Vietnam Travel News

Since the start of this year, Da Nang has received 436,350 tourists, a year-on-year increase of 50 percent, including 169,600 foreigners and 266,800 Vietnamese.

Laos’ Bunpimay festival and Thailand’s Songkran festival will be held in the central province of Nghe An from April 13-16 for students from both nations studying at Vinh University.

Viet Nam and Cambodia are planning to work together more closely to increase the number of tourist arrivals in both countries, experts have said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the national fag carrier Vietnam Airlines to conduct a study on the possible launching of direct air service linking Vietnam with India.

A week-long culture and tourism festival will be held in Ca Mau province from April 24 to 30 on the occasion of the UNESCO’s recognition for Ca Mau Cape as the World Biosphere Reserve.

The culture, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority people in the north-eastern region 2010 will be held in Phu Tho province from April 14 to 17, coinciding with the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary and the Hung Kings Temple Festival.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has banned local carriers from using brands and logos of foreign airlines for their services.

Escalating political protests and economic issues in Thailand have forced Vietnamese travel firms to cancel many tours to the country and hindered travelers from pursuing their planned itineraries.

Two beauty pageants – 2010 Miss World Vietnamese and 2010 Miss Earth – will be held at Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province.

Kien Giang province will host the country’s largest fruit festival, the first of its kind, on April 19. Cao Van Hoa, Vice Head of the Organizing Committee, tells VOV’s reporter that this is one of a series of national activities to celebrate the Liberation of South Vietnam (April 30) and the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi (October 10).

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is working on new tourist programmes to realize its plan of receiving 1 million Vietnamese tourists in the 2010-2015 period.

The Dong Van stone plateau in the northern Ha Giang province was presented at a UNESCO international conference on geological parks in Malaysia on April 12.

Work began Saturday on a tourism service center in Hue that will cost more than US$2 million to build.

A million travelers from both countries will visit Vietnam and Thailand over the next five years under a joint tourism promotion campaign.