Vietnam Travel News

The Transportation Ministry has submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung a draft decree that allows cars with steering wheels on the right-hand side owned by foreigners.

The Saigon Railway Station launched on August 18t a ticket booking service by mobile text messages. Passengers can buy tickets and search for train schedules at any place by sending a message to the number 8205.

According to Tran The Dung, deputy head of the team on promoting domestic tourism in HCM City, four travel firms have reported canceled tours so far this month as tourists are concerned about the flu epidemic.

The third largest city in Vietnam, Haiphong, is earning a reputation as an attractive location for both tourists and investors.

The HCM City-based Vietbooks Corporation and its partners have launched a series of chain stores nationwide offering the latest Vietnamese guide-books, maps and postcards.

 With its inviting beaches, blue waters and bright sun, Mui Ne has become one of Vietnam’s top tourist attractions for more than a decade.

Hotel menus can quickly go stale, so a luxury resort in Vietnam has come up with a unique solution: ask the guests what they want to eat, every day.

Wander a tea tree forest the local Mong communities have been cultivating for hundreds of years.

 Shanghai Airlines in coordination with Vietnam’s leading travel agencies is promoting a special tour of China for visitors attending the 2009 China International Furniture Expo.

 Muslims from the Cham ethnic group in Ninh Thuan province will celebrate Ramadan in the 1430th year of the Muslim calendar from August 19-21.

A stone stele, chiselled with ancient Champa script, was unearthed in the central province of Phu Yen, and believed to be a very significant archaeological find, said a provincial official.

Accor, the largest international hotel operator in Vietnam, is to debut its Mercure hotel brand in Vietnam with the opening of two hotels, one in Hue and another in Hanoi, in September 2009.

The Phu Quoc Tourism Association reported that the total number of tourists to Dao Ngoc (Emerald Island) reached 18,000 in August, including 2,500 foreign tourists.