Vietnam Travel News

The Vietnam Railways Corporation and the Japanese Engine and Carriage Export Association met on September 15 to consider the country’s biggest transportation project ever, the North-South express railway.

Government officials and experts in the northern province of Ha Giang are working on documents for submission to UNESCO for recognising Dong Van Stone Plateau as a world geological park.

Wild animal researchers from Wildlife At Risk (WAR) in Vietnam and Phu Quoc National Park have discovered a large population of flying foxes (pteropus spp) in Phu Quoc island district, southern Kien Giang province.

An exhibition entitled “The Colour of Mexico” opened in Hanoi on September 14.

A course for teachers of the French language focused on tourism training got under way at the Asia-Pacific French Language Centre of the HCMC Pedagogical University on September 14.

Le Chan was a widowed aristocrat, who helped the Hai Ba Trung defeat the occupying Chinese forces in 39AD. No small wonder she is still honoured today.

Indochina Land and Vietcombank signed on Saturday an agreement for a US$39 million loan to fund development of the Hyatt Regency Da Nang Resort and Spa.

A young Van Kieu ethnic man, Ho Van Hoi, 37, in Pa Nho village (Huong Hoa district, in the central province of Quang Tri) cannot remember how many Van Kieu and Pa Co ethnic people he has taught to weave brocades.

 More than 60 members of the Asian-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) gathered for a seminar spotlighting Vietnam’s tourism potential held recently in Tokyo, Japan.

The “Mexican colours” exhibition has opened at 29 Hang Bai street, Hanoi to mark Mexican Independence Day (September 16, 1810 – 2009)

Vitours Company in DaNang City has worked with Vietnam Airlines to rent its aircraft for round trips to Hong Kong.

Hanoi, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City have been selected as the most favorite destinations of Asia by the Smart Travel Asia online magazine based in Hong Kong.

Vietnam General Department of Tourism, Vietnam Airlines and Da Nang City on Sept. 12th launched the “Vietnam Show, 2009”, the biggest of its kind so far in Saika, Osaka, Japan to attract more tourists from the country to Vietnam.