Travel

Thailand envoy proposes Laos, Thailand, Vietnam develop eco-tourism route

LookAtVietnam - Rather than build up Routes 8 and 12 as a trade route competing with Route 9, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as an eco-tourism routes linking the three countries, suggests the Thai ambassador to Laos.   Big buffets for National Day Foreign tourist arrivals on the rise   Tad Pha Suam Waterfall...

Air tickets for September holiday running out

Flight tickets for August 30-31 and September 1 on some “golden air routes” like Hanoi – Nha Trang are nearly running out. VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of the national air carrier Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific Airlines have said that flight tickets for August 30-31 and September 1 on some “golden air routes” like Hanoi – Nha Trang are...

Major destinations

Major information about six tourist destinations, including: Hanoi, Sapa, Hue City, Da Nang City, Da Lat, Nha Trang and HCM City. Hanoi Hoan Kiem Lake (Hanoi). Area: 3.324,92 sq. km Population: 6,448,9 thousand habitants (April 2009). Administrative divisions: -10 urban districts: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung, Tay Ho, Thanh Xuan,...

Human resources are headache for central region’s tourism sector

Da Nang alone is expected to have 45 more projects by 2012.  Finding trained manpower to staff these ventures is really a difficult problem. Bridge – Da Nang City alone is expected to have 45 more hotel and resort projects by 2012. Finding trained manpower to staff these ventures is really a difficult problem, reports Tuoi Tre. Staff of the Da...

Bad transport infrastructure hinders central region tourism

LookAtVietnam - Most of the provinces in the central region have airports and seaports, but foreigners who want to visit sites or stay in resorts there must still take roundabout routes, according to Tuoi Tre The terminal at Da Nang Airport has been expanded and upgraded Hong Kong to Da Nang: nine hours! It took the family of a European businessman,...

Quang Binh may lose big project preserving Phong Nha Ke Bang

KwF, a German non-governmental organization, wants to stop funding a project to preserve the Phong Nha-Ke Bang world natural heritage site. LookAtVietnam - KwF, a German non-governmental organization, wants to stop funding a project to preserve the Phong Nha-Ke Bang world natural heritage site in the central province of Quang Binh because the project management...

Vietnam Airlines resumes HCM City-Nagoya service

LookAtVietnam - Vietnam Airlines re-launched its direct flights between Hochiminh City and Japan’s Nagoya Friday, after a halt of more than two years and a half due to global economic downturn. Vietnam Airlines aircraft at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Truong Van) The national flag carrier operates two weekly flights on Mondays...

Seductive Dung Quat Bay

LookAtVietnam – Behind the boiling living rhythm of a deep-water port, Dung Quat Bay in Quang Ngai province is a lovely natural landscape. LookAtVietnam - Behind the boiling living rhythm of a deep-water port, Dung Quat Bay in Quang Ngai province is a lovely natural landscape. Dung Quat bay is 45km northeast of Quang Ngai city and oil tankers anchor in...

Munchies in the Old Town

Hoi An is well known for its culinary delights, so visitors are recommended to work up an appetite before hitting the streets.   LookAtVietnam - Hoi An is well known for its culinary delights, so visitors are recommended to work up an appetite before hitting the streets. Strange views of Hoi An ancient streets   I...

The dizzying heights of Marina Bay Sands

After a successful launch and busy opening period, Marina Bay Sands looks set to raise the bar for tourism right across Asia.   LookAtVietnam - After a successful launch and busy opening period, Marina Bay Sands looks set to raise the bar for tourism right across Asia.  A look at Vietnam’s newly-recognized World Heritage Site Vietnam...