Travel

HCM City's Monkey Island offers kids a real experience
09/09/2012 08:21
"Real monkeys, not the ones you see on television or in cages at the zoo," he said. Searching the internet to find such a destination, I discovered Monkey Island in Can Gio District, HCM City. We left home at 9am on a sunny Sunday. The sunshine in HCM City is really different. It did...
Eastin Easy GTC Hanoi will open 1 October 2012
08/09/2012 05:31
Eastin Easy GTC Hotel is well located in the heart of Hanoi, having the advantage of the location on Quoc Tu Giam Street, the hotel offers an easy access to many governmental offices such as: Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Vietnamese 's first...
Hanoi punishes street vendors for harassing foreigners
08/09/2012 02:56
A report on the Tien Phong news website Wednesday quoted Hoan Kiem District police as saying that 41 of the wrongdoers were busted between August 16 and 28 after local media reported the increasing harassment and cheating taking place in and around sites like the Old Quarter. Since the...
Travel firms say “no” to “live by makeshift” tourist site
08/09/2012 06:31
Travel firms are believed to act as the intermediaries who connect tourists with tourist sites and service providers. They seem to be safe and unhurt in any cases, because they would raise the tour fees if the input service fees increase, and vice versa. In other words, they would never...
Lack of public rest-rooms to serve tourists
05/09/2012 01:54
The issue was raised once again at a video conference among tourism officials and experts from Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang held yesterday, Aug 28. They were strongly in favor of creating a detailed plan to build enough public rest-rooms to serve tourists. Minister of Cultural, Sport...
The vendors rip off tourists around Hanoi’s Old Quarter
15/08/2012 02:16
1001 ways to lose money Street vendors in the area have thousands of tricks to get tourists’ money through selling their goods, Tien Phong Newspaper reported. It was an afternoon on Ma May street when two vendors were trying to force two foreign tourists to buy bracelets by put the...
The magnificent King Meo palace
15/08/2012 02:05
The palace belonged to Vuong Duc Chinh, who was named King of Meo people in Dong Van commune, and is nearly 100 years old. It was used as a fortress to defend Vuong and his subordinates as they drove out the French forces in 1940. The regime of Vuong became prosperous thanks to his...