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Sea Games tours to Laos lacks attraction due to high cost[Code: 3894]

11:14' 18/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Even though the 2009 Southeast Asian Games, or the 25th Sea Games, is drawing near, few Vietnamese tourists have put their names down for the regional sports event due to the high costs. Doan Thi Thanh Tra, marketing executive of Saigontourist Travel Service, said only 50 people had come to register with her travel firm for tours to Laos on this occasion. High cost is a hindrance, preventing people from...

Escaping the heat on northern tour[Code: 3893]

14:37' 17/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – At a time when HCMC is in the grip of a scorching heat wave, Ben Thanh Tourist comes through with a seven day/six night tour to Hanoi, Ha Long, Mong Cai and Dong Hung, China. Northern Vietnam is getting colder and colder, a welcome change for so many people in the final weeks of autumn. Ban Gioc Waterfall in Cao Bang Province. The first day is a flight to Cao Bang which is...

Cruise ship brings 2,000 foreign visitors to HCM City[Code: 3892]

11:20' 17/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigontourist travel services on November 16 received over 2,000 visitors from the Costa Classica cruise ship docking at Navioil port in Ho Chi Minh City.  The Costa Classica, which belongs to the European leading company, Costa Croiciere S.p.A, plans to carry passengers to Vietnam every two weeks. The tour includes visits to Ho Chi Minh City and some places such...

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 13/11[Code: 3891]

17:20' 13/11/2009 (GMT+7) AirAsia promotion begins flight linking HCM City, Phuket AirAsia has added Phuket to the list of destinations it flies to from HCM City. AirAsia has added Phuket to the list of destinations it flies to from HCM City. Speaking to the media in HCM City last week, Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia, said: "With this new route, guests can connect to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Medan, and many...

Romance never goes out of style: Hue City[Code: 3890]

12:07' 13/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Hue in Thua Thien-Hue Province, is a city made up of centuries-old pagodas, temples and houses and it boasts a wonderful landscape with the poetic Huong River and the magnificent Ngu Mountain on opposite sides. A couple saunter down Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street along the Huong River in Hue City. Both Dinh Tien Hoang Street in front of Hue Imperial Inner City and Nguyen Dinh...

Bridging the divide[Code: 3889]

19:19' 13/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – A group of students surround a stone object symbolising linga and yoni at the exhibition hall of Cham Museum. They listen attentively to the guide. Educational games: Young people take part in sex education-themed games at My Khe Beach. "Linga and yoni always go together," the guide explains, "The linga is often stylised into a smooth cylindrical mass and placed in the centre of yoni,...

Winning the game inside Ben Thanh Market[Code: 3888]

19:04' 12/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – What is the magic of Ben Thanh Market that induces travel literature to list it as one of the main attractions of Ho Chi Minh City? Is it the lovely smell of dried sea animals that hits you once you step foot near the stalls selling food? The one-foot-wide aisles for walking that force you to redefine “right of way”? The dim lighting that sets the mood for an amazing shopping experience? Or could it be the...

Voting for the best hotels in town[Code: 3887]

11:54' 12/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Considered the focal point of Vietnamese culture and Vietnam’s economic powerhouse, HCMC boasts a range of hotels in diverse styles, designs and levels. The designs and styles can be divided into two architectural types: French colonial and modern. Regarding French colonial, we must mention some typical yet striking hotels such as Rex, Majestic, Riverside and Continental. The Rex Hotel is thought to have...

Sightseeing along the border[Code: 3886]

17:12' 11/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Border provinces have rich tourism potential that has yet to be fully tapped, according to industry experts. Tourists visit Ban Gioc Waterfall in the northern province of Cao Bang. The tourism potential of border provinces has yet to be tapped, say officials. Vu The Binh, head of the Tourism Travel Department at the National Tourism Administration, said access to the area was good,...

Enjoying sidewalk beer and pipe tobacco in Hanoi[Code: 3885]

14:54' 11/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi, the city of almost 1,000 years, boasts ancient temples, pagodas and splendid landscapes in harmony with the luxury hotels and restaurants of the developing time. Among all this, the ancient quarter of Hanoi with its narrow streets holding old houses and traditional craft villages, seems to be the most attractive site in Hanoi. A foreign tourist takes pipe tobacco at a sidewalk...

Vietnam tourism on the border line[Code: 3884]

17:12' 10/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge –   Vietnam is looking to its neighbours to provide more tourism as well as opening up options for those from further afield.   Travelers flocking across border   Vietnam has nearly 4,550 kilometres of borders with China , Laos and Cambodia and has 42 border gates.   By the end of September this year Vietnam had received...

Boating on the Saigon River[Code: 3883]

14:46' 10/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Mentioning HCMC, people immediately think of well-known sightseeing spots in the city center such as Ben Thanh Market, Notre Dame Cathedral, the HCMC Post Office or Reunification Palace. These are fine places to visit but why not escape the city’s boisterous atmosphere for a while to enjoy a boat trip on the Saigon River to see the city from a different perspective.   The Saigon...

More right-hand drive cars to enter Vietnam[Code: 3882]

07:25' 07/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Foreigners from countries with left-hand traffic systems will be allowed to bring their right-hand drive vehicles into Vietnam with permission from the Ministry of Transport as from November 15, a new decree said. Currently, such cars have to follow caravan tours and are only allowed to enter the country through seven border gates in the central region. Under the new decree, foreign individuals...

Trekking up Co To Mountain[Code: 3881]

18:11' 06/11/2009 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Phung Hoang Son, or Co To Mountain, is the most beautiful among the several mountains of the That Son Range in the mountainous area of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. The mountain is acclaimed as an ideal destination by pilgrims and tourists to experience the feeling of conquering the peak of a mountain and to take in a panoramic view of An Giang Province.   A view of Co To...

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 6/11[Code: 3880]

19:07' 06/11/2009 (GMT+7) New air route to Cambodia tipped Viet Nam and Cambodia are planning to open two routes linking the coastal city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia with Phu Quoc Island and Can Tho city in Viet Nam. According to the Secretariat of Civil Aviation of Cambodia (SSCA), Vietnam Airlines and SSCA are conducting a feasibility study for the two new routes. The chairman of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents, Ho Vandy,...


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