Travel

Phan Thiet ready for new year party
26/09/2012 10:02
To bring a jubilant New Year atmosphere to locals and tourists, authorities in Phan Thiet City will host a series of arts and cultural activities. On New Year’s Eve, there will be music and dance shows, and contests at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square. The Binh Thuan branch of Ho Chi Minh...
The tourism combination of the eight provincial
26/09/2012 10:02
The largest tourism development project in Vietnam will start in eight northwestern mountain provinces next year. Local authorities, officially from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), tourism operators and training institutions in the region have gathered in Lao...
Da Lat Flower Festival attracts visitors
26/09/2012 10:02
The Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat is celebrating its annual flower festival. The five-day festival opened on December 30 with a “flower hill” at the Da Lat Golf Course near the iconic Xuan Huong Lake, and many smaller floral decorations. For the first time the Da Lat Flower...
2000 tourists to Hue by ship
26/09/2012 10:02
The Superstar Aquarius cruise ship with more than 2,000 visitors on board will arrive in the former imperial city of Hue city on December 31 to welcome the New Year. The tourists are on a trans-Viet tour organised by Saigontourist Travel Services (Saigontourist-one of the Vietnam...
1.9 million foreign visitors arrived in Hanoi in 2011
26/09/2012 10:02
In 2011, Hanoi received nearly 1.9 million international tourists, an increase of 11 percent against the last year, according to a report of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Considerably, the number of foreign tourists from some major markets to Hanoi went up...
Employee training program for tourism
26/09/2012 10:02
Staff training in the tourism sector is a long-term key task of the Vietnam Tourism Association, according to this organisation. Nguyen Huu Tho, deputy chairman of the association, said on Dec. 29 one of the association's tasks in the 2012-16 period would be to improve training of...
Direct flights from Can Tho to Taiwan
26/09/2012 10:02
Vietnam Airlines will operate 11 direct flights between Can Tho and Taiwan during the Lunar New Year in January, using Airbus 321 aircraft which can carry 100 to 130 passengers. There will be six flights from Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Taichung to Can Tho and five in the reverse direction,...