• Air Mekong flies back to Danang, raises frequencies

    21/01/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s private airline Air Mekong on Tuesday confirmed resumption of scheduled services to Danang and more frequencies on other routes to provide the market with more seats during the peak season for domestic air travel. Truong Thanh Vu,...

  • Vietnamese hotels make Condé Nast Traveler list 

    21/01/2011 05:00

    Four hotels and resorts in Vietnam have made it onto Condé Nast Traveler’s 17th Annual 2011 Gold List of World’s Best Places to Stay. The winners were selected by the magazine’s 25,000 readers. The Sofitel Legend...

  • Sate your sweet tooth with bánh bó 

    21/01/2011 05:00

    Central Vietnam’s traditional cake brings together sticky rice and candied fruits in a rich festive dish Bánh bó, which literally means “bundled cake,” is slice of glutinous rice flour...

  • Countries promote regional tourism initiative

    20/01/2011 05:00

    Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar will jointly produce a documentary titled, “Four countries — one destination” with the aim of promoting the countries’ tourism industry and strengthening their cooperation in the field....

  • EU gives $15m to develop sustainable tourism

    20/01/2011 05:00

    The European Union yesterday officially announced a grant of 11 million euros (US$15 million) to help develop an ‘environmentally and socially responsible’ tourism sector, the ever biggest tourism programme in Viet Nam.   Poor and disadvantaged groups such as...

  • Vietnam aims to welcome 5.3 million foreign visitors in 2011

    19/01/2011 05:00

    The tourism industry targets to welcome 5.3 million foreign and 30 million local visitors this year, with a turnover of more than VND110 trillion ($5.5 billion), accounting for 4.6 percent of Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP). Â...

  • Saigontourist welcomes Princess Daphne cruise ship

    17/01/2011 05:00

    Saigontourist Travel Service received 300 tourists from Portugal’s Princess Daphne cruise ship during their 2-day tour of HCM City – Cu Chi – My Tho on January 15....

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