Vietnam Travel News

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to engage professional event companies in its promotion programs in major foreign markets this year to make sure they will succeed.

Tet has consumed the mind, thoughts, and actions of every Vietnamese person in Ho Chi Minh City and the country as a whole. The Year of the Tiger is upon us as Vietnam prepares for its biggest holiday of the year.

Higher demand for Tet travel and higher numbers of flights provided by air carriers means airports are struggling to cope.

The Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports of Danang city has set up a seven-member group aimed at stopping vendors disturbing tourists.

British cruise ship Spirit of Adventure docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 8, bringing 800 passengers and crewmen to Vietnam.

Although the number of international visitors to the Mekong Delta area has decreased last year, the regional tourism industry still sees an increase of the turnover in 2009, said the Mekong Delta Tourism Association.

Vung Tau Big Mountain – Small Mountain and Cable-car Service Joint Stock Company will open the first stage of the cable car tourism resort on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, February 17.

The central coast city of Danang will organize its yearly international fireworks display contest on the evenings of March 27 and 28 as part of a tourism promotion program.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will run Can Tho-Taipei flights on February 11-12 and Taipei-Can Tho flights on February 20-21, using Boeing 321s during the Lunar New Year festival.

Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong had licensed 235 tourism projects, totaling nearly VND63 trillion (US$3.4 billion) to date, said Nguyen Thi Nguyen, deputy head of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) on February 6 awarded the Rainbow International Company rights to host the VietnamMatch Cup, an international sailing race to be held Nha Trang City in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

The third round of the Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) wrapped up at Mui Ne beach in the southern province of Binh Thuan on Jan. 31.

When spring comes, apart from travelling, Vietnamese people usually go on a pilgrimage at the beginning of Lunar New Year – or called ‘go to pagoda’ to pray for safety, health, good luck, prosperity and happiness during the year.

The naked, spiky-looking tree is not just Le Ham’s pride and joy. It is his meal ticket.