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TRAVEL IN BRIEF 3/7[Code: 3452]
Costa Allegra cruise ship docks in HCM City After docking at Tien Sa Port at 7am yesterday, July 2, the tourists visited tourist attractions in Hue, Da Nang and Hoi An before heading north for Ha Long Bay at 7pm. Costa Allegra was scheduled to leave Ha Long Bay for Hong Kong at 12pm today. Binh Thuan hopes to lure more northern visitors Provincial authorities of Binh Thuan have unveiled a plan to organise a cultural and tourism fair in Ha Noi. The fair will open at the Viet...Vietnam Ethnic Tourism Village plan approved[Code: 3451]
VietNamNet Bridge ā The Prime Minister has adopted a plan to build a Vietnamese Ethnic Tourism Cultural Village, a national tourist, sports and cultural centre to gather all traditional heritages of ethnic groups in Vietnam. The project, covering 1,540ha near Dong Mo-Ngai Son lake in Hanoiās Son Tay district, will be managed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The village will be a place for ethnic groups nationwide to meet, discuss their individual cultures,...
Foreign visitor volume falls far short of expectations[Code: 3450]
VietNamNet Bridge ā Just 279,000 foreign tourists visited Viet Nam in June, down 4.7 per cent on May, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism. The total number of foreign holidaymakers visiting Viet Nam in the first half of the year was 1.89 million, well short of the Government's 2009 target of 5 million. "Everyone recognises that the world recession is the main reason for the decline in the number of foreign visitors coming to Viet Nam. Due to the...Letās fly over Halong Bay with parachute-pulled canoe[Code: 3449]
VietNamNet Bridge ā A high-speed canoe speeds up, pulling along a parachute flying above the Bai Chay coast and Halong Bay. Thatās the beginning of a parachute-pulled canoe adventure into the World Heritage Site from the sky. The tour leads you to different states of feeling for less than 10 minutes. Some may have fears at the first minutes when they are not sure whether the canoe runs at the speed fast enough for the parachute to take off. However, this is the exciting...Spectacular limestone caves rediscovered in Quang Binh[Code: 3448]
The entrance of Hung Ton Cave ā one of the three caves rediscovered last Saturday in Quang Binh Province. VietNamNet Bridge - Dinh Hong Nham only remembers it was sometime in the eighties that he stumbled on a cave while he and his son were trapping wild animals. But all they did was admire the stalactites near the entrance. They did not explore it any further. Several years later, he began to fish in the streams in the forest nearby, and had more opportunities to explore the...
Cheap tours make Europe a reality[Code: 3447]
VietNamNet Bridge ā Very few Vietnamese people dream of going to Europe because they know that tours are very expensive. However, travel firms have begun introducing tours to Europe at āsoftā prices. Letās go to Europe Budapest at night āMany people say Budapest is too old and obsolete. However, in my eyes, the city is beautiful, peaceful and ancient,ā wrote a tourism faithful on ttvnol forum. Nguyen Minh...Pristine Phu Quy Island beckons city-weary adventurers[Code: 3446]
VietNamNet Bridge ā Phu Quy island, in the Phan Thiet sea, lies between the mainland and Truong Sa Archipelago, 120 kilometers from Phan Thiet city. It is one of the most-visited destinations in the area as the islandās stunning beaches, forests and pristine landscapes offer an ideal summer getaway. Phu Quy is surrounded by nine islets. Among them, Hon Tranh is an attractive eco-tourist venue with white-sand beaches, turquoise waters and thriving coral reefs. Hon Chim is...
Drumming up a millennium[Code: 3445]
A Doi Tam drum maker focuses on the task at hand. VietNamNet Bridge - A legendary northern craft village has been building traditional drums for more than a thousand years. Emperor Le Dai Hanh, the first king of the early Le Dynasty (980-1009), honored the small village of Doi Tam with a visit in 986AD. The local peasants were thrilled to be given the privilege of receiving royalty in their humble home, nestled at the foot of scenic Doi Mountain in what is now Ha Nam...
Summer fun on Con Dao Island[Code: 3444]
VietNamNet Bridge ā Summer is here, and from the southern island of Con Dao, you can cruise to the neighboring islets, enjoy bathing and fishing, or walk through splintered sunlight in a tropical jungle. There are few tourist services but many people like it this way because there is less hassle. Con Dao is 180 kilometers off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and comprises 16 islets and is known worldwide for the groupsā notorious prisons and barbaric oppression...Sapa on list of worldās most magnificent terraced fields[Code: 3443]
VietNamNet Bridge - The terraced fields of Sapa in Vietnam have been recognized as one of the worldās, and Asiaās seven most beautiful and magnificent, US-based Travel & Leisure magazine has announced. Other fields include Banaye (the Philippines), Yuangyang (Yunnan, China), Ubud (Bali, Indonesia), Annapurna (Nepal), Mae Rim (Chiang Mai, Thailand), and Longji (Guilin, China). These results came from a vote by the readers of Travel & Leisure. The magazine described the...
Journey to the south[Code: 3442]
Locals harvest paddies in the Mekong Delta, long considered Vietnamās rice basket. VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the global economic downturn, tourism in the Mekong Delta continues to flourish. According to the latest reports from the departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mekong Delta cities and provinces have welcomed more than 400,000 foreign tourists since early 2009, a 40 percent increase over last year. While other established tourist hotspots have struggled to...
Vung Tau begins green campaign[Code: 3441]
VietNamNet Bridge ā The Sea Tourism Environment Protection Week opened in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on Sunday with a call for residents to get directly involved in environmental clean-up and conservation work. The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism are co-organising the event. Vung Tau has been chosen as the first place to launch a nationwide campaign to protect the...Binh Dinh province an exciting discovery for tourists[Code: 3440]
VietNamNet Bridge ā The central province of Binh Dinh entices nature lovers with its diversity of coastline, mountains, rivers, swamps, lakes, islands, fields, countryside villages and traditional festivals. The province is nationally known for producing talented martial artists and as the birthplace of national hero Quang Trung Nguyen Hue. Ham Ho Tourist Area is a 3-kilometer stretch of river that winds through the forest and is especially popular with fish who love to...
Top ten hotels, travel firms in Vietnam announced[Code: 3439]
VietNamNet Bridge ā The list of Vietnam Tourism Award 2008 winners has been released, with many familiar names like Saigontourist, Fiditourist, Ben Thanh ā Rex Hotel and De Nhat ā First Hotel. Foreign visitors to Vietnam so far this year reduce by 18% year on year. This is an annual award for tourism firms in Vietnam. Its previous name was the Top Ten Hotels and Travel Firms in Vietnam. Ten tourism companies are honoured as the leading international travel firms...
Aviation industry still not ready for āgolden air routeā[Code: 3438]
VietNamNet Bridge ā The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has officially refused to open a Hanoi-HCM City air route along the 106 th meridian, saying that it is not the right time to open the route. CAAV on May 11, 2009 reported to the Prime Minister that if flying on the āgolden air routeā, the distance of the flight would be shortened by 142 kilometres, the flight time shortened by nine minutes and aircrafts would be able to save 0.52...Page 37 of 243 Displaying results 541 to 555 of 3644
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