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Thanh Chuong Viet Palace, gallery of Vietnamese culture[Code: 4080]

23:40' 23/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – From the center of Hanoi, about 40 kilometers heading to Day Dieu Slope in Hien Ninh Commune, Soc Son District, an old cultural complex called Viet Phu Thanh Chuong or Thanh Chuong Viet’s Palace is a familiar name for those who love to discover Vietnamese culture. The complex wears breaths of immemorial time blanketing houses, antiques and surrounding trees....

Loving Tet at first sight[Code: 4079]

21:50' 23/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – “Crazy” is a common word that foreigners choose when describing the celebration of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam and the exciting and spectacular sights and moments they had during their first Tet in Vietnam. The street show at night on Lunar New Year's Eve. “The...

Go on a pilgrimage[Code: 4078]

00:03' 23/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Making pilgrimages to pagodas in the early of the lunar year is a custom of Vietnamese people. Some Vietnamese travel firms have recently launched pilgrimage tours to help visitors learn about Buddhism in Vietnam.   VietNamNet follows a three-day tour to ten pagodas in six southern provinces: Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Soc Trang, Can Tho, Dong Thap and An Giang. They are An Quang, Vinh Trang, Ngoc Vien,...

Foreigners charmed by spring along the Han River[Code: 4077]

22:04' 22/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Around 65,000 visitors, including nearly 13,000 foreigners, went to Danang during Tet, up 8.7 percent over last year. With thousands of flower pots and hundreds of stone sculptures, Bach Dang flower road along the western bank of the Han River was a favourite destinations for foreign visitors.    ...

Budget air market heats up[Code: 4076]

20:52' 22/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam-based air carriers operating domestic and international flights are expected to encounter tougher competition when the new budget airline Vietjet-AirAsia becomes operational in May this year.   The new low-cost carrier, which was established after Viet Nam's first private...

Post-holiday travel triggers ticket scarcity in Vietnam[Code: 4075]

14:13' 21/02/2010 (GMT+7) Local airlines and trains operators say it’s hard for passengers to buy tickets now as travel demand surges at the end of the Tet festival.     Ta Huu Thanh, deputy general director of Jetstar Pacific, said almost all southbound flights during this weekend have been fully booked and its fleet of six aircraft is operating at full capacity.   Dang Anh Tuan, a senior...

Tranquillity in body and mind[Code: 4074]

08:44' 20/02/2010 (GMT+7) Vinh Trang Pagoda in Tien Giang Province is the first pagoda in Viet Nam to feature an harmonious combination of western and eastern architecture styles. VietNamNet Bridge – To Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh you either are a committed Buddhist or not, and after having taken a three-day Buddhist pilgrimage tour of famous pagodas located in the southwestern region, she is left with special memories. "It really is a trip...

Tourists pour into Vietnam[Code: 4073]

17:40' 19/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign tourists passing through the Noi Bai International Airport increased over the first three days of the Year of the Tiger, said the Border Customs Department of the airport. From February 14-17, nearly 10,000 international passengers, mainly Europeans and overseas Vietnamese, arrived in Ha Noi for the traditional Tet (lunar new year) festival. Over the same period,...

Cruise tourism shows promising signs[Code: 4072]

12:39' 19/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Cruise tourism will play a key role in the future of the Vietnamese tourism industry, according to Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy head of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism. The industry planned to welcome more than 1 million tourists arriving on cruises by 2015, he said. The industry’s target is reachable as it has seen many good signals since the beginning of this year....

Garden State[Code: 4071]

10:20' 18/02/2010 (GMT+7)   VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s southwestern region is famous for its network of waterways and luxuriant orchards and today tourists travel here from all across the country.   The cultivation of the fertile lands of Southwestern Vietnam are not the result of Mother Nature. The people toiled over the creation of these lands. Historians trace the story back to Nguyen Hoang, the first Nguyen lord, who ruled...

Tet in the eyes of foreigners[Code: 4070]

09:38' 15/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – More and more foreigners chose Vietnam as a place to live and work. No matter how long they have been living in Vietnam, they all share the view that the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is very special. Mark Rapoport and his wife Jane. (Photo: VOV) Eight years ago, an American couple - Mark...

Beer central[Code: 4069]

11:39' 15/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge - Ta Hien street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter is virtually an alleyway but in terms of tourism its something of a thoroughfare – especially in the evening time. It’s no wonder why the locals refer to the street as ‘Pho Tay’ (Foreigner street). Foreigners taste draft beer at night The street is awash with souvenir shops, bars and small eateries catering for both local residents and...

Loc vung turns yellow to welcome spring[Code: 4068]

00:28' 13/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Loc vung trees on the bank of the Hoan Kiem Lake suddenly turned yellow on February 11. Youngsters flocked to the lake to take photo.   Loc vung flowers make Hoan Kiem Lake blush            ...

Vietnam Airlines to start Myanmar service in March[Code: 4067]

15:21' 11/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines announced Wednesday it would open a direct route between Hanoi and Myanmar’s Yangon on March 2, operating four flights a week with Fokker 70 aircraft. Vietnam Airlines aircraft in Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, where the carrier will launch Myanmar service on March 2, 2010 (Photo: SGGP) The national carrier said it would fly on Tuesdays,...

AirAsia sets up Vietnam low-cost airline[Code: 4066]

15:01' 11/02/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – AirAsia, a major low-cost airline in Asia, said it has purchased a 30 percent stake in VietJet Aviation of Vietnam to establish a budget carrier based in the country.   AirAsia aircraft at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNE) AirAsia’s Vietnam representative office sent out a statement Thursday saying that the new carrier will be called VietJet AirAsia....


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