Vietnam Travel News

After a successful launch and busy opening period, Marina Bay Sands looks set to raise the bar for tourism right across Asia.

Nguyen Van Tuan, general director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), attributes the rise to a series of promotional campaigns run in major Chinese cities over the last two years.

Hoi An is well known for its culinary delights, so visitors are recommended to work up an appetite before hitting the streets.

Ben En National Park is located in the two districts of Nhu Xuan and Nhu Thanh, 45km southwest of Thanh Hoa Province.

"How many ways are there to cool off in the city?" a friend asked me, which, I assumed, was a rhetorical question.

Pottery items with round bottoms and bell mouths, decorated simply and painted after being baked, are specific items from the Xom Con culture of the central province of Khanh Hoa. The items were dated as coming from 3,500 to 4,000 years B.C.

To attract international flights, Khanh Hoa Province has said it will lower its service fees by 50 per cent for international flights to and from the Cam Ranh Airport and provide preferential conditions for airlines to operate these flights.

A plan to promote Vietnamese tourism on both local and international media has been approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan Province will hold the traditional Nghinh Ong Quan Thanh Festival whale worshipping from August 30 to September 1.

Ha Noi, Da Nang and HCM City have announced the launch of a big sale programme designed to spur consumer spending and shopping tourism.

Experts say they can see problems with the labor force in Vietnam’s tourism industry.

More than 1,000 people have worked to mount the final round of the Miss Vietnam Pageant 2010, which is held from August 1st to 14th at the Tuan Chau Resort in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

A large number of visitors have turned their back on domestic airplane tour when prices increased 30-35 percent, after Vietnam Airlines halted the discounted airfares they had been offering previously from July 1 to August 15.

Da Nang will create new policies to encourage investors to develop key tourism areas, including Ba Na Tourist Site, Son Tra Peninsula and the beaches of My Khe and Non Nuoc.

Head of the Heritage Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, has said that in middle of this September 2010, the Thang Long Royal Citadel will open to tourism.