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I leave Bac Ha town at six in the morning planning to visit the border town of Simacai. The magnificent valleys on either side of the road are misty wet with rain. But nothing could hide the fact that this is a breathtaking part of the world. By the time I arrive I can barely see the “Welcome to Simacai” sign. But through the thick grey fog I spot a colourful market on the roadside – the Can Cau market. I decide to check it out. Operated mainly by the people belonging to the Mong...

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 40 kilometers northeastern away from Phan Rang - Cham Temple Town is Vinh Hy Bay, one of the most beautiful natural landscapes of Ninh Thuan Province. Nestled between two popular tourist destinations of Nha Trang City (Khanh Hoa Province) in the north and Phan Thiet - Mui Ne in the south, the bay still reserves its rural beauty with white sand beach, steep rocky mountain ranges, caves and spectacular waterfalls. To reach the bay, tourists from HCMC...

VietNamNet Bridge - Travel companies in Viet Nam can learn much from their Thai counterparts, particularly in organising conferences and tourism promotion, according to an official with the Viet Nam Administration of Tourism (VNAT). and a few other countries to promote their tourism products at the fair. "We have had an opportunity to contact many Thai tourism companies but also hundreds of buyers who come to the event from many countries," he said, adding that hundreds of people had...

VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced a plan on June 10, to attract 250,000 tourists from Vietnam this year despite concerns over a possible decline in outbound travel in Vietnam. Ong Jin Chwen, chief representative of STB in Indochina, said the target this year represented an increase of around 24% from more than 203,000 Vietnamese tourists that Singapore attracted last year. "This year's target is achievable," Ong told the Daily after the announcement...

Bo Y International Border Gate VietNamNet Bridge – National Highway 27 linking the two Central Highlands provinces of Lam Dong and Dak Lak will be expanded to link to Laos in late 2009, said the Director of the Lam Dong province Department of Tourism. . . (Source: SGGP)

VietNamNet Bridge – Four years in a row witnessed a steady rise in Japanese tourist arrivals in Vietnam but a dreary trend began looming large in the first five months of this year. In January-May, around 169,640 Japanese people came to Vietnam, down 4.9% year-on-year, says a report by the General Statistics Office. This is in stark contrast with the four previous years, with Japanese arrivals in 2004 growing 27.5%, 20% in 2005, 13.4% in 2006, and 9% in 2007. This trend also...

There are already seven finished projects there, mostly located in the 30/4 beach. Can Gio has great potentials to develop ecotourism, boasting vast mangrove forests which have not yet been exploited to the full, the district administration added. Therefore, the zone has been unsuccessful in luring tourists who, more often than not, do not spend the night there. Official figures show foreign tourists there take up 20% while the number of tourists increases 25% annually....