Vietnam Travel News

New Australian contemporary performance art and music will be showcased to Hue locals and international visitors during the Hue Festival 2010.

The International Puppet Festival is helping Vietnamese water puppet troupes expand their repertoire.

An international fair is being held in Algiers City in Algeria on June 2-7, attracting large numbers of agricultural import-export business and several businesses that specialise in Vietnamese arts and handicrafts.

A group of ambassadors and staff of aid agencies are scheduled to visit Can Tho City and An Giang Province of Vietnam, and Cambodia on June 6-8.

Australia will send numerous young and talented artists to the Hue Festival 2010, Vietnam’s leading cultural event, said the Australian Embassy in Hanoi.

Rock climbing in Viet Nam is considered one of the most unique and exciting ways to enjoy the country.

Air France, KLM and the Jetstar Group of airlines (Jetstar, Jetstar Asia/Valuair and Jetstar Pacific) have entered into a landmark interline agreement.

Viet Nam welcomed 440,000 foreign tourists in May, a year-on-year increase of 50.3 per cent, as the total number of arrivals in the first five months went up to 2.2 million.

Novotel Phan Thiet Ocean Dunes&Golf Resort announced last week that it is the first Novotel property in Viet Nam to have achieved the prestigious Green Globe Certified status.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has readied itself for the Hue Festival 2010, but organizers are worried that local service providers are hiking prices.

Hue Festival 2010 promises to be a spectacular event showcasing the city’s unique heritage as well as culture and arts from Vietnam and abroad

Folk music and dance of the Republic of Korea (RoK) was introduced to Hanoian audience on the night of June 3.

An exhibition of over 300 artefacts dating six centuries ago opened at the Revolutionary History Museum in Thua Thien-Hue Province on June 3 on the threshold of the Hue Festival 2010.

A press conference to introduce the Vietnam – Cambodia Trade, Services and Tourism Fair opened on June 2nd in Ho Chi Minh City with an announcement to soon open tours via sea routes between the two countries.

Most domestic visitors have chosen sea and island tours for their holidays this summer, according to travel agencies.