• Lake of tears

    08/02/2009 05:00

    Visitors at the T’Nung Lake in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai Legend, among the ethnic minorities for whom the Central Highlands is home, has it that a peaceful village once stood where the T’Nung Lake...

  • Saving the song

    07/02/2009 05:00

    The traditional singing art of Quan ho Bac Ninh may have become either too modernized or too obscure to be granted UNESCO Cultural Heritage status. Women artists light candles and sing during a Lim Festival Quan ho courtship song performance...

  • Cathay Pacific lowers fuel surcharge on Vietnamese routes

    07/02/2009 05:00

    Cathay Pacific Airways has reduced its fuel surcharge on the Hong Kong-Hanoi and Hong Kong-Ho Chi Minh City sectors. The Hong Kong-based carrier said in a statement that the new surcharge, effective from February 1, is HK$61 (US$7.8), a 44 percent drop...

  • A ‘dream’ village

    07/02/2009 05:00

    A view of the Lang Toi (My village) Tourist Site in District 2 that evokes nostalgic thoughts and images of the Vietnamese countryside right in the heart of HCMC. It was 17 years and millions of dollars in the making, but...

  • $2.29 million to upgrade tourism infrastructure in Phu Yen

    06/02/2009 05:00

    Phu Yen province will invest VND39 billion ($2.29 million) this year to carry out 11 projects getting ready for activities of the 400th founding anniversary of the province (1611 – 2011) and the national tourism year to be organised in Phu Yen in 2011. The...

  • Get lost in sloping pine hill in Golden Valley

    06/02/2009 05:00

    Lookatvietnam – Nestled about 10 kilometers from the center of Dalat, Golden Valley - the city of endless pine forests and flowers in mists - leaves tourists with a breath-taking first impression of a picturesque landscape with fresh air, pine trees, brilliant flowers and...

  • Less-stress travel

    06/02/2009 05:00

    Central Vietnam’s premier beach town, Nha Trang , where “Zen tours” are becoming more popular As people bite their nails over economic concerns and other stresses of modern life, more tourists are opting...

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