Vietnam Travel News

Da Nang City alone is expected to have 45 more hotel and resort projects by 2012. Finding trained manpower to staff these ventures is really a difficult problem, reports Tuoi Tre.

Vietnamese startup carrier Air Mekong received four Canada-made planes chartered by US-based SkyWest Leasing Inc.

The LOT Polish Airlines will open a new Hanoi-Warsaw direct flight route in mid-November.

Eight northwestern provinces held a seminar in Sa Pa town on August 18 to discuss measures to build tourism trademarks and products.

Air Mekong, Vietnam's third private air carrier, is scheduled to launch its first flights on October 10.

A ground-breaking ceremony of the An Thinh Hotel, the first four-star hotel in Hoa Binh City was held by An Thinh - Hoa Binh Real Estate Joint Stock Company on August 13.

On August the 15th, 2010, The Au Co Art Center saw the Tour Guide 2010 National Final Contest.

More than 100 Vietnamese and Japanese cultural and conservation experts have discussed the importance of conserving the hitherto neglected areas around Hue’s monuments at a workshop held in the world heritage city.

Fifteen tour guides have gathered to compete in the final round of the second National Tour Guide Competition held in Hanoi on August 15.

Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange days to take place in Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam, are expected to attract more foreign tourists, particularly those from Japan, to destinations in the central region.

Although Viet Nam is a huge attraction as an overseas destination, the country's tourism industry is still struggling to make the best of its resources. Trung Hieu reports.

Son Dong craft village in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, is Vietnam’s largest craft village making wood statues of Buddha and objects of worship.

A Vietnam Cultural Week will open in Brussels, Belgium from September 1-4 to mark Vietnam as ASEAN chair, Belgium as EU president, and Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary.

Aiming to attract foreign and domestic tourists during low season, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, in coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam Airlines,