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Voi Mountain with ethnic culture[Code: 3151]

VietNamNet Bridge – Conquering a mountain is still a passion of adventurers as well as nature lovers. Voi (Elephant) Mountain in Lam Dong Province is the ideal destination for climbers to prove their strength and appreciate nature. Located in Hiep Thanh Commune, Duc Trong District, Lam Dong Province, around 15 kilometers from the center of Dalat City, Voi Mountain tourist site is managed by Phuong Nam Ecotourism Joint Stock Company. In the past, Nui Voi was one an important...

Mai Linh launches new Vietnam-Laos tours[Code: 3150]

A Vietnamese traveler (R) scrutinizes barbecued chicken at a Lao restaurant in Champassak. VietNamNet Bridge - Mai Linh Tourism Company on April 13 launched two bus tours between the central coastal city of Nha Trang and the southern Lao province of Champassak. The Vietnamese company uses 16-seat buses for the tours. Both take two days and one night to go through six provinces in Vietnam’s central region and Central Highlands, and the Lao province. The first...

Korean Air offers discounts on many Hanoi routes[Code: 3149]

Travellers who spend more than 9 hours in transit will also receive free accommodation. In addition, Korean Air will drop the price of return fares on various routes from Hanoi to Europe, the Middle East and North America for passengers who travel via Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to their spokesman in Hanoi, Lee Sang Kun. The Korean operator has also teamed up with the Samtour Travel Agency to run tours to the RoK with a 25 percent discount for tourists departing from...

Int’l visitors tour An Giang[Code: 3148]

VietNamNet Bridge - The southern province of An Giang officially launched the first “Agricultural Tourism” tour for 30 international visitors on April 12. The travellers departed from Long Xuyen city to watch a boat race in Chau Doc town and enjoy the Khmer people’s Chol Chnam Thmay traditional festival in Tri Ton district. They also visited the Cam mountain in Tinh Bien district. The tour is part of an “Agricultural Tourism” project sponsored by Agriterra, a...

A sharp increase in holiday bookings[Code: 3147]

The stable price of domestic tours for this holiday has helped to raise the number of tourists on these tours by 10-20 percent against the same period last year. Tours of between 300-500km are especially popular, says Mai Lan, head of market research for the Vietravel company in Hanoi. Many organizations and offices are giving their employees time off to celebrate the occasion and travel agencies have designed a number of specific tours to cater for this group of tourists. Saigontourist,...

Discount holidays now cheaper by up to 40%[Code: 3146]

HCM City-based Saigon-tourist said it planned to offer a 10-20 per cent discount on 20 domestic tours. The most popular tours are in coastal locations, including Nha Trang, Ha Long, Con Dao Island, Phu Quoc Island and Phan Thiet. Tours to Da Lat in the central region and Sapa in the northwestern region are also very attractive. Since the beginning of March, more than 4,500 travellers had booked domestic tours through Saigontourist. For travellers interested in learning more about...

Bac Ha horse races to be held in May[Code: 3145]

Pham Xuan, deputy director of the Lao Cai provincial Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism said that the jockeys taking part in the competition must be male, aged between 18-40 and come from Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Dien Bien or Son La provinces. The jockeys will show their skills at the 1,500-m racecourse during both individual and team events. The winning team will receive a cash prize of VND10 million and the winner of the individual event will take home VND 5...

Thua Thien-Hue welcomes Thai visitors on caravan tour[Code: 3144]

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 10 left-hand drive cars carrying tourists from Thailand arrived in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 11 on a caravan tour. They were welcomed at the Lao Bao border in Quang Tri Province by Huong Giang travel agents. The tourists are scheduled to visit Vinh Moc tunnel in Quang Tri, Phong Nha-Ke Bang world natural heritage site in Quang Binh, the former imperial city of Hue, Lang Co beach, the Cham museum and Non Nuoc stone carving...

2009 Cultural and Tourism Week to kick off in Sapa[Code: 3143]

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1, and is expected to attract a large number of visitors. Various activities will take place during the week, including the love market in Sapa town and the cloud festival on Ham Rong mountain, which spotlights the traditional culture of ethnic minority groups, such as the Xa Pho, Dao, Mong, Giay and Tay. A photography exhibition, “The Color of Sapa”,...

View from the top[Code: 3142]

The single-string cable car system slides over the rolling hills of Central Vietnam at a height of over 1,000m and I’m left speechless at the spectacular views. Staring out the window I can’t help but wonder how this amazing achievement of engineering was executed. Thousands of workers toiled for over 400 days in intense heat and pouring rain and now here I am floating effortlessly to the peak of Ba Na. Hoang Van Thieu, the deputy director of Ba Na Cable Car Service Joint Stock...

Having fun and a massage at Da Giang Stream[Code: 3141]

VietNamNet Bridge – After you have spent time playing in the waves and on the beautiful beaches of Khanh Hoa Province, the soothing waters of Da Giang Stream are sure to revive you after a long journey. I know this from personal experience: when I was coming back from the coastal city last month I had my body massaged by the currents of the pristine stream that is about 20 kilometers or less than a one hour drive from the heart of Nha Trang City. Da Giang Stream is nestled...

Pagoda enters record books[Code: 3140]

New Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh is pulling crowds with its multi-record breaking architecture Ninh Binh’s record-breaking pagoda, Bai Dinh Spiritual Centre in Gia Sinh Commune, Gia Vien District, is drawing crowds of visitors, curious to see the magnanimous construction with their own eyes. The original pagoda was built by a Zen Buddhist priest Nguyen Minh Khong (1066-1141) in the 11th century. The new building covers an area of 700ha, making it the...

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 10/4[Code: 3139]

Costa Classica makes maiden visit to Ha Long Bay Costa Classica belongs to the Costa Crociere S.p.A Group and is part of the maritime tourism group, Carnival. It also owns the cruise ships Costa Allegra and Costa Marina that regularly bring tourists to Ha Long. On its first call, Costa Classica’s passengers visited Ha Long Bay, Bai Chay beach and the Yen Tu area. Earlier this month, Ha Long welcomed the five-star cruise ship Crystal Serenity from Bahamas with some 670 foreign...

South Korea keen on Vietnam tourists[Code: 3138]

VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing number of Vietnamese visitors to South Korea is making the eastern Asian country to target Vietnam as a potential market, with many South Korean tour operators already launching promotions to entice more travelers from the Southeast Asian nation. Hyo Sik Jeon, director of the South Korean Tourism Promotion Office to Asia Pacific, was speaking of this market trend at a meeting in Seoul on Monday with tourism companies, airlines and...

Tourist firms anxious about electricity price increases[Code: 3137]

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises in the tourism industry have been trying to slash tour fees to stimulate the demand. However, the input costs have been increasing, including the electricity, petrol and railway fares, making the efforts become insignificant, according to Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Chien Thang. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Chien Thang On April 9, Thang said at a workshop on tourism that the ministry...


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