Vietnam Travel News

Hung Yen, a northern province endowed with many ancient historical and cultural relics, some of them recognized as national sites are fascinating lots of visitors.

Cu Da Village is located in Cu Khe Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi. It is considered as one of the two most ancient villages in the former Ha Tay.

The 2010 Dalat Flower Festival will be held in Dalat from January 1 to 4. This is one of the biggest festivals to start those celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. With the theme ‘Dalat-the Kingdom of Flowers’,

Vietnam’s aviation market has registered higher growth lately than earlier this year as indicated by figures provided by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

They call him the magician, because while his stage has many actors - water puppeteer Phan Thanh Liem is the only person pulling the strings.
Liem was born into a family with seven previous generations having been water puppeteers.

Vietnam’s biggest gong will be displayed at the International Gong Festival to be held for the first time in the Central Highlands Province of Gia Lai’s Pleiku city from November 8 to 11.

The Hotel Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is proposing a “green labeling” program for eco-friendly hotels across Vietnam.

The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK are organising the “Vietnamese Culture Days 2009” in London, Britain from October 19-31.

The rhythmic sound of a drum echoes for kilometers-vibrating, pressing, increasing in urgency.

Both boys and girls play the game of keo cua lua xe. Two children sit opposite each other, holding each other’s hands tightly.

Children between ages six and 15 enjoy playing bit mat bat de (“catching a goat while blindfolded”). One participant volunteers to play the “goat” and another, the “goat catcher”. Other players form a circle around the players.

On a beautiful spring day in Nam Dinh, a light breeze blows over the multicoloured traditional flags planted at the four corners of the arena where the finalists of the National Wrestling Championship are about to compete.

The Suoi Tien Corporation on October 17 began construction on a tourism project worth 600 million USD in Long Thanh district of the southern province of Dong Nai, the army paper reported.

The German travel company Gebeco on Oct. 16 held a night to introduce Vietnam and Mekong tourism within the framework of the freshly-ended 2009 Asia-Pacific Week in Berlin.