Vietnam Travel News

The People’s Committee of Ba Vi district, on April 7th, held a press conference to announce the Ba Vi Tourism Week, entitled “Da River-Tan Mountain Tourism”, in response to the National Tourism Year 2010 and towards the Great Festival to mark 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The first flight between Hanoi and central Vinh city will be launched on April 12th, using ATR 72 aircraft, said Ho Duc Phuoc, Vice Chairman of the central Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee.

The Prime Minister has instructed the Vietnam Airlines Corporation to consider opening direct air routes from Vietnam to India and other South Asian destinations.

Preparations for the 2010 Hung Kings Temple Festival and the celebration of the death anniversary of the Hung Kings have been basically complete, said the organising board on April 10.

A week-long cultural festival will be held in Sapa, one of Vietnam’s top holiday and relaxation destinations, from April 30 to May 4, in an effort to increase the northern mountainous area’s tourism potential.

BEIJING — Representatives from Viet Nam and China have agreed to work together to exploit the tourism potential of the Ban Gioc-Duc Thien Waterfalls in northern Cao Bang Province.

THUA THIEN-HUE — A royal procession of elephants, horses and hundreds of people dressed in Nguyen dynasty ceremonial costumes was re-enacted on Thursday evening in the city of Hue.

Farmers in some northern villages try to maintain an ancient singing tradition, trong quan. Trung Hieu enjoys their songs.

Vietnam-based low-cost airline VietJet AirAsia would make its first commercial flight in August, said AirAsia general director Tony Fernandes on April 8.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee, Huynh Dam, has sent his best wishes to the Khmer ethnic people on the occasion of their New Year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay.