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VietNamNet Bridge – More than VND3 trillion (US$150 million) will be invested in the second phase of the Dai Nam Tourist Site, announced the Dai Nam Joint Stock Copmany on July 1. “The company will focus on building a miniature of Vietnam and a miniature world,” said Dai Nam Director-general Huynh Uy Dung. “The second phase [...]
Much has changed, but much has stayed the same as Hanoi’s famous old quarter weathers the storms of modernity A foreigner stops by a ceramic shop in Hang Be (raft) Street which dealt exclusively in rafts in the old days Hanoi’s old quarter doesn’t seem so old. Brand new motorbikes, SUVs and even busses zip [...]
Foreign MICE (meeting, incentive, convention, exhibition) tourists have begun returning to Vietnam after one year’s interruption due to the global financial crisis. According to some travel firms, hotels and exhibition centres in HCM City, in the last year, the number of MICE tourists was very modest and some companies had no MICE clients. This yea, [...]
Viet Nam needs to develop a modern tourism sector, based on its advantages in nature, culture, geography, politics and people, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan. Tourists visit the Royal Palace in the central city of Hue. (Photo: VNS) Vietnamese tourism must become a key Southeast Asian, Asian and global destination, he said, addressing [...]
Located in the east of Ba Vi Mountain Range in Ha Tay District in Hanoi, Thien Son-Suoi Nga (Son Mountain-Nga River) is famous for splendid sceneries with silver-carpet-like waterfalls and misty, dense forests on the mountain slopes. A view of Ha Son Lake in Thien Son-Suoi Nga in Ba Vi National Park in Ha Tay [...]
For Khmer people, a pagoda is considered their spiritual house and sheet-anchor. Kal Bo Pruk Pagoda, in An Giang Province, is not only the get-together place for residents but also the sanctuary for them to worship Buddha, pray for good health and luck as well as good harvests and peace in their souls. It is [...]
Rates advertised by high grade hotels in Hanoi in the second quarter of 2010 were twelve percent below their rates a year earlier. The biggest drop is at the five star level. Demand is strong. The number of Vietnamese travelers to Hanoi in the April-June period reached 1.85 million, up 33 percent over 2Q09. Foreign [...]
The People’s Committee of central Ninh Thuan Province has approved in principle for the Hong Kong-based Polo Beach International Limited Co to develop a US$4.5 billion tourism complex in the province, the provincial official website revealed. The Dai Nam Tourism Complex in Binh Duong Province. (Photo: TP) The investor plans to build the Mui Dinh [...]
In Hong Kim Commune, A Luoi District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, A No Eco-Tourist Area has three waterfalls described as three white, silk curtains. The scenery promises unforgettable moments during summer vacations. Tourists at A No Waterfall in A Luoi District, Thua Thien-Hue Province. (Photo: Tuoi Tre Du Lich Online) The site nestles about 40 kilometers [...]
In the eyes of Chris Anderson, a journalist of CNNGO, a CNN program on Asian tourism, Hanoi’s Old Quarter is hectic, noisy, chaotic and adjective. Anderson offered this view of the old streets: “Describing Hanoi’s oldest district is somewhat of a waste of breath. No need to ramble on about where exactly to go in the [...]