Vietnam Travel News

The anniversary in 2010 will be held in Phu Tho province as usual, but will be extended for ten days from April 14-23.

Many representative offices of foreign tourism companies in Ho Chi Minh City have downed shutters over the past year because of declining arrivals.

There will be 2 more cultural projects in Con Dao island, according to local officials.

Cam Ranh Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa becomes an international airport on Saturday with the landing of Silk Airlines’ first flight.

They grow their crops on the rocks and walk several kilometers of steep, cold mountain roads to buy and sell small goods, but the Mong families on the Dong Van Plateau are some of the most hospitable in the world.

Twenty-five festivals and other programmes will be carried out over the next year under the theme Hue - The City of Festivals, Heritage and Tourism to promote tourism in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue and remotely celebrate the great 1,000-year anniversary of Thang Long – Ha Noi.

Viet Nam’s tourism sector concludes its 2009 tourism promotion campaign with prog-rammes in Taiwan and France, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

A tourism and culture week themed “Legend of the Central Highlands Elephant” will be held in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from December 16-20.

Quan Thanh is home to one of Hanoi’s most beautiful temples as well as a number of classy restaurants, high end shops and well-run hotels.

The Thai hill tribe living on the outskirts of Dien Bien Phu are well known for their kindness and hospitality

Many representative offices of foreign tourism companies in Ho Chi Minh City have downed shutters over the past year because of declining arrivals.

Vietnam and Italy have signed cooperation agreements on tourism and development during the visit to Italy by State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Transport to consider allowing foreign tourists to bring their motorbikes to Vietnam during their stay in the country.

The management board for tourist sites in Con Dao Island (Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province) attracted an additional 1,948 tourists in November 2009, raising the figure in the first 11 months to 26,225, an increase of 35% compared to the same period last year.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai inaugurated a newly-built passenger terminal of the Cam Ranh airport in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on Dec. 12.