Vietnam Travel News

Most of the tourism companies have reported a rise in tour bookings for the long National Day holiday this week.

Some hotels and restaurants under Saigontourist in HCMC are preparing special food programs for Vietnam National Day on September 2.

Visitors to Viet Nam in August increased by 4.4 per cent over July, to a total of 427,900 for the month, the General Statistics Office said.

The attractions of Singapre, Thailand and Malaysia are being made more attractive with discounted tours offered by Ho Chi Minh City based SPSC Tour to mark the company winning Vietnamese Brand Name Award by Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper.

Vietnam welcomed 427,935 visitors, an increase of 4.4% compared to the last month’s figure and 37.7% compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Department.

Visitors are always impressed by the big Thang Co pan and bean soup bowls at colorful market days of Bac Ha Town.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has officially launched a contest to create a new slogan and logs for Vietnam Tourism Promotion programme during the 2011-2015 period.

According to the General Statistic Office, the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam reached 430,000 in August, increasing by 38 percent over the same period of last year.

The Vietnamese Culture Festival was held on August 28-29 in Berlin, Germany, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam-Germany diplomatic ties.

All 1,000 Thang Long dragons were showcased on August 29 in the Thang Long Royal Citadel.

A concert at the Hanoi Opera House on National Day will celebrate the capital city.

The Ho Chi Minh City-based TST Tourist Company has announced the launch of a series of domestic and outbound tours for autumn.

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, will be on show at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Culture House on September 12-13 and at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi September 16-19.

The Binh Dinh Economic Zone Authority gave the Trung Hoi Tourist Co., Ltd. an investment license for construction of the Trung Hoi Resort Project on almost 106ha at a total cost of about VND2.27 trillion.