Travel

Australian tourist has to pay VND1.3 million for 5km on cyclo
25/04/2013 08:13
The cyclo driver who claimed VND1.3 million for 5km of road. At noon on April 23, Mrs. Ilona Schultz, an Australian and her two children paid a visit to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. At around 11 am, a cyclo driver invited her to use his service and Mrs. Schultz agreed.� She asked the...
Vietnam, Lao localities cooperate to preserve cultural heritages
23/04/2013 07:49
Under the contract, the two sides will swap experience and cooperate in cultural heritage management, join hands to organise cooperationprogrammes�and support each other in issues of mutual concern such as heritage conservation, services to promote the cultural values. They will cooperate...
Cities plan promotions to attract visitors
23/04/2013 07:25
Under the agreement signed under the auspices of the Viet Nam International Tourism Market (VITM) 2013 fair, the two associations agreed to launch domestic tourism promotion programmes with discounted airfares offered by Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air on flights between the two cities....
Travel firms failed to attract travelers for long holidays
22/04/2013 06:31
Travel firms thirsty for travelers One month ago, Saigontourist released the list of 100 tours, both domestic and outbound, providing a wide range of choices for the April holiday. Especially, on the HCM City Tourism Day, the travel firm introduced to the visitors more than 200 tourist...
Vietnam’s biggest sapphire Buddha statue in Hoi An
22/04/2013 06:04
According to the Buddhist monk of the pagoda, �head of the Buddhist Shangha of Binh Duong Province, the buddha statue was taken to the pagoda on January 31. It is called “Ky Lam Ngoc Phat” (sapphire Buddha). The sculpture of reclining Buddha is 35 tonnes in weight and 4.2...
Vietnamese tend to become “smart tourists”
18/04/2013 11:06
Tuyet Mai, a teacher in Hanoi, said she only books the tours with discounts. In previous years, Mai accessed to the travel firms’ official websites, compared the quoted tour fees of different travel firms and booked the tours with the most competitive prices. However, Mai said, she has...
Hanoi adds two more electric bus tour routes
18/04/2013 10:20
The routes are designed to show tourists cultural and historical highlights of the capital including the Hanoi Opera House, Quan Su pagoda and Hang Co station, as well as streets famous for their French-colonial buildings such as Tran Hung Dao, Le Thanh Tong, Trang Tien and Tong Dan. The...