Vietnam Travel News

Rice noodle soup (pho) is a favourite dish for Vietnamese. In the Lao capital of Vientiane, pho shops are meeting places for Vietnamese expatriates and locals alike.

 Soldiers and residents of HCM City’s Cu Chi district created an astonishing 250km tunnel system during the Vietnam War, some parts of which are up to 10 meters deep and three stories.

If you want to go to a place to escape the hot weather and enjoy comfortable moments under a cool waterfall but spend only VND100,000, don’t forget to take a trip to Giang Dien ecotourism and service urban town.

Nghe An Province is endowed with abundant natural resources, of which tourism potentiality must be mentioned including endless forests and stunning beaches together with historical and cultural relics.

After ‘Impressive Vietnam’, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has kicked off a new tourism promotion campaign, “Vietnam – Your Destination.”

The World Cuisine Festival will be held in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province from July 21-25.

40 travel agencies and leaders of the Hanoi, Quang Nam, Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri provincial Departments for Culture, Sports and Tourism attended a seminar on “the introduction of Responsible Tourism Initiatives in Vietnam” in Hue City on May 4.

An exhibition of more than 400 German books opened in Hanoi on May 5.

International visitors to Vietnam in April estimated 432,608 arrivals, increasing by 31.3% over the same period last year.

The Week of Buddhist Culture 2010 will be held in the ancient capital of Hue from May 16-22 in the lead up to the millennial anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Hanoi-based Goethe Institute, a cultural organisation of Germany, will display two new publications on Vietnam’s relics at the An Dinh palace in the former imperial city of Hue from June 7-13.

The Minister of Transport, Ho Nghia Dung, met with visiting Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Seiji Maehara, in Hanoi on May 3.

The tourism and fisheries potential of Southeast Asia's largest lagoon, Tam Giang, was highlighted last weekend at a festival organised by Quang Dien District in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.