Vietnam Travel News

The management board of the Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Resort and Cam Lam District People’s Committee has just announced a detailed plan (scale: 1/2.000) of the Khanh Hoa Northern Cam Ranh Peninsula Tourist Resort (Sites 5, 6, 7).

Ho Chi Minh City has granted three new foreign tour operators from the U.S., the U.K. and Singapore, licenses to open representative offices in the city.

Phu Ninh Lake aims to become central Quang Nam province’s ultimate nature retreat

Twenty travel agencies across the country are exempting visa fees for international tourists who buy package tours under the Impressive Viet Nam promotion programme.

The annual Khmer Dolta Festival, which celebrates the planting of the autumn-winter crop, will be held on September 17-19.

Experts from the Environment Protection Department yesterday, August 20, said that an 'algae bloom' off the Binh Thuan coast, that has been blamed for killing fish, has come to an end and that the sea is clearing.

Director Doan Hoang Giang’s play, Oan Khuat Mot Thoi (Injustice), attracted more than 3,000 people in HCM City and Vung Tau City – who enjoyed the new style of the traditional play staged by the Ha Noi Cheo Theatre early this month.

The giant rocks appear out of nowhere in a vacant lot on a road just outside the beach town of Nha Trang.

A hidden charm awaits visitors to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central region.

Located 30 kilometers from the north of the southern Tay Ninh Province and bordering Cambodia, Lo Go-Xa Mat National Park is a resplendent nature reserve offering wildlife safari adventures.

The National Cultural Heritage Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Hung Cuong Commercial Joint Stock Company is planning to invest US$ 200 million in the Phu Ninh lake area in Quang Nam province.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi authorities have signed a cooperation to jointly organize activities to celebrate the 1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary, including calling foreign cities that are over 1000 years old to join the Club of 1000-year-old Cities.

A meeting to discuss measures to promote Thua Thien-Hue tourism growth and attract international air carriers to the province will take place in Hue city from August 21-23, 2009.

 In order to ‘rescue’ Vietnam’s tourism industry from the global financial crisis, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has been pushing up tourism promotion activities. However, for many reasons, the promotions remain unprofessional and ineffective.