• TRAVEL IN BRIEF 4/9

    03/09/2009 05:00

    Locals to enjoy cheap luxury stays; Motorbike convoy heads to Thailand; Peace Boat visits Da Nang; Explore Ha Noi by tramcar Six of HCM City’s 12 five-star hotels will for the first time offer a discount of 50 per cent for local guests between September 1 to...

  • Peace tourism proves revelatory

    03/09/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – I felt privileged when a group of American tourists invited me to join them on the Peace Trees Vietnam’s Citizen Diplomacy Trips Cultural immersion: Two American visitors (centre and right) try to make banh canh, a local dish, in a cooking...

  • Airlines forced to report monthly on flight delays, cancellations

    31/08/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Domestic airlines will be required to submit monthly reports on flight delays and cancellations starting in October to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam Vo Huy Cuong, director of CAAV’s Air Transport Department, told the Daily last...

  • Visiting Hanoi’s Old Quarter by tramcar

    31/08/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The authorities of Hoan Kiem District have submitted to the Hanoi government a project to provide tours of Hanoi’s Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake by tramcar. A tramcar for tourists in the Hue city royal citadel. This project...

  • Five-star hotels to give 50% discount to Vietnamese guests

    31/08/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – For the first time, six of 12 five-star hotels in HCMC will offer a hefty discount of around 50% for local guests from September 1 to October 31 The Rex and the Majestic will offer Vietnamese customers a rate of US$80 per room per night....

  • One-day tour bookings increase

    30/08/2009 05:00

    Visitors disembark from a high-speed tourist boat at Cham Island. HCM City travel agencies reported an increase in one-day trip bookings for this week’s National Holiday – a bright spot in a tourism industry lagging because of the global economic downturn...

  • More buses, no fare rises for holiday

    30/08/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City’s two busiest bus stations are bracing for passenger numbers to increase 20-47 percent on Vietnam’s National Day on September 2. Thuong Thanh Hai, deputy director of Mien Dong...

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