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  • Take a swim in Ninh Binh
    By admin on September 19, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    Ninh Binh will focus on developing two main kinds of tourism – ecological and cultural-spiritual, a tourism official in the northern province has said. Speaking at a conference on promoting the province’s tour...
  • Can Gio fishermen pray for luck at whale festival
    By admin on September 12, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    The annual Nghinh Ong festival for fishermen to worship the whale to seek good luck at sea will open in HCM City’s coastal district of Can Gio on Sept. 9. The four-day event will include a ceremonial offering by vi...
  • Hanoi old quarter before Mid-autumn Festival
    By admin on September 5, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    Hang Ma (Paper Offerings) Street in Hanoi’s old quarter has been flooded by visitors. The street is dyed in red by lanterns, flowers, flags and toys. Hang Ma Street has been one of Hanoi’s typically frenetic commer...
  • GMS member countries deliberate on introduction of single visa for 6 countries
    By admin on August 5, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    YANGON (Xinhua) — Six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) — China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam will make discussions on introducing single visa for the member countries at GMS tr...
  • No solace for foreigners caught in work permit limbo
    By admin on July 30, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    There will be no respite for foreigners currently employed in Vietnam yet unable to obtain work permits prior to August 1 before new regulations will allow the expulsion of unregistered foreign employees. According to ...
  • Tourism revenue rises 35 percent in first half
    By admin on July 26, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    Vietnam’s tourism revenue in the year’s first half surged a staggering 35.5% to VND62 trillion, or more than US$3 billion, compared to VND45 trillion in the year-ago period, the national tourism body said. The Vi...
  • Tramcar tour to West Lake
    By admin on June 21, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    This firm will import 30 tramcars to serve tourists to travel around the West Lake. Along the 18km long road, the firm will set up ten tramcar stops. The service will be launched on September 2 2011. With this tour, t...
  • Domestic tourists change travel habit
    By admin on June 16, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – More Vietnamese people took domestic tours in the first five months of the year despite the nation’s economic doldrums but their travel habit changed from last year. A report by the Vietna...
  • Ha Long Bay tops new world wonder poll
    By admin on May 26, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Long, Vietnam’s world natural heritage, gained the highest growth in votes in the poll for the seven new world natural wonders on www.new7wonders.com last month. The bay currently takes the l...
  • Vietnam Travel in Brief 20th May
    By admin on May 21, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    HCM City set for southern food fest Dam Sen Tourist Park in HCM City will host the 2011 Food Festival of the South on May 27- 29. The annual event will feature typical southern floating markets, including a fruit market ...
  • Travellers to be allowed to buy dollars
    By admin on May 12, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese citizens will be allowed to buy foreign currency worth up to US$1,000 to travel abroad for 10 days, or $100 per day, under a draft circular of the State Bank of Viet Nam regulating tr...
  • Foreign tourist arrivals continue to rise
    By admin on May 5, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – More than 460,000 international visitors traveled to Viet Nam in April, a 6.3 per cent rise against the same month last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). This brought t...
  • Schedule for International Fireworks Competition 2011
    By admin on April 28, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    It is the fourth such competition and will attract five teams: the Jubilee Fireworks Company (England), the Hanwha Company (South Korea), Parente Fireworks A&C SNC Company (Italy), Panda Fireworks Company (China) and...
  • Vietnam Airlines to open direct flight to London
    By admin on April 22, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    Vietnam Airlines on April 19 announced that it plans to fly direct from Hanoi and HCMC to London by the end of this year. Pham Ngoc Minh, Vietnam Airlines’ president said: “England has become one of the mos...
  • Vietnam best performing regional market
    By admin on April 15, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam had performed as the best tourism market in the region in 2010 with the number of foreign arrivals recording a year-on-year increase of 40 percent, according to Business Monitor Inter...
  • Tourism slogans and logos honored
    By admin on February 14, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – On January 26 the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) announced the winning logos and slogans for the Vietnam tourism promotion program in 2011-2015. The organizing board presented...
  • Vietnam has 470,000 foreign arrivals in January
    By admin on February 8, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the number of international arrivals in Vietnam in January 2011 is 470,000, up 8.9% year on year. Accordingly, 270,000 arrived fo...
  • 10,000 flower garlands released for Tet in Vietnam
    By admin on January 24, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    Ten thousand flower garlands will be released to pray for national peace and happiness on Lunar New Year’s Eve (February 2) in the program “ Sparkling Tay Ho – Wishing flower garlands” to be held at the Tay Ho ...
  • Frost on Mau Son peak in Lang Son, Vietnam
    By admin on January 17, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    VietNamNet Bridge – Thanks to the current cold spell in northern Vietnam, Mau Son mounts in the northern border province of Lang Son have become a favorite destination for photographers and tourists. Locals said that f...
  • Vietnam is listed as world the best destinations
    By admin on January 10, 2011 | No Comments  Comments
    A recent post of “DeMorgen”, one of the largest newspapers in the Pholamang, Belgium praised Vietnam as one of the three safest destinations for tourists, ranking just after Costa Rica and Ireland. According ...