Vietnam Travel News

Just five kilometers away from the heart of Nha Trang, a bustling beach town on the central coast, sits a new tourist attraction that evokes the quiet charms of Vietnam’s yesteryear.

International and domestic airlines operating in Vietnam are offering discounts on their flights as the global recession and swine flu pandemic continue to keep bookings low. Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier, will offer its largest-ever discount of 60-70 percent on all domestic and international flights from October 1-January 31.

China, the US and the Republic of Korea remain Vietnam’s largest tourism markets despite waning over-all numbers of foreign arrivals in September.

The same foreign traveler who spends $400-500 shopping in Thailand typically spends only $90-100 in Vietnam for souvenirs. Some experts conclude Vietnam is missing an opportunity because it cannot persuade foreign tourists to loosen their purse strings further.

Thousands of Hanoians participated in the Vietnamese-Japanese Colour Festival at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnonogy from September 25-27.

From a four storied bar inside a man-built mountain to children’s games, the Long Dien Son Tourist Park is focused on entertainment, the bonus is the natural beauty of its setting.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines said Monday it would suspend services to the central tourist centers of Da Nang and Hue through Tuesday, ahead of a typhoon moving towards the country’s coast.

Phu Quy Island is situated about 56 nautical miles to the East – Southeast of the coastal city of Phan Thiet in southern Binh Thuan province.

Diverse activities took place in the central province of Da Nang to celebrate World Tourism Day 2009 on September 27 on the theme of “Tourism and biological diversity”.

 Nearly 50 children and parents from the Vietnamese community in Beijing attended the mid-Autumn festival, which was held by the Vietnamese embassy in China on September 27.

Performers of Xuan Pha Dance wear painted masks and don strange costumes while they sing and dance, and sometimes howl, causing viewers to feel as if they are in some kind of wonderland.

The Vietnam Tourism General Department, Vietnam Airlines and about 20 Vietnamese tourism companies have taken part in the World Tourism Congress and Travel Fair (WTCTF) in Tokyo, Japan.

The International Culture and Leisure Fair 2009 has been held by The Hague Online Organisation in Holland.

National Tourism Year 2010 will kick off starting in October with a series of commemorations of the 999th anniversary of the Thang Long-Hanoi, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The atmosphere in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai these days is heating up with preparations for the International Gong Festival 2009 which is scheduled to be organised on November 12-15.