Vietnam Travel News

Half of the 12 five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City will slash their room rates for Vietnamese guests by 50 percent from September 1 to October 31 as part of the “One day at five-star hotels” promotional program.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province Tourism Association and the Dong Nai Province Tourism Association recently sponsored a meeting at which tourism service providers were encouraged to attempt lure those who work in industrial zones in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to spend their time on a vacation in Ba Ria- Vung Tau.

Vietnam Airlines has introduced a system that allows certain passengers to check in online at www.vietnamairlines.com for domestic flights from Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang airports.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. will manage Le Meridien Saigon hotel, located in Ton Duc Thang street, Ho Chi Minh City. An agreement to this effect was signed on Aug.

Central Vietnam has many favorable conditions to develop the tourism industry, especially the largest number of natural and cultural heritages in Vietnam, said Hoang Thi Diep, vice head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Construction of the Cua Dai bridge spanning the Thu Bon river kicked off on August 30 in the central province of Quang Nam in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Three Indochinese countries and Japan are committed to joining forces to lure more international tourists.

Tran Van Bang laughs with joy when a little ca ro (anabas fish) gets caught in his hook. The 57-year-old war veteran comes every weekend to Thu Le Park (along Kim Ma Street) to fish, which has been his hobby since he was a young boy.

The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in August reached 315,000, up 16 percent over the previous month, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The art of calligraphy is an important cultural tradition for Vietnamese people.

Lu ethnic minority communities live a quiet and traditional life in Vietnam’s northwest.

Nguyen Dynasty woodblocks are being preserved in a house that has seen its own share of history.

Around 1,844 people in Ho Chi Minh City booked air tickets for tours of the northern and central regions through a promotion by the Vietnam Airlines in August, up 40 percent compared to July.

A two-month promotion, which offers Vietnamese guests half price room rates for the first night at some five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, will run from the beginning of September, the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced August 28.

The tourism sector has welcomed some 315,000 international tourists in August, up by nearly 16 per cent, according to statistics from the General Department of Tourism.