December 31, 2011
(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel [...]
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December 20, 2011
Travel agencies already struggling in difficult economic conditions will be hit hard by the latest hike in domestic airfares, industry insiders say. The agencies face both losses on tours already booked and cancellations of bookings because of higher tour prices. In fact, the airfare hike makes foreign tours more attractive to local customers, they [...]
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December 17, 2011
Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in southern Vietnam where they built houses [...]
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December 12, 2011
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]
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December 9, 2011
There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]
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December 5, 2011
Five private airlines have been licensed in Vietnam since 2007, but each of them is struggling to take off, with one having already crash-landed. Air Mekong operates flights while VietJet Air is expected to commence services late this December after many delays. But the others are finding it hard to launch or, in the [...]
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December 5, 2011
Ha Long Bay, recently listed as one of the new seven wonders of the world, should have higher admission fees commensurate with its prestige, Tuoi Tre quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Do Duc Thang, deputy chief of the bay’s management board, made the statement two days after the Quang Ninh People’s Committee began charging nearly twice as much [...]
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November 23, 2011
A crane near Nha Trang Bay on Vietnam central coast Nov. 22, 2011 during a project to fill up parts of the bay for a cruiser wharf. A national attraction on Vietnam’s central coast, Nha Trang Bay, is being filled up illegally for an international cruiser wharf.  Bulldozers, roller trucks and many people have been seen [...]
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November 21, 2011
New world title will make no difference until existing infrastructure, services are improved, experts say A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, by virtue of being the jewel in Vietnam’s tourism crown, has always been in the spotlight, but the lights have just gotten a lot [...]
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November 14, 2011
Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang recently was voted the Vietnam’s Leading Resort by the World Travel Awards (WTA,) the comprehensive voter-determined awards in the global travel and tourism industry. This is the fourth time Vinpearl has received the international program’s accolade. Previously, the WTA listed Vinpearl as Vietnam’s Leading Spa Resort - in [...]
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