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InterContinental Hanoi has much to offer for Festive Season

November 18, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

InterContinental Hanoi has much to offer for Festive Season

VietNamNet Bridge – The five-star InterContinental Hanoi Westlake is offering a number of enjoyable events for the upcoming festive season. On Christmas Eve, the cozy Diplomat Lounge will offer a seasonal afternoon tea including sugar-dusted stollen and warming mulled wine from 2.30 p.m. – 5 p.m., accompanied by live Christmas piano music. Price is... Read more

1,700 students join tourism and hotel management course

October 29, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

1,700 students join tourism and hotel management course

VietNamNet Bridge – School of Hotel & Tourism HCMC, under the Saigontourist Holding Company, has launched a two-year training course for 1,700 students, of which 600 will major as tour guides, 600 in restaurant management and 500 in accommodation management.  Students in a cooking class at Saigon Travel-Tourism Training School - Photo: Courtesy... Read more

Canadian flavours to be served in Hanoi

October 26, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

Canadian flavours to be served in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge –  Tender Canadian beef as well as a variety of delicious Canadian seafood and robust wines, and also Canada’s famous “ice wine” will be served at the Festival of Canadian Flavours which will be held at the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi Hotel from November 7-14. Canadian beef has a premium quality.This culinary, which is in... Read more

Son La contest markets bovine beauty

October 22, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

Son La contest markets bovine beauty

VietNamNet Bridge – While diary farmers in many other places are running scared and dumping unwanted (and uncontaminated) milk, Moc Chau District is going in the diametrically opposite direction, unfazed by the recent melamine scandal. The mountainous district in the northwestern province of Son La is underlining its strength as a diary industry with a... Read more

Kien Giang sets down criteria for authentic Phu Quoc fish sauce

October 22, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

Kien Giang sets down criteria for authentic Phu Quoc fish sauce

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of Kien Giang Province has issued new regulations to certify the quality and origin of the renowned Phu Quoc fish sauce in order to preserve and promote traditional products and avoid imitations. Fish sauce manufacturing in Phu Quoc is a traditional vocation that has sustained residents for more than 200... Read more

A place for peace and tranquility seekers

October 16, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

A place for peace and tranquility seekers

VietNamNet Bridge – Situated between the ocean and the mountains, facing the tropical sunset every evening over the south central coast of Quy Nhon City, the Quy Nhon Life Wellness Resort is a quiet place, with the spa hidden up high amongst the lush herb garden A view of the Life Wellness Resort Quy Nhon.The resort is characterized by its architecture,... Read more

Enjoying a buffet dinner week at Majestic

October 14, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

Enjoying a buffet dinner week at Majestic

VietNamNet Bridge – The Majestic hotel in District 1 downtown HCMC will offer a buffet dinner week from October 17 to 26 in its Cyclo Cafe, from 9 a.m. to 21:30 p.m. everyday. Tourists enjoy dishes at Cyclo Cafe restaurant of Majestic hotel on the program of A Week of Asian cuisine buffet dinner in downtown HCMC. (Photo: Courtesy of Saigontourist)On the... Read more

A chance to win trip to see Manchester United play

October 11, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

A chance to win trip to see Manchester United play

VietNamNet Bridge – Budweiser and Manchester United announced Oct. 7 a renewal of their partnership, extending the beer brand’s sponsorship of the world-famous football club through the 2009/2010 season, and this sponsorship is bringing an opportunity to Vietnamese consumers. With John O’Shea and Nemanja Vidic looking on, Manchester United’s... Read more

A place for beer enthusiasts

October 10, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

A place for beer enthusiasts

VietNamNet Bridge – At the first glance Kool Beer Store, nestled in the corner of Ham Nghi Blvd in downtown HCMC, looks rather simple with its pale yellow wooden chairs, but the bar is rich in terms of beer. Guests enjoy a beer at the Kool Beer Store in downtown HCMC.Nguyen Van Dien, the bar’s manager, said the owner came up with the idea of establishing... Read more

New Dalat hotel opens, eases luxury room shortage

October 8, 2008  . Filed under Best Buys-Services, Life in Vietnam

New Dalat hotel opens, eases luxury room shortage

VietNamNet Bridge – A four-star hotel officially opened in Dalat in Lam Dong Province on Monday, helping to relieve the severe shortage of high-standard facilities in the resort city where there are few three-to-five-star hotels. A view of the four-star Saigon-Dalat hotel in the Central Highlands city of Dalat.The Saigon-Dalat Hotel at No. 2 Hoang Van Thu... Read more

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