Vietnam Travel News

Though Vietnam’s internal aviation market is always described as having ‘great potential,’ it is not so easy for airlines to enter that market, as the case of Indochina Airlines demonstrates.

It seemed that nearly everyone in the southern province of Bac Lieu was watching the show last Tuesday evening dedicated to one cai luong song – whether they were in attendance at the convention centre or at home in front of their TV sets.

The nation’s programme on preserving and developing culture during the 2006-10 period has been successful, particularly in mountainous, disadvantaged and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, according to a review of the programme by the National Assembly’s Council of Ethnic Minorities.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has launched a campaign called “Charming Vietnam” in London to promote foreigners to visit the country.

An exhibition of photos on Vietnam taken by Italian photographer Maurizio Cofini opened in Rome on October 1, drawing the participation of hundreds of Italians.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has approved a plan worth VND9.8 billion (roughly USD540,000) to preserve the relic of a citadel built under Mac Dynasty (1592).

Chanh Thang tourism complex project invested by Van Lang Joint Stock Company was ratified in December last year. Once completed, it will contribute to the socio-economic development in Phu Cat District.

Royal Theater is located in the east of the Quang Minh Palace (Palace of Brightness) in the Forbidden Citadel.

The tourism property market in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho is becoming increasingly attractive to real-estate investors since the Viet Nam Tourism Property Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the city’s authority.

Forget a booze-cruise, the best way to see Nha Trang is from mid-air, flying high above the beaches and hills on a motorized hang glider.
Nha Trang is different from way up here.

The direct flight connecting Pleiku (Gia Lai) with Hanoi and vice-versa will be launched on October 27.

About 200 artists, singers and musicians from 21 Ca Tru (a kind of chamber music singing) club nationwide will participate in the National Ca Tru Club Festival 2009, to be held from October 6 to 8 at the Vietnam Art Exhibition Centre in Hanoi.

Nearly three centuries after his death, a king of the Le Dynasty prepares to return home for reburial.

A cultural, sports and tourism festival will be held for the first time in the Red River Delta province of Thai Binh from October 14-16 that will gather all provinces in the region.

Tourism development has enriched Sapa, but at what cost?