• Ha Long Bay rolls in NewOpenWorld poll

    26/05/2009 05:00

    Ha Long Bay was declared one of the 25 most wonderful seascapes in the world on the website of NewOpenWorld on May 25. The bay joins Cox’s Bazaar beach of Bangladesh, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Entering the second...

  • Hotels feel pinch as occupancy drops

    26/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The downturn in global tourism and the declining number of business visitors continue to adversely impact the local hotel sector as many three-to-five-star hotels in HCMC have seen their room occupancy plunge sharply in the first four months of this year,...

  • Jetstar Pacific cancels Hanoi-Can Tho flights

    26/05/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific on May 26 announced it would stop offering Hanoi-Can Tho flights as of June 1. The airline said it will close this air route to focus on more lucrative routes, for example Hanoi-Da...

  • A fisherman’s dream of building an eco-tourist site

    26/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Duong Van Vi, a 40-year-old fisherman, has opened a restaurant on Binh Thuan’s Phu Quy Island, to provide tourists to the coastal city with an ideal venue for enjoying sea cooking while admiring the surrounding scenery. A view of Long Vi...

  • Domestic travel up despite downturn

    25/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Travel industry executives attribute a fall in the number of foreign tourists in large part to the global economic crisis rather than the swine flu scare. While the number of foreigners visiting the ancient town of Hoi An has dropped by 20 per...

  • City to license foreign travel offices in June

    25/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The HCMC Department of Tourism will begin licensing foreign travel firms to open representative offices in the city and renew expired licenses for foreign travel offices next month. Under the tourism decree, coded 92/2007/ND-CP, the provincial...

  • An island unto itself

    25/05/2009 05:00

    The untouched beauty of Cau Island in the central province of Binh Thuan Want to escape from it all? Well, Cau Island has nothing… nothing except for pristine natural beauty. Definitely bring a...

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