Travel

Hoi An: World’s favourite destination
11/03/2013 11:31
Located in central Quang Nam province, Hoi An was ranked first in the world’s top 10 favourite cities by Wanderlust, a well-known British tourism magazine, o�n January 31, 2013. It beat Cusco city in Peru, Kyoto in Japan, Copenhagen in Denmark, Italy ’s Venice, and even New York...
Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2013
11/03/2013 11:25
The event organized by Peoples Committee of Hue city City in collaboration with Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Tourism Association of Thua Thien Hue Province and related departments will attract the participations of traditional...
Ba Na Cable Car wins four Guinness World Records
11/03/2013 11:09
This is the only cable car route that has received four Guinness World Records. The four Guinness World Records are for the longest cable car route of 5,771 meters; the highest altitude difference between departure station and destination station with 1,369 meters; the longest cable...
Hue craft festival features Japanese and French cultures
10/03/2013 03:41
� In a March 9 announcement, festival organising board deputy head Phan Canh Viet Cuong said the costumes of the Saijo people and Ishizuchi black tea have secured places in the former imperial city of Hue city ’s Hoang Hoa Tham Street craft exhibition. He also revealed...
Vietnam tourism promoted in Germany
10/03/2013 02:59
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines have worked together to popularise the image of Vietnam to international friends at the ongoing International Tourism Fair in Berlin, Germany.� The effort will contribute to realising the...
The 4th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival 2013 opens
10/03/2013 02:55
This year’s festival on the theme of “Buon Me Thuot coffee, integration and development” features various activities such as a Vietnamese coffee’s brands exhibition, a street festival, a coffee brewing contest and a contest to elect the Vietnamese coffee’s...
Tourism expected to account for 7.5 percent of GDP
10/03/2013 02:48
Strategy on Vietnam’s tourism development is regarded as one of the ambitious targets of the tourism sector The main objective of the general development plan is to develop tourism into a key economic sector by 2020 which accounts for an increasing proportion of GDP and creates a...