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Young Generation Travel Company in HCMC has launched a tour linking Dong Van Highlands in Ha Giang Province and Ba Be Lake in Bac Kan Province. Travelers on the Nam River. The tour operator says this journey is unique because it links the two attractions by waterway instead of the long-distance overland route. “Tourists normally [...]
Vietnam Airlines announced Wednesday it would open a direct route between Hanoi and Myanmar’s Yangon on March 2, operating four flights a week with Fokker 70 aircraft. Vietnam Airlines aircraft in Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, where the carrier will launch Myanmar service on March 2, 2010 (Photo: SGGP) The national carrier said it would [...]
AirAsia, a major low-cost airline in Asia, said it has purchased a 30 percent stake in VietJet Aviation of Vietnam to establish a budget carrier based in the country. AirAsia aircraft at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNE) AirAsia’s Vietnam representative office sent out a statement Thursday saying that the new carrier will [...]
* Equatorial Hotel (242 Tran Binh Trong Street, District 5, tel: 08 3839 7777) Chit Chat at the Café and Orientica Restaurant & Bar are offering special menus on February 14 from 6:30 p.m. including fresh seafood, sparkling wine, red roses, music, decorations and candle light. Equatorial Hotel in HCM City. Chit Chat at the [...]
Loc vung trees on the bank of the Hoan Kiem Lake suddenly turned yellow on February 11. Youngsters flocked to the lake to take photo. VietNamNet/VNE
With overseas trips increasingly popular for Tet holidays, air carriers have announced that tickets are running out and as a result – fees are high. Travel firms have confirmed that despite the economic downturn and high prices, Vietnamese people are still planning to travel abroad this Tet in large numbers. In fact, the number of [...]
The apricot and peach trees in early bloom signal the advent of Vietnam’s biggest holiday of the year, or Tet. Around the country, families are preparing glutinous rice and other ingredients to make banh chung and banh tet for this Lunar New Year. A Vietnamese family wrap banh tet. Staff of the HCMC-headquartered travel …
The government has permitted Vietnam Airlines to set up four new air routes from Vietnam to Laos and Cambodia. The new routes comprise Na San – Ladon – Aksag, Nam Ha – Vilao – Pakse, Cam Ranh – Mesox and Phu Cat – Bunta. The Na San – Ladon – Aksag will help shorten flights [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – At La Dolce Vita in downtown Saigon’s ancient Hotel Continental Saigon, the sound of coffee dripping from the filter can be heard despite the ruckus from the street as this terrace café is partly sheltered from the city noise by a low brick wall and is situated at an angle that …
The Champa Museum, located by the Han River in downtown Da Nang, is one of the most popular destinations for foreign tourists to the central city. The entrance to the Champa Museum in Da Nang. Built in 1915 it houses nearly 2,000 sculptures made by the Indian-influenced Cham civilisation that flourished in Viet Nam between [...]