Nha Trang, a popular beach resort town in central Vietnam, plans to welcome tourists from Kazakhstan and Russia on tour packages from late this month to boost its year-end tourism. Bui Quoc Dai, deputy director of tour operator Anex Vietnam, said his company will cooperate with Vietjet Air to organize …
Read More »Vietnam ripened rice fields photo wins Epson gold
Cao Ky Nhan has won gold at the Epson International Pano Awards for his shot of golden yellow rice fields flanking a river in Cao Bang Province. The photo, taken in September 2019, captures the golden yellow color of rice fields along the Quay Son River as it snakes through …
Read More »Tourism at Laos border underdeveloped: insiders
Though Vietnam and Laos both boast magnificent scenery, tourism development along their shared border does not match their true potential, tourism insiders say. With a 2,300-kilometer-long borderline, Vietnam and Laos have 10 pairs of international border gates and a series of nearby nature reserves, national forests and cave systems with …
Read More »Vietnam among most searched international destinations by Indians
The international air route connecting Delhi and Vietnam was the second most searched by Indians for Dussehra holiday travel this week after Bengaluru-Dubai, data shows. Other most searched international routes were New Delhi-London, Chennai-Singapore, Mumbai-Dubai, Mumbai-Male and New Delhi-Bali, Financial Express reported citing data from India-based travel platform ixigo that …
Read More »Vietjet starts flying to India’s Ahmedabad
Budget carrier Vietjet Air has launched direct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Ahmedabad in India even as the tourism industry eyes the Indian market. There are four weekly flights on the routes — on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays — and fares start at VND688,000 ($28.80) …
Read More »HCMC restaurant among Asia’s 25 best according to Tripadvisor
Kabin Restaurant in HCMC, which serves Chinese cuisine, is the only Vietnamese representative to make it to the list of Asia’s 25 best fine-dining restaurants voted by Tripadvisor readers. The restaurant on the second floor of the Renaissance Riverside Hotel in downtown HCMC ranked 24th in the annual Tripadvisor Travelers’ …
Read More »Vietnam among 5 most popular destinations for New Zealanders: survey
Vietnam is one of five leading destinations New Zealanders want to visit in the next 12 months, a survey by adventure tour operator Intrepid Travel found. A total 85 percent of New Zealanders are planning to travel within the next year despite soaring living costs, according to the survey of …
Read More »Vietnamese fans foot big bills for football World Cup tours
Travel agencies say tours to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup at prices ranging from VND170 to 320 million ($7,260-13,500) per person have nearly sold out. Tran Thanh, 43, in Hanoi, a big fan of Argentine striker Lionel Messi, said that after he failed to book a hotel room in …
Read More »Hue to spend $800,000 to renovate abandoned water park
Authorities in Hue in central Vietnam have agreed to spend VND20 billion ($844,100) to renovate a dragon-shaped water park, left abandoned for years, into a public park. Vo Le Nhat, chairman of Hue, said a two-kilometer-long walking route around Thuy Tien Lake, just eight kilometers outside Huong Thuy District in …
Read More »Myanmar carrier begins Yangon-Hanoi service
Myanmar Airways International’s first ever flight to Vietnam arrived in Hanoi from Yangon on Monday. There are two weekly flights between Myanmar’s largest city and Hanoi on Mondays and Fridays using Airbus A320 aircraft. Earlier passengers flying between the two countries had to transit in the Thai capital Bangkok. There …
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