• Ha Long festival to take Hanoi theme

    26/03/2010 05:00

    This year’s Ha Long Tourism Festival at the World Heritage site of Ha Long Bay will take Hanoi as its theme to celebrate the 1,000 birthday of the capital city. Hạ Long Tourism Festival ends successfully Hanoi heralds national tourism...

  • Wuthering heights

    26/03/2010 05:00

    Thanh Thu joins the pilgrims heading for Hanoi’s Chuong My District to visit one of the country’s oldest and most famous pagodas, Chua Tram Gian. At Tien Phuong commune in the outskirts of Hanoi people from all walks of life are gathering...

  • One more zoo in Hanoi

    One more zoo in Hanoi

    25/03/2010 05:00

    As of April 1, Thien Duong Bao Son park on Lang-Hoa Lac Road will open six new entertainment venues, including a zoo and an oceanic exhibition zone. The area for butterflies at Thien Duong Bao Son Zoo. Nguyen Truong Son, chair of Bao Son group,...

  • A temple worth visiting

    A temple worth visiting

    25/03/2010 05:00

    It might be enough to get tired after traveling a long way from the center of Hanoi to Nam Dinh Province. But the tiring mood would soon go away . . . A view of the Tran Temple. The temple is where the Tran kings are worshipped since Nam Dinh was the...

  • TRAVEL IN BRIEF 26/3

    TRAVEL IN BRIEF 26/3

    25/03/2010 05:00

    Path to Heaven Cave being carved; Tour operator offers huge discounts; Thailand tours continue despite unrest; Cities mark 50 years of friendship Work is now on to open a new 4.7km route to Thien Duong (Heaven) Cave in the central province of Quang Binh on...

  • Experts recommend that Son Doong cave not be opened to tourists

    Experts recommend that Son Doong cave not be opened to tourists

    25/03/2010 05:00

    British and Vietnamese spelunkers have finished a ten-day exploration of the Son Doong Cave, called the world’s largest grotto. The 20-member exploration team joined explorers from the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) and the Hanoi...

  • Bliss amid swaying palms

    25/03/2010 05:00

    Ben Tre is well-known as the land of coconuts. The province, 86km from HCM City, is home to 40,000ha of various coconut species. Waterway travel is an attractive way . . . Jumping out of the plate: Fried fish is a speciality of Phung Isle. Verdant and...

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