Vietnam Travel News

Over 410,000 foreigners travelled to Viet Nam in January, an increase of 20.4 per cent over the same period last year and 10 per cent compared with December, 2009, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Besides a series of activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is expected to draw a large number of foreign tourists to Vietnam.

The global economic crisis has failed to dampen the travelling spirit of Vietnamese tourists who are flocking in greater numbers to resort towns in the country, local reports say.

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

An exhibition themed “Arts of Ancient Vietnam: From River Plain to Open Sea” opened at the Asia Society in New York on February 1.

The annual banh tet (glutinous rice cake filled with green bean paste and pork fat) festival for the poor will open February 13, New Year’s Eve, at the Hoi An Museum of History and Culture giving the poor a chance to join the holiday.

Life Resort Danang owner Hoang Tra Travel and Trading Co. and Life Resorts Management on January 25 announced that the 187-room resort on Bac My An Beach would open on March 20.

The People’s Committee of the central Ha Tinh Province has recently announced a master plan for the Suoi Tien National Tourist Area in Cam Xuyen district, Ha Tinh province.

An annual international golf tournament opened at the Song Be golf course in the southern province of Binh Duong on January 31.

Long My, which has a palm forestry, founded 200 years ago. In 1920, Long My started to be exploited to become a rich countryside with rice, fruit.

With the name is Ba Bai at Binh Quoi ward, Phuong Binh commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province.

Vietnamese tourism companies have proposed that airlines increase ticket prices gradually, rather than all at the same time, to allow companies to charge competitive prices so as not to put off potential customers.

A seminar to collect ideas on effective measures to boost Vietnamese tourism was held in Hanoi on January 29.

If the pink of the peach blossom is the image of Tet in the North, the yellow of the apricot flower, or hoa mai, symbolizes the Tet atmosphere in the South.