December 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Crowne International Casino in the central city of Da Nang will open to guests on December 23. The investor of the project, Hoang Dat Silver Shores Exceptional International Entertainment, said that it has invested 1.6 billion dollar in building the complex which includes the casino and the five star resort with 584 rooms, [...]
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December 20, 2009
Journalists get familiar with Da Nang; Tour operators target holiday travel; More Vietnamese plan out-of-town Tet; Macau budget airline circles Ha Noi Phong Nha Cave in Quang Binh.The trip, organised by Da Nang Tourism Promotion Centre, is taking journalists from English-language newspapers and magazines to tourist attractions in Da Nang, such as the Champa Museum, [...]
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December 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The number of travellers who have booked tours for 2010 New Year and Tet is relatively higher than non-holidays and higher than the same period last year. Tourists in Da LatThe total number of travellers who have booked tours via Saigontourist for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays has reached 7,000, an increase [...]
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December 8, 2009
Viet Nam is considering responsible approaches to tourism, with the aim of balancing profits with environmental conservation while maintaining socio-cultural values . . . Foreign tourists join in the traditional mua sap (bamboo pole dance) with H’Mong ethnic people in Cat Cat Village in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai.According to the 2002 Cape [...]
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December 5, 2009
Japanese flower arranger decorates Ha Noi; Costa Classica brings 2,000 cruise tourists; Southern provinces put on Cambodian road show Flower arrangements by Eikou Sumara, one of Japan’s top artisans, will be on display alongside works of 10 local artists at the second Ikebana Festival that will open at Ha Noi’s Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam [...]
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November 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The number of foreign tourists to Viet Nam has risen slightly in the last two months, compared to the same period last year. Viet Nam received about 294,000 foreign visitors in September, an increase of 2.7 per cent compared to the same period last year.Viet Nam received about 294,000 foreign visitors in September, [...]
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September 4, 2009
Locals to enjoy cheap luxury stays; Motorbike convoy heads to Thailand; Peace Boat visits Da Nang; Explore Ha Noi by tramcar Six of HCM City’s 12 five-star hotels will for the first time offer a discount of 50 per cent for local guests between September 1 to October 31, under the promotion “One Day to [...]
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August 4, 2009
In the past week, business at Vietnamese travel firms has suffered as news spreads that the H1N1 is becoming epidemic in Vietnam. Flu and economic recession have driven down international tourist arrivals dramatically. The Ministry of Health and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism have not issued any advisory guidance on flu-related travel limitationThis year [...]
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July 13, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Tinh Bien Economic Zone in An Giang province on July 11 resumed operating, while a series of supermarkets at the Moc Bai Economic Zone in Tay Ninh province have also re-opened. Supermarkets in Moc Bai EZ have re-openedThe duty-free shops resumed operations right after the Prime Minister released a decision to reinitiate [...]
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July 2, 2009
Very few Vietnamese people dream of going to Europe because they know that tours are very expensive. However, travel firms have begun introducing tours to Europe at “soft” prices. Budapest at night“Many people say Budapest is too old and obsolete. However, in my eyes, the city is beautiful, peaceful and ancient,” wrote a tourism faithful [...]
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