Vietnam Travel News

The fifth photographic exhibition on Vietnam and its people opened in Hanoi on October 14. The event is to mark the 55th year since the Vietnam Pictorial, an arm of the Vietnam News Agency, issued its first publication on October 15, 1954.

How to build a dossier and collect documents on Hat Xoan to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection was discussed at a symposium on October 13.

Australian airline Qantas has announced it plans to raise its stake in Vietnam’s budget airline, Jetstar Pacific, to 30 percent by 2010.

Poor port facilities have contributed to an alarming drop in cruise tourism to Viet Nam, according to Vu The Binh, a senior official of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism.

During the day, Vuong Tu Ngoc works as an editorial chief for a TV quiz show; at night she plays phach (percussion) and sings ca tru (ceremonial singing) working as a ca tru teacher.

Various intensive solutions will be implemented within the next five years to preserve two traditional Vietnamese performing arts that have been recently recognised as cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Foreign visitors will be allowed to use right-hand-drive cars in Vietnam following a Government decree on the issue to come into force on November 15.

About 600km from HCM City and 1,200km from Ha Noi, the central province of Phu Yen is widely recognised by drivers as the third way point on the highway that connects the two largest cities of the country.

Tri Nguyen Fish Lake is situated on Bong Nguyen Island, also called Hon Mieu Island, Nha Trang Bay; half an hour from Cau Da Port, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.

Fairies' Stream is located in the south of Dien Khanh District, more than 20km from Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province.

In Binh An Commune, Di An District, Binh Duong Province.
Binh An Lake is a separated world as its name means. The peaceful, quiet atmosphere there is in contrary with noisy, effervescent and tense life of the urban outside.

Air carriers serving Vietnam appear to be not just weathering the economic crisis, but thriving in it. Recent reports from Vietnam Airlines (VA), Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific reveal that the airline industry is heating up in Vietnam.

Asia's biggest low-cost carrier AirAsia of Thailand has become the first of its kind in the industry to offer direct flights between HCM City and Jakarta, Indonesia.