Vietnam Travel News

Despite a decade of development, the Mekong Delta’s tourism industry has failed to show robust growth. Uninspired tourist packages, limited advertising, a lack of tourism investment promotion and poor human resources training, all plague the industry.

The representatives of 17 regional travel agencies, including Saigontourist (Vietnam), attended a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand and agreed to establish an Asian Cruise Services Network (ACSN).

This fair has been open for less than two years by ethnic minority groups in Y Ty commune, Bat Xat district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

Vietnamese-American photographer Peter Pham says it was falling in love with Vietnam that pushed him into becoming the artist he is today.

The northern province of Ninh Binh, which is famous for its beautiful scenery and historical relics, has attracted a sharply increased number of domestic and international tourists, earning VND245 billion in revenues, up 51 percent from the same period last year.

Hanoi and Ha Long Bay (Viet Nam) is in an Australian website’s list of ideal destinations for family vacation in 2010.

In the current global financial crisis, the national carrier has adopted timely changes to reduce economic losses and maintain its competitiveness with Korean and other international airlines on the Republic of Korea-Vietnam flight route.

Construction of a hotel complex worth VND620 billion began in the central coastal city of Danang on December 20.

A number of new direct international flight routes will be launched from the central city of Da Nang in December.

A cooperation agreement on economic development was signed by representatives from the central city of Da Nang and Central Highlands Lam Dong province on December 17th in Da Lat city.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will make its first scheduled flight from Da Nang to Japan on Dec. 21 and an additional flight from Da Nang to Hong Kong on Dec. 23.

Seventeen tour operators have formed a new alliance called the Asia Cruise Services Network (ACSN), aimed at enhancing operations amid prospect of expanding cruise industry, local news has reported.

A defunct market where the living and the dead mingled in silence 2,000 years ago will be revived in the northern province of Bac Ninh next year.
Mystery cloaked the night market effortlessly, naturally.

Passengers complain that they cannot book air tickets to fly on Tet holiday, though Tet two months is two months away.