• Festivals losing their soul to commerce

    17/02/2009 05:00

    Quan ho (love duets) singers perform at a self-organized gathering in Dang Xa Village in the northern province of Bac Ninh. Vietnam needs to cut down on its festival habit as most of the 1,000-plus festivals celebrated...

  • The game room

    17/02/2009 05:00

    Dice and game pieces at Rich House A Ho Chi Minh City café is as popular for its board games as it is for its ice-cream pizza. Not even the most amazing new video games can beat the feeling of...

  • Jetstar Pacific offers huge discounts on domestic fares

    17/02/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Jetstar Pacific, Vietnam’s budget airline, has announced that it is to offer 50,000 low-price fares on its domestic routes to travelers flying between March 3 and May 21. Jetstar Pacific, Vietnam’s budget airline, has announced...

  • Modest tour fee reductions cannot attract travellers

    17/02/2009 05:00

    The tourism promotion programme has been kicked off, but tours remain unattractive to travellers as tour fee reductions have been minimal. Booking tours Travel firms have admitted that considerable tour fee reductions have been applied mostly to...

  • Bat Trang artisans, villagers band against cheap imports

    16/02/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Bat Trang ceramics artisans and producers are mobilising to make them more competitive against imports being sold in the village, some under the local brand name. Tourists visit ceramic goods display in Bat Trang Village. The local...

  • War games

    16/02/2009 05:00

    Fire away: paintballing at Can Tho’s Paintball Club A new way to spend a day in the Mekong Delta doesn’t involve floating markets or a coconut candy factory. The Paintball Club offers...

  • Vietnam Airlines to open direct flight to the U.S in 2010

    16/02/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced a new plan to open direct flights to the U.S in 2010 if conditions are right, three years later than its earlier plan which was delayed for three years. Vietnam Airlines...

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