Vietnam Travel News

saw a great number of foreign tourists in February 2010 when the country welcomed a long Tet holiday (the Lunar New Year) and is celebrating annual festivals.

Saigontourist Travel Services (Saigontourist) on March 1 received 800 cruise passengers and crew members of the Portuguese cruise ship Athena

An incense-burning ceremony opened the 2010 Sports, Culture and Tourism week at the Tran Dynasty Temple relics in Hung Ha District of northern Thai Binh province.

A delegation of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will travel to India to receive a sari, said to be that of the Lord Buddha, to be brought back to Viet Nam early next month.

While the pink color of cherry blossoms has faded, the roads of Da Lat resort city, Lam Dong province have now been dyed violet by the bright blooming flowers of the so-called flamboyant trees.

Instead of slashing tour prices like last year, the tourism industry hopes to attract foreign tourists with discount campaigns in big cities and advertising the warm smiles of Vietnamese people.

The “Tracing the Roots 2010” programme will open in Lao Cai province on February 27 evening.

75 South Korean folk and contemporary paintings were on display during the Korean Art Festival, jointly held by South Korea’s Culture Centre and Magazine Art, in Hanoi from February 23rd to 26th.

A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will travel to India to receive a sari, said to be that of the Lord Buddha, to be brought back to Vietnam early next month.

The Phu Tho provincial People’s Committee on February 26 held a meeting to review the process of compiling a dossier for Hat Xoan (Xoan singing) to be submitted to UNESCO for its recognition as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection.

HCM City authorities have said that the travel agency involved in the ill-fated tour of Thailand by 22 Vietnamese citizens last week did not have legal authority to organize international tours.

A festival to worship the ancestor of Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province was held at Nam Dieu Temple in Thanh Ha Ward Wednesday morning on the tenth day of the lunar calendar.

Viet Nam expects to attract visitors worldwide, partly because of its traditional and countryside dishes.

The hospitality industry is to launch a promotion campaign in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia from February 28 to March 6, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The national-flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will increase weekly flights between Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to Japan’s Tokyo to 14 from the current seven, meeting rising demand of Japanese tourists during summer.