Vietnam Travel News

Ta Hien street in Hanoi’s centre is famous among tourists and expats. This small street in the heart of Phố Cổ - ‘the Old Quarter’ - hosts dozens of sidewalk ‘bia hoi’ (draught beer) sites that draw a diverse crowd of customers.

The second and third stages of a US-sponsored project to enhance Vietnam’s capacity to monitor flight safety are slated to start simultaneously next Tuesday, an aviation official has said.

Vietnamese media have recently questioned whether Vietnam has gone overboard in its quest for UNESCO World Heritage recognition for many national treasures such as hau dong rituals, Hanoi’s Giong Festival and the 82 stone steles at the Temple of Literature.

Vietnam Airlines said it launched on Wednesday a web check-in service on its website www.vietnamairlines.com.vn.

 A delegation of officials from the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and 17 businesses began their tour of four major cities in China on August 25.

 A seminar on the trade and tourism potential between Vietnam and Mexico took place in Hanoi on August 25 to kick start future business cooperation between the two countries.

The third national festival of Then singing and Tinh zither performances opened in the northern province of Bac Kan on August 24 as part of various cultural activities celebrating major national events and the 60th anniversary of Bac Kan’s Liberation Day.

The Vietnam Social Science Institute and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology yesterday presented the medal “For the cause of social science” to Hubert Olié, France’s cultural attache and L’Espace Hanoi’s director in Hanoi.

A special music show, entitled “Sacred soul of rivers and mountains”, will be presented on Sep 1st in order to celebrate the National Day by the Vietnam Dance and Play Theatre

A seminar was held in Beijing on Aug. 25 to promote Vietnam’s image and attract more visitors from China. The event marked the 64th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (Sept. 2).

The Ministry of Construction has just a submitted the prime minister a plan to develop the northern port city of Haiphong into an international city by 2020 and a vision for further development through 2050.

Not far from the Cat Tien National Park and other popular tourist spots in Dong Nai Province such as Mai Mountain, Dinh Quan volcano, “Da Ba Chong” (Three Overlapped Stones) town, located the caves, which are the shelters of the bats, waiting to be explored.

The Supervisor Group under the Resolution No. 05/2008 of the provincial Party Committee on tourism economic development to 2010 and vision 2015 had the working session with the Con Dao Development Management Board on the implementation of this Resolution.

Vietnam will organize 22 tourism promotion programs at home and abroad between now and March, 2010 to polish the Vietnam tourism image, Nguyen Van Tuan, head of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said at a meeting with authorities and tourism firms of southern provinces in HCMC on August 21.