VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co., or VietJet, has loaded fares on its website for passengers to buy for HCMC-Hanoi flights scheduled to begin on December 25 before expanding ticketing channels. The www.vietjetair.com shows Promo, Eco and Flexi fare categories for passengers, with the single Promo fare for the HCMC-Hanoi route starting from VND900,000 (less than [...]
The 2012 Flower Festival will be held from December 30th, 2011 to January 2nd, 2012 around the Hoan Kiem Lake to welcome the upcoming lunar New Year (the Year of Dragon). The event is part of activities to celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3rd). In the framework of the [...]
Over 200 models representing 54 ethnic groups from around the country will join a fashion show tonight at the Viet Nam Culture Tourism Village in the town of Son Tay, 35km west of downtown Ha Noi. The show, part of the first Ethnic Costumes Festival that began on Saturday, will feature 200 sets of daily [...]
Visiting the central province of Quang Tri, beside the huge number of revolutionary war sites, tourists can view a system of ancient wells from the New Stone Age, which related to the wet-rice cultivation of Vietnam. Professor Bui Huy Dap, researching a project on rice cultivation in Vietnam, said the well system consists of 14 [...]
A conference on promoting tourism in southeastern Vietnam was held in Tay Ninh province on November 26. Delegates discussed tourism development plans closely linked to the preservation of unique cultural heritage in the region. Last year, the region received more than 18 million domestic tourists and 3.6 million foreign visitors, earning over VND31,500 billion and [...]
The second Street Art Festival will take place at Ly Thai To Flower Garden in downtown Hanoi on November 29 and in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30. The festival will feature rock and hip-hop music, as well as entertaining plays by Danish artists and circus performances by Vietnamese artists. There will be two [...]
Two exhibitions on souvenirs, paintings and statues are on at two ancient houses in the World Heritage-listed town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province. The ancient house at 46 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street is showcasing 29 works by 21 artists who entered the final round of a contest to create souvenir products for Hoi [...]
On November 10, TransAsia Airways officially kicked off the operation of a new flight connecting Hanoi to Kaohsiung to meet the increasing travel demand between Taiwan and Vietnam. The flight route will operate twice weekly a week on Monday and Thursday by an Airbus 320 aircraft with 12 business seats and 138 economy seats. On [...]
Tourism has the full support of the Azerbaijani government, said President Ilham Aliyev on becoming the latest head of state to join the UNWTO/WTTC Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign (Baku, Azerbaijan, November 15). Stressing that 2011 had been declared the Year of Tourism in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliev said the tourism sector was a priority [...]
The Gongs festival themed “Integration and development” opened at the Kon Klor cultural communal house in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on November 22. 150 artists, representing Ba Na, Xo Dang, Gie Trieng, and Jo Rai ethnic groups, have joined the event to present folk songs, traditional clothes and local customs. The event [...]
