Vietnam Travel News

An international meeting to call for investment in tourism in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia opened in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 30.

The survey of CBRE on Vietnam's hotel market said that the slump in Vietnam's tourism sector was shown clearly through the ratio of hotel room bookings and rental.

In Thuan An District, Binh Duong.
This area has become a green tourist site suitable for people of all ages.
Situated only 20km from Ho Chi Minh City, Cau Ngang Tourist Area covers 1,200ha including An Son, An Thanh, Binh Nham, and Hung Dinh Communes.

National airline carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it will continue its special airfare scheme till December 31, 2009.

The Da Nang International Firework Contest 2010 will include teams from the US, France, Japan, Portugal and Vietnam.

The talents of young and veteran artists will come to the fore and compete against each other at the 2009 National Professional Theatre Festival that opened at the HCM City Opera House on Saturday.

The remains of a 1,200-year-old Cham sanctuary unearthed in Phu Vang district in Hue will undergo major protection works costing VND560 million (US$32,000) that is likely to be completed next year.

 Representatives from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) nations gathered at a seminar on energy development, which opened in Phnompenh, Cambodia, on September 29.

The Christian Fellowship Church of Vietnam opened its first congress in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28.

An exhibition of Hanoi’s craft villages will open in the capital city on Oct. 6 as part of activities to mark the 999 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper on Sept. 28 presented 3,000 gifts to orphans and children with disabilities in Central Highlands Kon Tum province on the occasion of the traditional and popular Full Moon Festival that falls on Oct. 3 this year.

The Vietnam Air Service Company (VASCO), under the Vietnam Aviation Corporation, on Sep 28th, introduced the “Con Dao Memory” programme that will be in effect from Oct 1st to Dec 31st, 2009, under the auspices of authorities from Con Dao, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Saigontourist, and Fiditour.

The remains of a 1,200 year-old Cham sanctuary unearthed in Phu Vang district in Hue will undergo major protection works costing 560 million VND (32,000 USD) that are likely to be completed next year.

The Lao government has agreed to the opening of a direct air route between the Lao province of Luong Prabang and Vietnam’s north-western city of Dien Bien Phu.

On September 28th, the central Thua Thien – Hue provincial Museum of History and Revolution said that the museum will conduct procedures to preserve Cham Phu Dien temple in Phu Dien commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien – Hue province, with an investment of 560 million VND.