Vietnam Travel News

A Fokker 70 plane yesterday, March 2nd, left Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi for Yangon, Myanmar.

The Nguyen estate with its five traditional houses in Nha Trang has been sold to a property developer that plans to move it lock, stock and barrel to an island just off the central coast city.

A coordination programme was signed in Hanoi on March 3 between the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

United Airlines, the only American carrier to operate a daily flight between Ho Chi Minh City and the US via Hong Kong, is offering promotional fares for flights between March 15 and June 14 this year.

Poor tourism management has squandered Vietnam's beautiful landscapes and unique culture, leaving foreign travelers with boring tours and polluted beaches, experts said.

Besides the procession of the village’s god and folk games, martial art shows performed by villagers at the Van Quan village festival in Ha Dong district, Hanoi, were unbelievable.

Vietnam’s first-ever international fair of fine art and handicraft items, furniture and gifts will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 22 to 26.

Danang will offer more than pretty landscapes and good facilities this year, seeking to widen its tourism base with options for the more adventurous visitor.

The central province of Quang Ngai has proposed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize the first Festival for Sea and Islands of Vietnam on Ly Son Island, where a fleet to protect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) was set up over 100 years ago.

On the occasion of Women’s Day, Ben Thanh Tourist in HCMC has launched tours for all women to celebrate the special holiday.

Travel firms all say they will continue quoting low fees to attract domestic travelers.

Various typical cultural products of Vietnam have lately been showcased in Brussels, Belgium at the Belasia Tourism Fair.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has said the company will continue to offer discounted airfares for tour operators participating in its tourism stimulus programme.

Tens of thousands of visitors have flocked to the Long Tong (Going to the Field) festival of the Tay ethnic people in Na Hang district of the northern mountain province of Tuyen Quang.

The Vietnamese Embassy, in coordination with the Embassies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asian Cultural Network (ACN), organised the fourth ASEAN Bazaar and Tourism Exhibition in Kuwait on February 27.