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Departing from the Hong Kong Port, the tour is organized by the Tan Hong Tourism Company. These travelers come from many countries, including the U.S., UK and Russia. After visiting the coastal city of Vung Tau, they will take a tour of Ho Chi Minh City. One day earlier, Sun Princess arrived in Nha Trang city, where the tourists took sightseeing tours of the Cai River and countryside areas in the city and Dien Khanh District, Khanh Hoa Province. (Source: SGGP/TT)

VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists heading for Mui Ne Beach Resort on September 13 and 14 (August 14 and 15 of the lunar calendar) will have a chance to enjoy the annual Mid-Autumn Festival 2008 in Phan Thiet coastal city. The event will feature a lantern festival parade and mid-autumn lantern contest with the participation of about local 31 units and 41 schools. Thus the festive nights will be completely animated with over 4,000 multi-colored lanterns, in shapes from the world of...

VietNamNet Bridge - Sustainability was the major topic at an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) forum on tourism development opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11. The event also drew a 250-strong crowd as members of the ASEM diplomatic corps in Hanoi, senior officials in charge of tourism from the member countries and executives of the domestic hospitality industry. Host Minister Hoang Tuan Anh made a full commitment to ASEM ties in tourism while calling for stronger cooperation and...

The temple to Thay and Thim continues to enchant pilgrims Thay and Thim were an enchanting couple. There was no doubt that Thay was a popular, skillful magician, but what was really magical about the couple was their compassion and unswerving devotion to those in need. The poor people at the receiving end of their magnanimity gave them the sobriquet that has lasted centuries. Their life so inspired the people that 130 years ago, they built a monument of great beauty and charm in...

VietNamNet Bridge – Participants at the Asia-Europe Meeting’s (ASEM) forum on tourism co-operation held yesterday in HCM City made strides toward agreements on sustainable tourism and socio-economic development. "Through tourism co-operation, we can increase our efforts to build up a more solid economic partnership among ASEM-member countries," said Viet Nam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh as he opened the forum, the first of its kind in Vietnam....

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta island of Tan Loc is known for the many ancient houses that belonged to wealthy mandarins and landlords in Long Xuyen, Chau Doc, and Sa Dec districts at the beginning of the 20th century. Although some houses have been deserted for a long time, others remain unchanged thanks to the people living in them. Visiting The's house in Tan Loc Commune is an interesting experience as The, who used to be a legal officer in Long Xuyen City's court for...

VietNamNet Bridge - Jetstar Pacific, Vietnam’s budget airlines, on Sept. 9 officially launched two international routes linking Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok in Thailand and Siem Riep in Cambodia. According to Jetstar Pacific, a trade promotion programme will be implemented on Sept. 10, with an airfare of only 32,000 VND (2 USD) for a flight between HCM City and Bangkok or HCM City and Siem Riep. According to Jetstar Pacific General Director Luong Hoai Nam, as the number of...

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's tourism industry will most likely fail this year's target of welcoming 4.8 to five million international arrivals as rising costs and inflation cut into the country's competitiveness, the national tourism leader said. Hoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism, told the Daily on Saturday that the country's tourism would not obtain the goal now that only over three million foreign visitors had arrived in the first eight months of 2608....