Travel

For locals, foreign trips cheaper than Vietnam tours
26/09/2012 10:02
After a 20% price hike announcement for domestic airfares, prices for local tours have accordingly been considerably increased, leading to a ridiculous state where domestic tours are more expensive than foreign ones. The hike which takes effect this week will negatively hurt the domestic...
Fireworks greet the New Year in Hanoi
26/09/2012 10:02
The Hanoi People’s Committee has plans to let off fireworks during the Lunar New Year’s Eve 2012 at 29 places, including four high-range displays and 25 low-range displays. The high-range displays will take place at Hoan Kiem Lake , Thong Nhat Park, Nguyen Hoang Ton Flower Garden and...
The Sao Mai Tour Company is licensed as global travel company
26/09/2012 10:02
The Sao Mai Tour Company is the first Vietnam travel agencies in southern Binh Thuan province which has been granted an international traveling business licence by the Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT). As of December 12, the company will have at least three tour guides...
Service prices, bad news for travel companies
26/09/2012 10:02
Bad news comes continuously to Vietnam travel agencies . At first, they heard that the excursion fee at the Ha Long Bay increased. On the other days, they heard that the excursion tickets at Sa Pa and then Huong Pagoda would also increase. The travel firms have no other choice now than...
Vietnamese student to compete in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011
26/09/2012 10:02
The first runner-up of Vietnam Jewelry Beauty Queen 2009 pageant, Le Huynh Thuy Ngan will represent the country at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 pageant in China. 20-year-old Le Huynh Thuy Ngan is a 1.72m tall beauty and a student of the Ho Chi Minh City University of...
New forms of tourism, tourism building
26/09/2012 10:02
Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in...
Quang Nam's tourism with the assistance of Luxembourg
26/09/2012 10:02
The Quang Nam provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 13 hosted a workshop to launch a tourism promotion project in its disadvantaged areas. Funded by the Luxembourg Government through the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the project is scheduled to be...