• Tourists harried by beggars and vendors in Ha Long Bay

    04/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Carrying babies on boats to chase tourist boats to beg for money has become a problem for tourists in Ha Long Bay (Quang Ninh province). Boats of vendors and beggars have appeared near the Bai Chay wharf for a long time. Some...

  • Visitor numbers up 21% in Feb

    04/03/2011 05:00

    Viet Nam welcomed nearly 543,000 foreign tourists in February, a year-on-year increase of 21.6 per cent, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). This pushed up the total number of foreign tourists in the first two months of the year to more than 1...

  • Three cruise ships land at Ha Long Bay

    02/03/2011 05:00

    Three five-star cruise ships arrived at Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province on February 28 and March 1. From the bay, thousands of international tourists will flock out to visit landscapes in Vietnam. Arcadia , which departed from Britain and...

  • Experience the island life of the Mekong Delta

    02/03/2011 05:00

    On my trip to Kien Giang Province, in the far south of Vietnam, I traveled to Kien Luong coastal district to see what is reputedly the most beautiful island in the Mekong Delta. To get to Hon Nghe Islet I took National Road 80 to Nga Ba Hon wharf and...

  • Travel firms warned overly high tour fees will keep foreign travelers away

    02/03/2011 05:00

    Travel firms are planning to raise inbound tour fees since the fees of all other services have increased. However, they well understand that overly high tour fees will make it impossible to attract foreign travelers. Managers of travel firms are very busy these...

  • The herbalist’s temple on Ta Cu Mountain

    01/03/2011 05:00

    On my trip to Binh Thuan Province from HCMC, I wanted to go to Ta Cu Mountain to see a famous old pagoda. We went through Tan Lap Commune, Ham Thuan Nam District and turned right to the mountain whose peak is 600 meters above sea level....

  • Northern natural beauty, traditions call out to adventurous travellers

    18/02/2011 05:00

    What do you think of when you read the fol-lowing lines about Viet Nam by the famous Vietnamese poet To Huu: How amazing my country is! Lean against Truong Son Mountain Range Reach to Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands From north-eastern...

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