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A group of tourists arrive at an islet near Phu Quoc Island in southern Kien Giang Province Kien Giang Province’s Phu Quoc Island is endowed with beautiful white sand beaches and azure waters. The island has long been a famous tourist destination and boasts many activities for holidaymakers including fishing, sailing and scuba diving. For [...]
Boasting sublime unspoiled beauty, from rolling verdant hills to spectacular terraced fields, Sa Pa is a mix of natural wonder. Near the Chinese border in the northwest province of Lao Cai and around 376 kilometers from Hanoi, Sa Pa, founded as a scenic resort by the French in 1903, is best known for its wild, [...]
From August 10, 2009 to December 31, 2010, travel joint ventures are allowed to provide outbound tours for Vietnamese citizens and foreigners who are living and working in Vietnam. Under the current laws, foreign-invested travel firms can only take foreign tourists around Vietnam, while bringing tourists abroad is the ‘playing field’ of domestic travel firms [...]
A new service providing motorised kite flying over Ha Long Bay has been available for visitors from August 3. This kind of motor kite weighs 216 kilograms with a 11.5 metre long wing, and 64 horse power engine which is imported from Italy. The kite can carry two people, including one driver and one visitor [...]
Faced with declining international arrivals, HCMC is running various promotion activities on the domestic market to attract local tourists to survive tough times, said a leader of the HCMC government. The cooperation program between Vietnam Airlines and the city’s tourism was bringing about good results in developing the domestic tourism. Nguyen Thi Hong, vice chairwoman [...]
Serene Doc Lech Beach, located 50 km from the beach resort town of Nha Trang Doc Lech Beach, located in Ninh Hoa District’s Ninh Hai Commune, is a breathtaking escape in central Khanh Hoa Province. Situated around 50 km north of resort town Nha Trang, the 10 km stretch of beach attracts many tourists because [...]
A new master plan is being developed for Phu Quoc island. The chairman of the Kien Giang provincial People’s Committee, Bui Ngoc Suong, spoke to the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper about possible changes. How do the changes compare to the first plan? Phu Quoc island will be soon upgraded into a special administrative region. With [...]
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is building a plan to promote Ha Long Bay in the online vote for the world’s seven new natural wonders of New7Wonders, as the bay has entered the final round. The Ministry’s International Cooperation Department chief Nguyen Van Tinh said that if Ha Long Bay is selected as [...]
The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in the first seven months of this year reached 2.17 million, a fall of 18.7 percent year on year, according to data from the Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT). The number of visitors to the country for business dropped by 22.3 percent, for vacation by 21.4 percent, and [...]
Vietnam was recently ranked fifth of 143 nations on the ‘Happy Planet’ index calculated by the New Economics Foundation (UK). In this article, Saigon Businessman Weekend asks if Vietnam can learn how to build up the brand “happy country” to promote the country’s tourism industry. An ethnic minority mother and her child. Vietnam among happiest [...]