Vietnam Travel News

The southcentral province of Khanh Hoa is expected to inaugurate Cam Ranh International Airport on December 12, 2009, opening up new opportunities for the province to develop its economy and tourism.

Two piano concerts will feature Italian artist Gabriele Carcano in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on November 19 and 24.

 Due to the economic crisis and flu A/H1N1, the number of overland tourists passing through border gates in the central and central highland regions seems to have slowed down.

Vietnam’s border provinces need to pay more attention to developing their tourism sector and bring in more tourists to the country, industry insiders say.

A music festival named “Vietnam – My Homeland” will be held over the 3 nights of November 22nd, 23rd and 24th in the National Convention Center, Hanoi.

Five-star, Italian cruise ship Costa Classica, docked in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, giving the 2,000 mainly European passengers and crew the chance to explore some of the most popular tourist destinations in central and southern Vietnam.

Square One Restaurant at the Park Hyatt Saigon has been awarded No. 1 restaurant in Vietnam by the Miele Guide Awards in their 2009/2010 edition of The Miele Guide.

At a time when HCMC is in the grip of a scorching heat wave, Ben Thanh Tourist comes through with a seven day/six night tour to Hanoi, Ha Long, Mong Cai and Dong Hung, China. Northern Vietnam is getting colder and colder, a welcome change for so many people in the final weeks of autumn.

There is a growing tendency to build nha vuon or garden houses in central Hue city.

Many officials and people from the US city of San Francisco have visited the display area for Vietnamese cultural space after Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong officially opened the ‘Meet Vietnam’ exchange programme in the city on November 16.

The 2009 Buon Ma Thuot Culture and Tourism Week under the theme ‘Legend of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Elephant’ will be held in the Central Highlands province of Daklak’s Buon Ma Thuot City and Buon Don District from December 16 to 22.

Gia Lai is blessed with a potential for ecotourism since it is home to primeval forests with diversified fauna and flora. Together with beautiful natural landscape, Gia Lai is also a place which has a unique culture characterized by special traits of ethnic minorities. Gia Lai is really an appealing destination for tourists.

A cultural exchange called “Meet Vietnam 2009” was officially held on November 16 in San Francisco, California, the largest of its kind in the US so far. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong attended the opening ceremony of the event.

Ho Chi Minh City will host a series of activities featuring Japanese culture and education that will last for a month, starting on November 10.

Vietnam has snapped into action to protect two of its indigenous art forms after they were recently recognised by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.