HOI AN ON BIKE

Once known as Faifo, Hoi An was one of the orient's major trading ports in the 16th and 17th centuries.

ACTIVE TRAVEL VIETNAM UPDATES DISCOUNT POLICIES FOR LOYAL TRAVELERS 2011

Active Travel Vietnam ( www.activetravelvietnam.com ) has updated discount policies for travelers who plan to travel Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. ATV also offers special discount for loyal travelers and their relatives or friends in 2011Book a private tour or more and take the advantage of our discounts to save the money. Get discount when travelers travel with their family and friends, get discount when travelers book more than one tour at...

Hoi An Town exempts entrance fee

The authorities of the ancient town of Hoi An, a world cultural heritage, announced the exemption of entrance fee to the town for Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, war invalids, handicapped people, journalists, children and students of less than 16. The local authorities are also offering a 50 percent discount on entrance fee to students...

Hanoi to host homeland spring programme

The Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) programme is scheduled to take place in Thang Long Royal Citadel, Hanoi on January 28, 2011 to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, said the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on December 14. As part of a series to celebrate the successful hosting of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the 11th National Party Congress, the programme is to be jointly organised by SCOV...

Provinces join hands to give tourism a boost

Two Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta localities and a Central Highland province are discussing the possibility of a co-operative tourism programme that will allow them to offer better quality tourism products at reasonable prices. Tourism representatives of Can Tho City, and Kien Giang and Lam Dong provinces agreed at...

Lost in a land of Confucianism

Whenever I visit Hanoi, the first place I think of is the Temple of Literature, where the tree-shaded grounds and the buildings tell of the times that scholars studied there. The temple makes me reflect on my country’s history and I get lost in a land of Confucianism and traditional values. A tourist at the gate of the Temple...

Vietnam’s private airlines still learn to fly

Indochina Airlines has to stop its operation after one year of flying, Vietjet Air has delayed the launching of the first commercial flight for several times, while passengers of Air Mekong complain about the services. Experts say there are still many things private airlines need to learn in order to fly. In 2007, the aviation market welcomed the establishment of a series of private airlines, namely Indochina Airlines, VietJet, Air Mekong, Trai Thien...

HCM City welcomes the 3 millionth visitor

HCM City’s 3 millionth foreign visitor arrived in Tan Son Nhat International Airport at 8.30 am, December 21, on a flight from Moscow. More than 200 visitors on the flight were warmly welcomed. Three lucky visitors were presented a return ticket for the trip as the city’s gift to the 3 millionth visitor. At the welcome gate, visitors were presented with flowers and enjoyed Vietnamese traditional dances. “I’ve been to many countries. This welcome...

Tourism boom helps hotel developers earn more

The sharp increase in the number of tourists visiting Vietnam is good news for hotel developers. Real estate developers, anticipating the new wave of tourism development, have been rushing to build more hotels. In the third quarter of 2010, the “gold inlaid” five-star hotel Grand Plaza with 400 rooms was put into operation. Two other three star hotels Oasis and Asean have also become operational, thus raising the total number of new hotel rooms...

Vietnam’s tourism focuses on four main markets

Vietnam’s tourism industry has singled out China, the Northeast Asian countries of Japan and South Korea, Europe, and ASEAN as its four main source markets for next year’s business plan and will boost marketing activities there, an official said. Vu The Binh, head of the Travel Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, told the Daily that the agency pinned high hopes on these markets owing to the high numbers of visitors this year as well as arrivals in recent years, and the potentialities from these markets in...

Con Dao listed in top ten best islands

Viet Nam's Con Dao Island has been named as one of the top ten romantic destinations in the world for 2011 by the UK's Lonely Planet magazine. Photo: Internet Other islands on the list were Yemen's Socotra in Yemen, Australia's Torres Strait Islands, Japan's Yacyana, French Guiana's Iles du Salut, the Republic...

$4 bil tourist complex to break ground in Hoi An

Quang Nam Province is set to license a US$4 billion complex to the south of UNESCO heritage city Hoi An after scrapping a similar massive tourism project nearby. Genting VinaCapital’s Nam Hoi An project will feature a five-star hotel, a resort, villas, 2,500 houses, and a casino, newswire VnExpress reported. It has been approved in principle by the central government and its environmental-impact report and 1/2000 scale plan have been ratified. Genting VinaCapital is a joint venture between Malaysian resort developer Genting and Vietnamese...

Coastal provinces to launch new islands tour

The tourism authorities of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces plan to launch a tour combining islands and inland destinations to further build on their reputation as the land of heritage sites. Do Tan Cuong, deputy director of Quang Nam Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told the Daily that the tour would likely be launched next year. Tourists will start the tour in the ancient town of Hoi An to explore Cu Lao Cham, or Cham Islets, before getting on board speed boats to ply the waters for two hours to Quang Ngai’s Re Island...

Vietnam twinkles in foreign visitors

- Vietnam’s tourism industry is witnessing its golden age. Vietnam is emerging as one of the top tourism spots for visitors from Thailand, Australia, Japan and Singapore for their next vacations, according to a recent tourism survey conducted by Visa, a global payments technology company, and the Pacific Asia Travel Association. The Asia-Pacific Travel Intentions Survey 2010 included 6,714 respondents from 13 countries and territories. It said that among future inbound tourists who were most likely to visit Vietnam in the next two years, 17...

Tourism to boom during Christmas, New Year

Two tourists prepares for kite surfing on a beach of the coastal resort town of Phan Thiet. The tourism industry is projected to generate US$4.6 billion this year, according to local tourist authorities. Travel firms reported an increasing demand for domestic and outbound tours on Christmas and New Year holidays this year. Many cited the fact that the holidays fall on weekends, which is a motivating factor for the enthusiasm. Doan Thi Thanh Tra, marketing manager of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigontourist, said most domestic air tours during...

Saigontourist seeks Japanese investment for new hotel projects

Continental Hotel in Ho Chi Minh, which is operated by Saigontourist Vietnam’s leading tourism company Saigontourist said it is looking for Japanese partners to invest in the development of 12 new hotels and tourism complexes. General Director Nguyen Huu Tho said the company announced details of the projects to around 70 Japanese companies at a real estate conference in Tokyo late last month. He said Saigontourist is looking for both capital...

Con Dao Island Vietnam

Con Dao Island has been voted as one of best ten islands of the world for a romantic holiday in 2011 by Lonely Planet Magazine (England). Con Dao comprises 16 islands and islets and was known worldwide for the political prisons during the French colonial time and American war time. At present, it is considered as a heaven for tourism with smooth beaches shaded by evergreen trees, fresh air, clear blue waters, primitive forests and abundant wildlife....

Travel firm hires airplanes for Vietnamese football fans

Immediately after Vietnam beat Singapore 1-0 to enter the semi-finals of AFF Cup 2010, hundreds of fans called travel agents to book trips to Malaysia, where Vietnam and Malaysia will meet in the first semi final game on December 15. A local tourism company, Vietravel, hired two Vietnam Airlines airplanes, totaling 360 seats, which will both depart from Hanoi and HCM City to Kuala Lumpur and return from Kuala Lumpur to Vietnam on December 15, to...

Rival for old ceramics village

A new craft village site, the Minh Hai ceramic village, which has been built near the Bat Trang ceramic village, began welcoming tourists on October, and offers more choice for tourists looking for a day out from Hanoi. Bat Trang village is a well-known half-day tour from Hanoi, but the new site will offer travellers more choices in exploring a large natural site with folk performances and a backdrop modelled in the typical style of craft villages in the northern delta region.The 10-ha Vietnamese art village displays different traditional...

Many airlines increase frequencies, open new routes

Many foreign and domestic airlines are managing to cash in on the strong recovery of Vietnam’s aviation market after the 2008-2009 global financial meltdown by increasing their frequencies and opening air routes to the country. Recent statistics released by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) showed a significant increase in the number of both international passenger and cargo flights in the winter schedule compared to the summer schedule, which often ended in October. Vietnam Airlines topped the list of international...

How to travel Phu Quoc Island Vietnam - Travel guide & tips

So you’ve got your motorbike, and you’re ready to explore Phú Quốc. While few travelers to Vietnam run into any problems on the island, keep in mind that much of the land is still undeveloped. Here are a few tips:1. Bring at least 2 liters of water. It gets quite hot during the day, and snack stands are sometimes hard to find. Dehydration can be a serious issue, so come prepared.2. Keep off military property. The Vietnamese government is very...

Mekong Delta to greet 19 million visitors

The Mekong River Delta expects to receive 19 million visitors this year, 200,000 more than last year, according to the regional tourism agency, the Mekong Delta Tourism Association.Of this figure, the number of foreign visitors is estimated to increase by 20 percent over last year, reaching 1.46 million.An Giang, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, and Can Tho City will top the list of most visited provinces in the delta, the association said.The tourism sector in the region has attracted increasing numbers of visitors since many tourism companies...

Ha Giang receives UNESCO certification on Dong Van Plateau

A ceremony to receive UNESCO recognition of Dong Van Stone Plateau as a member of the Global Network of National Geoparks (GGN) was held in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on December 1. The chief Representative of the UNESCO Office in Hanoi, Katherine Muller Marin and Secretary General of UNESCO Vietnam National Committee Pham Sanh Chau, handed over the UNESCO certificate to Ha Giang Province. Addressing the ceremony, Secretary...

Festivals of Con Son Pagoda honour ‘Great Man of Culture'

Two festival seasons have been held annually in Con Son Pagoda in the Chi Linh District of the northern province of Hai Duong. Repository: Con Son Pagoda is known for its historic relics associated with the lives of many Vietnamese heroes. (Photos: VNS) The spring festival season originated on...

Tourism sector surpasses yearly goal

After welcoming over 4.6 million foreign arrivals in the first 11 months of this year, the tourism sector has overtaken its yearly target by 400,000 visitors.The figures showed a year-on-year increase of 36.5 percent, reported the General Statistics Office.In the reviewed period, the number of visitors to Vietnam has increased sharply over the same period last year. Noteworthy was the number of tourists from China with 833,000 arrivals, up by 76.7 percent, followed by those from the Republic of Korea and Japan, up 38 and nearly...

Thua Thien-Hue among top tourism provinces

Thua Thien-Hue ranks among the provinces most popular with tourists an about-to-be-published report reveals. Thua Thien-Hue is known for its historic royal sites. (Photo: Internet) The report was the first complied by tourism-industry experts, managers and researchers to evaluate the popularity of each of Viet Nam's provinces, said Thua...

Only businessmen can afford tickets for Tet flights

The national air carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it plans to launch tens of thousands air tickets into the market. However, booking agents say they still have not seen the tickets.Earlier this month Vietnam Airlines announced that it will provide 11,000 more tickets for Tet flights in the first stage. However, booking agents have affirmed that no air route has seen additional flights.Nhung, the owner of a booking agent in...

Six provinces and cities selected for national tourism years

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan agreed to organize the National Tourism Year in some locations from 2012 to 2017. Thua Thien - Hue will host the National Tourism Year 2012. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has chosen six provinces and cities to host the National Tourism Year, including Thua Thien – Hue in 2012, Hai Phong in 2013, Lam Dong in 2014,...

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