Vietnam Travel News

For the first time, the organisers of Hue Festival sent domestic and international art troupes to serve people living in remote villages and this has proven to be an excellent idea.

Vietnam will host the World Food Festival for the first time in the southern coastal city of Vung Tau in July, providing a great opportunity for the country to promote its traditional cuisine.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on June 10 became the first carrier in Southeast Asia to join the SkyTeam global airline alliance.

Tens of thousands of people from Hue city and surrounding areas as well as tourists on June 10 joined a programme named “Hanh Trinh Mo Coi) which presents the nation’s journey to reclaim the lands in the south of the country from the 10th century to 1945.

More than 1200 artists participated in a 90-minute performance of a Nguyen-era naval maneuver at Hue Festival 2010 on June 7.

Po Cung Grotto on Pha Hang mountain in Thanh Hoa province is the largest cemetery of its kind in Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines officially became a full member of SkyTeam, the world’s second largest airline alliance, in Ha Noi yesterday, June 10, making it the only carrier in Southeast Asia to be admitted as a member.

Indonesia will make use of its advantages to enhance tourism, trade and investment cooperation with Vietnam in the years to come, Indonesian diplomats said.

Vietnam and Indonesia should work together to attract international tourists as both countries have popular destinations, an official said.

Promoting Vietnam’s tourism on international television will cost an estimated VND15 billion in 2010, according to the Department of International Cooperation under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A cultural festival, titled "Trans-Asia Bridge", will be held in the central province of Quang Tri from July 23rd to 27th this year, according to the Performance Arts Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam will invest around VND15 billion to promote its tourism in the country on an international TV, according to International Co-operation Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

For hotel and resort operators in Vietnam, the global downturn had a sustained and considerable impact last year, with reductions in room rates, occupancy and profits, especially in the upscale sector, a survey finds.

Through the peaks and valleys of national history and the continuing development of industry, hat xam (songs of strolling blind musicians) seems to have faded from the minds of Hanoians. But nowadays hat xam is making a come back with the youth.