Vietnam Travel News

A ceremony took place at the Ban Mountain square in the central city of Hue on January 9 to inaugurate the King Quang Trung statue and commemorate his coronation in Hue capital.

Buddhist followers practising teachings of the France-based Lang Mai (Plum Village) had by December 30 voluntarily left the Phuoc Hue Pagoda in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong for home.

Residents’ complaints and Governmental pressure have prompted the People’s Committee of central Highland Lam Dong Province to cancel four of 10 golf course projects that it had licensed previously.

Nguyen Hue Street in Ho Chi Minh City, which will become a “flower street” during next month’s Tet (lunar New Year), will be divided into six sections and decorated based on various themes, Saigontourist said January 11.

A new kind of tour to discover Vietnam’s traditional martial arts has recently been introduced to visitors.

Vietnam’s leading tour operator, Saigontourist has welcomed the Costa Classica cruise ship with 2,000 crew and passengers from Italia, Spain, the UK and Germany at Navi Oil port in Ho Chi Minh City on January 12.

About 5 billion VND (270,000 USD) will be spent on fireworks for a 15-minute display from midnight at 23 locations in Hanoi on Lunar New Year’s Eve

Travel companies have urged government agencies to ask airlines to raise airfares gradually to allow travel firms to increase tour fees step by step, thus avoiding shocks to domestic travelers.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have officially asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the "Hoang Sa Tribute Rituals" to be given national festival status.

Around 40 groups of artists from 29 countries and territories have registered to perform at the Hue Festival 2010 under the theme “Cultural heritage with integration and development” to be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.

Forty foreign art troupes from 29 countries have registered to perform at the Hue Festival 2010, which will open in the former imperial city of Hue on June 5.

Last year saw many difficulties for the tourism sector, including the global financial crisis, the world economic recession and epidemic diseases. These have caused adverse impacts on the development of Vietnam’s tourism, leading to the decreasing number of tourists to the country.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will focus on programmes to promote tourism in a number of its crucial markets in the first quarter this year.

 The Hoi An International Tourism Centre in Central Quang Nam province has received its first international motor tour from Singapore to Vietnam.

The Chinese Tianjin art troupe will perform in Vietnam from January 16-22.