The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) welcomed 300 overseas tourists and crew sailing aboard the cruise linerPrincess Daphne, which docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh Cityon January 15. This is the first second time the Portuguese luxury cruise liner has visited Vietnam. The visitors, mostly from Australia , will explore popular tourism destinations in HCM City and [...]
The Cham Cultural Exhibition Center in Binh Thuan Province will host a week of cultural events for Tet (Lunar New Year) from January 30 to February 8. The highlight of the program is the exhibition of royal costumes of the Cham imperial family. See what the Cham kings, queen, princes and princess were wearing – [...]
The tourism authority has chosen the World Heritage sites, the 1,000-year-old capital of Hanoi and the unique central coast as Vietnam’s highlights at the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2011. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, deputy head of the marketing department of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), told the Daily on January 10 VNAT, the tourism [...]
A conference on tourism promotion for the central Province of Thua Thien-Hue has been held in Hanoi to introduce tourism services and cultural programmes to the Province this year. The Hue Traditional Crafts Festival, to be celebrated from April 29 to May 3, will be the key event for tourists this year and will build [...]
The bilingual Vietnamese-English book named “Tham quan Can Tho qua tranh ve” (Visiting Can Tho through paintings), the first comic-style guide book for the Mekong Delta, was released on January 10. The 92-page color book released by Tre Publishing House and Mekong Tourist Information Company (Metinfo) in Can Tho is priced at VND45,000. Full of [...]
Hanoi will set off fireworks for 15 minutes (0-0.15 am) on February 3 (the first day of the New Year on lunar calendar) at 29 locations, a municipal official said. Four locations for high-range displays include Hoan Kiem Lake (Hoan Kiem district) Dong Da Lake (Dong Da district), Thang Loi Hotel (Tay Ho district) and [...]
Two luxury cruise ships with 650 international tourists aboard cast anchor off Da Nang city on January 11, beginning a tour of the world’s cultural heritage sites in the central region. The Amazara Quest, carrying 450 tourists from Japan, China and Great Britain, and Seabourn Pride with 200 tourists from Great Britain, Germany and the [...]
Things to remember It’s in your best interests not to drink the tap water, especially after flooding! Avoid cyclo ride after dark. Dress modestly and appropriately when visiting local dwellings and religious sites, etc. Leave your valuables behind before a night out on the town, or going to the beach.
More than 200 photos, documentaries and objects featuring the establishment and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) are on display at the Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh Museum. The exhibition, which was opened on January 7, is designed to welcome the upcoming 11th National Party Congress, slated for January 12-19, and the 81st founding [...]
A special programme will take place at the southern gate of Doan Mon of the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi on January 28 to welcome Vietnamese expatriates who return home for 2011 Lunar New Year festival. According to Pham Hai Bang, Head of the Culture-Information Department of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV), [...]
