of the first lunar month. (Source: SGT)

HCM City hosting record vote for Ha Long Bay

Visitors vote for Vietnam’s landscapes at Le Van Tam Park VietNamNet Bridge – A record in voting for Ha Long Bay as a new world natural wonder is being set in HCM City. Ten computers have been placed at Le Van Tam Park from March 10-16 providing free Internet connection for visitors to vote for Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha Cave and Fansipan Mountain. The organisers expect that around 30,000 visitors will take part in the vote. They will collect signatures of voters to send...

Hiking and exploring Mt. Cam

VietNamNet Bridge – An Giang Province, located in the Mekong Delta region between the Tien and Hau rivers, is home to a mountain range known to locals as That Son or Seven Mountains. The collection of peaks includes Mt. Tra Su, Mt. Ba Doi Om, Mt. Co To, Mt. Dai and Mt. Tuong. The tallest of the bunch is Thien Cam or Mt. Cam, which stands at 710 meters. The area of That Son located near the Cambodia border has fields of palm trees specific to the region. The tall palm trees...

Price increases burden travel firms

VietNamNet Bridge – A month ago, travel firms were complaining that the airfare increase resulted in them incurring losses; now, due to the petrol price rise, they are looking at even tougher, more expensive times ahead. The cost of doing business Nguyen Van My, Director of Lua Viet Travel Firm, said his company had to raise their fees by 15-20% after Tet. However, after the petroleum price increase, Lua Viet may have to again raise...

Campaign call on voters for Ha Long Bay

VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition about Ha Long Bay, and other events advertising Ha Long will be held this year. as a new world natural wonder launched by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the South Korean Embassy in Vietnam. The campaign was launched at a ceremony held last week in Hanoi, attendees included the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Im Hong Jae. Along with the inauguration of a...

Eco-tourism transforms former prison

Tourists visit Tiger Cage in former Con Dao Prison. Restoring historical relics has helped boost tourism on the island. VietNamNet Bridge - Once a prison for Vietnamese patriots during French domination, Con Dao National Park is now a top tourist destination. Cong Thanh reports. When most Vietnamese think of Con Dao Island, they think of prison. And for some 100 years that is what it was, but now people are beginning to recognise island as something very different: a...

Saigontourist to welcome five cruise liners

VietNamNet Bridge - The Saigontourist Travel Service Company will receive five international cruise ships carrying 4,850 foreign tourists on board during the week from March 10-17. On March 10, cruise ship Costa Allegra with 1,150 tourists and crew will dock at the Sai Gon port. The same day, the SuperStar Libra will bring 1,200 holiday makers and crew to Ha Long Bay in northern coastal Quang Ninh province. Cruise liner Saga Rose from the UK will arrive in Viet Nam for the...


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