Vietnam Travel News

Authorities in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam have appointed HCMC-based Nha Viet Corp to develop a terra-cotta park at Thanh Ha Ward in the center of the Thanh Ha pottery village.

RV La Marguerite starts first cruise
Hoi An to build terracotta park
Costa Allegra brings 1,250 passengers
Firms prepare for overland tours

Sheraton Ha Noi among Asia’s best

With a myriad of tourists attractions in the Ha Noi area, more and more people are now spending their holidays at the "Countryside Farm", a new destination in Ha Noi’s suburban district of Ba Vi.

A colleague told me, “Come to Hung Yen, I will take you where all your wishes will be satisfied.” Though not a superstitious person and having never prayed to God or Buddha, the radiant smile and keen face of my colleague aroused my curiosity and enticed me to make a trip to Hung Yen, a northern province endowed with many ancient historical and cultural relics, some of them recognized as national sites and many of them religious works.

Stories behind the special roof on the Hanoi Opera House and the French names of ancient Hanoian streets will be told in “Ky Su Thang Long”, a television series to be broadcast on Vietnam Television (VTV) from October 10, 2009.

The Tang Family Chapel in the ancient city of Hoi An has received the 2009 Honourable Mention Award from UNESCO in the Asia-Pacific region for conserving a cultural heritage.

 An exhibition of Japanese paper fans is being held at the Japanese Cultural Centre from September 24 to October 16 and a seminar on Japanese paper fans is slated for September 25-27 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

An agreement on Hue tourism development plan for 2015 with an orientation toward 2025 was recently signed between Thua Thien Hue Culture, Sports and Tourism Department and Akitek Tenggara, Singapore.

A seminar titled “Ha Tien heritages – preservation and development” was held on September 24th by Kin Giang Province in association with the Ho Chi Minh City sub-Institute of Vietnamese Culture and Arts under the Vietnam Culture Institute.

A cooking contest under the theme “Vietnamese Chef 2009” is underway from Sep 24 to 26 at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi, as part of the Viethotel Festival 2009, launched by the Hanoi Professional Chef Club and AMB company.

Newly released figures reveal Vietnamese hotel room occupancy dropped by 30% in the first eight months of 2009. However, what’s bad news for the industry is good news for bargain hunting tourists planning on visiting Viet Nam.

The good news is that passengers can benefit as airfares decline. Travelers will have many opportunities to fly more cheaply as air carriers increase their numbers of flights and launch promotional campaigns with sizeable discounts available.

Vietnam’s tourism industry is expected to see a strong recovery in arrivals from Japan in the rest of the years and the following years given numerous publicity programs being held in the Land of the Rising Sun, said a senior tourism official.

Newly released figures reveal Vietnamese hotel room occupancy dropped by 30 per cent in the first eight months of 2009.

The time taken to complete passports procedures will be cut from five days to 15 minutes, according to Truong Xuan Thanh, deputy director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.