Vietnam Travel News

A surge in construction is raising the alarm in the pristine mountain resort town of Da Lat. Nguyen Duc Phuc from the Lam Dong Tourism Association spoke Tuoi Tre Cuoi Tuan (Youth Weekend).

Located more than 50 kilometers south of Da Lat City in Lam Dong Province, Pongour Waterfall was once considered the most majestic natural treasure in the southwest Highlands jungle.

Malaysia Airlines has applied for permission to increase its total flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur from currently 14 a week to 20, 3 flights from Monday to Saturday and 2 flights on Sunday, said Vo Huy Cuong, Head of the Air Transport Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

As one of the activities celebrating Hanoi’s 1,000 th anniversary, the city will prepare a time capsule for future generations. The selection of objects for the time capsule will take place at various points in the countdown to the anniversary of the capital.

The Binh Duong Buddhist Culture Center’s 52 meter Buddha statue opened on March 29 in Binh Duong province.

Senior embroiderers in Ninh Binh have been working on a large embroidered work entitled “Hon Thieng Dai Viet” (Dai Viet’s Sacred Spirit) (Dai Viet is a former name for Vietnam).

The number of foreign tourists to arrive in Viet Nam in March reached 473,000, lifting the total arrivals in the first quarter to 1.35 million, up 36.2 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Ben Thanh Tourist is offering a four-day and three-night tour to Hanoi and Halong every Thursday in a series of special tours to celebrate 1,000 years of Thang Long- Hanoi.

Vietnam Airlines launched its first air route from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong delta city of Can Tho and Phu Quoc island on March 28 at the Can Tho international airport.