Vietnam Travel News

Young Generation Travel Company in HCMC has launched a tour linking Dong Van Highlands in Ha Giang Province and Ba Be Lake in Bac Kan Province.

AirAsia, a major low-cost airline in Asia, said it has purchased a 30 percent stake in VietJet Aviation of Vietnam to establish a budget carrier based in the country.

You can get a bowl of mi Quang (Quang style noodles) almost anywhere in Vietnam.

More and more foreigners chose Vietnam as a place to live and work. No matter how long they have been living in Vietnam, they all share the view that the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is very special.

Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang is not only famous for such authentic products as fish sauce and pepper, but also widely-known as the “number 1 pearl farm” in the country.

The budget carrier Viva Macau on February 13 officially opened a direct air route to Hanoi with its first flight departing from the Macau Special Administrative Region.

Over two million tourists at home and abroad flocked to the western provinces in the National Tourism Year, held in Can Tho city in 2008.

The cable-car system at the Ho May cultural eco-tourist resort in Nui Lon, Vung Tau will become operational as of February 17th.

The Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) has announced it will present 500 free-of-charge tickets on local routes in Vietnam in 2010.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will organise a series of activities to celebrate the lunar New Year Festival (Tet) from February 19-21, combining traditional images, sounds and foods of Vietnam’s diverse areas.

A Vietnamese culture week opened in Cairo, Egypt on February 9, drawing international guests, ambassadors, Egyptian people, Vietnamese students in Egypt and international reporters.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Cuong declared the start of the 2010 Vietnam Year in Germany and celebrations for the traditional lunar New Year festival in Berlin on February 5.

Tourists seeking the authentic traditions of Vietnam’s Tet Lunar New Festival are expected to help tourism outfits in the central province of Binh Thuan weather the economic downturn after a slow year, experts said.

The Binh Phuoc provincial People’s Committee on February 8 granted an investment license to the Binh Phuoc Entertainment Company Limited to build an international standard racetrack.