Vietnam Travel News

Songs and dances will be performed by Cambodian artists in Ha Noi and Hai Phong cities as part of a Cambodia culture week that kicks off today, December 23.

The southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau is striving to welcome 8.4 million visitors by 2010 including 320,000 international tourists.

Songs and dances will be performed by Cambodian artists in Ha Noi and Hai Phong cities as part of a Cambodia culture week that kicks off on Wednesday.

Many travel companies have launched tours to welcome the coming Solar and Lunar New Year Holidays 2010. Vietnamese young people tend to join journeys on the occasion of Solar New Year and traditional Lunar Tet holiday.

Crowne International Casino in Danang will be opened to business on Wednesday after two years of construction, becoming the first gambling venue in the central seaside resort town.

Then a “Total Solar Eclipse” took place in Mui Ne in October 1995, and thousands of international tourists flocked there to watch the spectacle, which happens only once in every many decades.

Hoi An Town in the central province of Quang Nam will open at night from January 2, 2010, offering tours of several sightseeing sites along with food and drink services.

Flower growers may have a difficult holiday season this Tet (Lunar New Year festival) as many ochna gardens in the city have already blossomed while the holiday is still three months away.

The weeklong “Legend of the Central Highlands Elephant” tourism and culture festival ended December 20 in Buon Ma Thuot City Square in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

The first Chau Van (trance) singing festival for the Red river delta will be held in March 2010 in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam-based representative offices of Korean travel agencies will push up meditours, the type of tourism connected with medical healthcare in Korea, next year.

 As Christmas is approaching, there has been a surge in both domestic and outbound tours for holiday celebrations. Quite a few tourists have chosen luxurious tours of Europe and the US.

State-owned carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) said that despite adding 850 more flights between the country’s major cities from February 1-28, 2010, it failed to meet demand.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak December 19 paid homage to the practice of elephant hunting by local ethnic people in Krong Ana Commune, Buon Don District.