• TRAVEL IN BRIEF 11/2

    11/02/2011 05:00

    Coffee buzz surrounds festival The third international coffee festival will be held in Buon Ma Thuot in the Central Highlands on March 10 - 13. At the event, more than 160 foreign and local...

  • More tourists arrive in Vietnam for first days of Lunar New Year

    10/02/2011 05:00

    More than 2,000 foreign tourists on three international cruise ships arrived in Nha Trang City on February 9. It was the first time Nha Trang has received three cruise ships at the same time. They included the Minerva with 200 crew and...

  • Pilgrims flock to Huong pagoda

    Pilgrims flock to Huong pagoda

    09/02/2011 05:00

    Huong Pagoda Festival, which attracts the highest number of pilgrims in Vietnam, opened on February 8. At least 50,000 people flocked to the festival that day....

  • Tourism flourishes during Tet 2011 holiday

    08/02/2011 05:00

    More local and foreign tourists have taken inbound and outbound tours during the Tet (Lunar New Year) 2011 holiday compared to previous years. The number of foreign visitors arriving in the...

  • Foreign visitors to Vietnam rise sharply during Tet

    08/02/2011 05:00

    The Noi Bai International Airport received over 1,000 foreign holidaymakers during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, according to the airport’s Border Customs Agency. Travelers were mostly from Europe and overseas Vietnamese who...

  • Tourism properties under scrutiny

    07/02/2011 05:00

    Six locations – Thua Thien Hue city , Khanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, Lam Dong, Binh Thuan and Danang – were listed in 2011’s inspection plan by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) due to “careless investment licencing” and “low efficiency”. As with Thua Thien...

  • Three provinces plan joint tourism rep office in Japan

    06/02/2011 05:00

    Three central provinces are planning to set up a joint representative office in Japan as part of a program to attract tourists from there. Japanese visitors exit the World Heritage site of My...

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