Vietnam Travel News

When the conversation is about the Mekong Delta, people immediately think of tropical rivers, interlacing canals, immense rice fields and the floating homes of some of the residents.

A festival celebrating the culture, sports and tourist attractions of the Hong (Red) River Delta provinces opened yesterday, October 14, in the northern province of Thai Binh.

 Sailing down the Da River in Hoa Binh province is a wonderful way to relax for a couple of days.

A Vietnam-Korea week will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from December 18-25 to mark the 17th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

A forum to introduce Vietnam’s tourism and economic potential was held on October 13th in Viethaus (Vietnam House) in Berlin, Germany, by the Vietnamese Embassy to Germany and the Center for Vietnam Trade, Investment, Culture and Tourism.

Foreign tourists buying package tours to Vietnam under the Impressive Vietnam promotion campaign will enjoy an exemption on visa fees until the end of the year instead of end-September, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Swings have been traditional game at village festivals for centuries. A Complete History of Dai Viet (Dai Viet su ky toan thu) states: "In the Ly Dynasty, in spring or the first lunar month, boys and girls get together and play this game".

Cock fighting, a long-standing form of popular entertainment, is organised during traditional festivals throughout Vietnam.

Villagers across Vietnam play various forms of tug of war (keo co). The game is always symbolically linked to the seasons, weather and crops. Tug of war is a popular game for both children and adults since it requires no particular skill or training.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has released a document, requiring the private air carrier Indochina Airlines to come clean about its debts or face losing its license.

A three-year pilot agricultural tourism project in three rural provinces has helped to diversify ecotourism products and raise incomes of local farmers, deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Farmers' Association Nguyen Huu Duc, said on Monday.

Vietnam’s twenty somethings are headed out on the highway and looking for adventure.

In this modern life, people seem to like living in nice houses equipped with luxurious facilities and high-end technologies.

The Khanh Hoa Tourism Promotion Information Center reported that it schedules to coordinate with the Middle Airports Corporation (MAC) to open a meeting to promote more international flights to the Cam Ranh Airport at the end of 2009.

Parkview Golf Resort Company has broken ground for a golf course and beach tourist complex in Son My Commune, Ham Tan District, Binh Thuan Province.