• Airline, embassy aid travelers stranded in Thailand

    28/11/2008 05:00

    Vietnamese citizens can call the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok at +66 8181 44403, Vietnam Airlines at +66 2655 4137/38/39/40 or Vietnam Airlines’ representative in Bangkok at +66 8182 91616 . Vietnam Airlines will send an Airbus A321 plane from Hanoi today...

  • Delicious duck

    28/11/2008 05:00

    Vit nau chao (duck meat and soybean paste soup) served with bun (vermicelli noodles) and bread in a Ly Tu Trong Street restaurant in Can Tho Vit nau chao is a delta delight that shouldn’t be missed. Ly Tu Trong Street in the Mekong Delta...

  • Experience a home-stay

    28/11/2008 05:00

    Many tourists choose home-stay accommodation as a way to approach Vietnamese culture, and there is no better way than living with a local family. Home-stay guests are treated like a member of the host family. They may have to wake up early in the morning to help the host family prepare...

  • Bangkok flights canceled, Vietnamese passengers to be evacuated overland

    28/11/2008 05:00

    Vietnamese tourist companies are trying to evacuate their customers stuck in the Thai capital by land through Laos and Cambodia. Saigontourist said today it would bring 38 people to Ho Chi Minh City through Siem Riep, Cambodia. Vietnam Airline also said it would operate...

  • Culture-tourism festival to mark Tet in Vung Tau

    28/11/2008 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province will host a tourism and cultural festival during Tet next year. Vung Tau City (Photo:Khanh Huynh) To be held from January 22 to February 2, 2009, it will feature a spring fair, Thanksgiving celebrations,...

  • Tourism sector hit by global financial crisis

    28/11/2008 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The last few months saw dramatic declines in foreign visitors, yet the overall figure for the first 11 months of the year is more than the figure for the same period last year by 1.1 per cent. Foreign travellers cruise along the water...

  • Minister urges nation to ‘Vote Vietnam’

    28/11/2008 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) launched a campaign to vote for Ha Long Bay and other Vietnamese sites in a bid to have them recognised as one of the new natural wonders of the world in central Da Nang city on Nov. 28....

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