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Singapore targets 250,000 Vietnamese tourists

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...

Sea tourism key economic driver for central region till 2020

Mekong Delta tourism association makes debut Vietnam will develop sea tourism into a key driver for the maritime sector in central coastal region, according to a master economic development plan for the region to 2020. Priority will go to developing high quality tourism services and products to make the region a high-class sea tourism services center of Southeast Asia. By 2020, the central provinces will have three tourism growth triangles - one involving Sam Son, Nghia...

Lam Dong opens road to Laos and Thailand

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)

Where swimmers can touch corals

VietNamNet Bridge – On calm days, vacationers may opt to travel by boat to Hon Do Island in Van Phong Bay just before or after their lunch to touch and see a world of coral reefs exposing their colors and shapes under the sunlight. The corals may not be as colorful as those at the seabed near the shore of Hon Mun Island in Nha Trang Bay in the same central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, but they grow so near the water surface that people can touch them when swimming. Even...

Japanese tourist arrivals down

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...

Victoria woos guests with special summer promotion

VietNamNet Bridge – Victoria Hotels & Resorts, which is styled after a traditional fishing village, will offer special bonuses for summer vacationers on the pristine white sand beach in the ancient town of Hoi An, close to Danang International Airport. In addition, a new excursion option on a two-night motorcycle side-car adventure to Vietnam's remote border with Laos, traveling over 400 kilometers of beautiful countryside and highlands rarely visited by foreign tourists,...

Tourism to flourish in Can Gio

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....

Nha Trang Airport begins night flights

today. The airport receives around 10 flights and 2,800 passengers every day. , about 30 km from Nha Trang, it has four runways. Upgrade of the airport at a cost of around VND2.99 trillion (US$188 million) has begun in two phases that will last until 2025. Cam Ranh is expected to become an international airport that can receive 16 planes simultaneously by 2015 at the end of the first phase, and 21 by 2025. It will also have the capacity to handle more than one million arrivals...

A glimpse of the Mekong Delta

VietNamNet Bridge – Ben Thanh Tourist in HCMC has launched a six-day and five-night tour to 11 provinces in the Mekong Delta region, aiming to give a glimpse of the southern region to travelers. The tour will include attractions in Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Can Tho, Vinh Long and Tien Giang. The provinces have common natural scenery such as floating markets, rural waterways and fruit gardens. However, each province also...

US$2 million for tourist information stations

These kiosks supply information about entertainment services, shopping sites, means of transport, bus routes, the addresses of banks, ATMs. Tourists can also search for introductions to tourist sites in the city, emergency telephone numbers and other necessary information. in early October 2008. The total investment for these kiosks is VND32 billion or $2 million. (Source: VNE)

Nha Trang may want hotel rooms for Miss Universe audiences

A hotel in Nha Trang City VietNamNet Bridge – The time for Miss Universe 2008 pageant (July) will be also the tourism season in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province so it is worrying that the city may lack hotel rooms for tourists on this occasion. Besides competitors, their managers and relatives, Miss Universe will attract around 600 local and foreign journalists and many international visitors. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Khanh Hoa province predicts that the...

Travellers shun trains for foreign cars

VietNamNet Bridge – Fewer travellers are choosing to take the train these days, as the railway industry faces strong competition from more modern means of transportation, the Viet Nam Railway Corporation recently revealed. According to the corporation, the mean number of passengers carried via railway decreased by an average of 5-8 per cent annually since 2006, especially on trains travelling between provinces. The number of passengers in 2007 was down 1 per cent over the...

Accor expands luxurious hotel system in Vietnam

Sofitel Plaza, one of hotels managed by Accor in Hanoi VietNamNet Bridge – From mid-2008 to 2010, the Accor group will open 10 high-class hotels in Vietnam . , Mercure and Novotel brands. This year Accor will inaugurate two Novotel hotels in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province and Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province. . . . This group is managing Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, Sofitel Plaza Hanoi, Mercure Hanoi la Gare (which will open in 2009) and...

Ben Thanh Tourist brings local tourists to Euro Cup 2008

The tour, which will last 12 days and 11 nights, will take tourists to attractions in Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria and Italy and also include matches in the semifinal, quarterfinal, and the final matches in Ernst Happel stadium in Austria, and St.Jakob-Park stadium in Switzerland. "Our company can help travelers to buy tickets for these matches. However, the visitors must book the tour now to increase their chances of getting the tickets," said Cao Ngoc Minh, the...

A small bay worth visiting

VietNamNet Bridge – Leaving the coastal city of Nha Trang, the AeroSpace bus of S.Tours heads northward on National Road 1A for Phu Yen Province, which is home to a small bay called Vung Ro. The imposing landscapes along the road with the mountains on the right and the sea on the left quickly pass through the bus windows. After covering some 100 kilometers, the bus mounts Ca Pass, where there is a narrow road on the famous Truong Son mountain range. From above, seawater looks...


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