Vietnam Travel News

Local airlines and trains operators say it’s hard for passengers to buy tickets now as travel demand surges at the end of the Tet festival.

The festival of Temple worshiping Lady Au Co, who is believed the mother of the Vietnamese people, kicked off on February 20 at Hien Luong commune, Ha Hoa district, northern midland province of Phu Tho, to celebrate the creation of the Vietnamese people in the lead-up to the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long- Hanoi.

Despite noise and choking traffic, the Temple of Literature on Van Mieu Street has seen a sharp rise in visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

Cruise tourism will play a key role in the future of the Vietnamese tourism industry, according to Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy head of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism.

The number of foreign tourists passing through the Noi Bai International Airport increased over the first three days of the Year of the Tiger, said the Border Customs Department of the airport.

The Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival opened in Hanoi ’s outskirts district of My Duc on February 19 or the sixth day of the first lunar month, attracting around 60,000 Buddhist pilgrims and tourists.

To Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh you either are a committed Buddhist or not, and after having taken a three-day Buddhist pilgrimage tour of famous pagodas located in the southwestern region, she is left with special memories.

Hanoi is home to many traditional art troupes like tuong, cheo (traditional operetta), ca tru (ceremonial songs) and hat xam (songs of strolling blind musicians) but few are marketed well to tourists.

In modern life, silence might be golden, but some of the sounds of the city are diamonds.

Do Anh Thu is the director of the Sans Souci Tourism Cyclo Services Company. He is regarded as the saviour of the cyclo (pedicab), which is a beautiful and traditional characteristic of Ha Noi.

The number of foreign passengers through the Noi Bai International Airport has sharply increased over the first three days of the Year of the Tiger, said the airport’s Border Customs Department.

Walking along Hanoi’s streets such as Hang Khay and Hang Gai, it is common to see groups of foreign tourists contemplating and buying souvenirs, many choosing lacquer paintings as gifts for their relatives.