Vietnam Travel News

The Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre took part in the 8th Asian Performing Arts Festival (APAF) in Tokyo from November 26-29.

Work to restore the tomb of King Tu Duc with funding and technical assistance from Germany began in the central city of Hue on Friday.

The tourism industry had "erupted" this month, said Nguyen Van Tuan, director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism yesterday in Ha Noi.

Located at Nghia Phuong Commune, Luc Nam District, the northern province of Bac Giang; about 90km from Ha Noi, Mo Stream winds through a valley between Huyen Dinh and Yen Tu mountains creating natural swimming pools and waterfalls.

Thanks to effective advertising campaigns, the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam has resumed its steady climb, said the Head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Van Tuan.

The southern city of Can Tho is full of festivity at the moment, with colourful flags and flowers, posters and decoration lamps. Streets have been cleaned up for the international event and many domestic and foreign tourists have registered to visit the city.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has held a working session with EU experts recently to coordinate work on the second phase of the tourism human resource development project in Vietnam.

Accor has signed a management contract for a new hotel in Vietnam. The 350-room Novotel Saigon Centre is to be built in District 1 in city centre and is scheduled to open in 2012.

Authorities of Hanoi City have allowed Kinh Bac City Development Shareholding Corporation (KBC) to replace a Japanese investor in an upscale hotel project worth some US$500 million in the capital city.

Located at Nghia Phuong Commune, Luc Nam District, the northern province of Bac Giang; about 90km from Ha Noi, Mo Stream winds through a valley between Huyen Dinh and Yen Tu mountains creating natural swimming pools and waterfalls.

 Construction work began on November 28 on a project for the elderly in Minh Phu commune in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son.

 A conference entitled “promoting investment in culture, sports and tourism in southern provinces” was held in the Dai Nam Tourist Resort in Binh Duong province on November 28 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

Hanoi is holding a floral festival, only the second of its kind, on the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) in the centre of the capital from December 30, 2009, to January 1, 2010, which will turn the area into a gigantic flower basket.