Vietnam Travel News

As part of a VND7.5 billion project by the Vietnam Railways Corporation’s passenger transport socialisation,

The country’s tourism sector has recently worked with Vietnam Airlines to establish five travel agents abroad in Vietnam’s key markets in 2010, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

A document on “the Ly dynasty’s descendants in the Republic of Korea (RoK)” compiled by a resident in the northern province of Bac Ninh is expected to be released on the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Saigontourist Travel Service Company is pursuing an ambitious strategy to develop tourism, hoping to reach a turnover of US$1 billion by 2015.

The website of U.S.’s TripAdvisor Media Network, www. independenttraveler.com, has chosen nine hotspots that tourists can visit in 2010.

Si Ma Cai is located in a remote mountain area of Lao Cai Province, at the far end of a road near the border with China and is inhabited by ethnic people.

The national flag air carrier has decided to provide 136 more flights during Tet days, providing 28,800 more seats on domestic flights in an effort to ease the air ticket shortage.

An exhibition showcasing 550 souvenirs in the wartime opened at the Hanoi-based Museum of Vietnam Military History on February 2 as witnessed by State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Three art troupes from Belgium will take part in the 2010 Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien Hue from June 5-13.

The Vietnamese New Year Fair which takes place from February 5 to 7 at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, will re-create a traditional northern village market.