• TRAVEL IN BRIEF 14/12

    13/12/2009 05:00

    Taiwan airline resumes Da Nang flights; Saigontourist prepares for Tet; Replica 30’s train carries tourists; Beauty named flower ambassador Taiwanese carrier TransAsia has said it would resume direct flights to Da Nang on December 26, four years after the...

  • Symbol of Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary to appear on Fansipan

    Symbol of Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary to appear on Fansipan

    13/12/2009 05:00

    The symbol of the Thang Long – Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary will be put on the peak of Fansipan, Vietnam’s highest mountain, as part of the “Returning to Roots 2010” tourism program. The symbol of the Thang Long – Hanoi’s 1000 th anniversary will be put on...

  • Night market for the dead to be resurrected

    12/12/2009 05:00

    The banyan treee at Xuan O Village, Bac Ninh Province, where the Yin Yang Market brings together the living and the dead A defunct market where the living and the dead mingled in silence 2,000 years ago will be revived in...

  • Foreign rep offices vanish in tourism slump

    12/12/2009 05:00

    A foreign tourist checks information at a travel agent in HCMC downtown. Many representative offices of foreign tourism companies in Ho Chi Minh City have downed shutters over the past year because of declining arrivals....

  • Nature & nurture

    12/12/2009 05:00

    Mong women on a mountainside road in Ha Giang Province They grow their crops on the rocks and walk several kilometers of steep, cold mountain roads to buy and sell small goods, but the Mong families on the Dong Van Plateau...

  • Cam Ranh airport goes international

    Cam Ranh airport goes international

    12/12/2009 05:00

    Cam Ranh Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa becomes an international airport on December 12 with the landing of Silk Airlines’ first flight. Cam Ranh Airport The 750ha facility, situated 35km from Nha Trang City, has the country’s longest...

  • Taste of authentic European specialties

    Taste of authentic European specialties

    11/12/2009 05:00

    The 4th European Food Festival is ready to roll at the former EuroVilla home of EuroCham at 257 Hoang Van Thu Street in HCMC’s Tan Binh District this Saturday. cooking -.jpg" width=250 height=214 > The European Chamber of commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) said...

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