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A city of calm - flights from Hanoi to Luang Prabang (07-7-2008) With direct Flights from Hanoi to Luang Prabang, Van Cong Tu takes off for the Buddhist heart of neighbouring Laos.
Travel Operators and Hotels Voted Top Ten (07-7-2008) Ten leading Vietnamese hotels and travel companies with most number of international tourists were presented with the Top Ten prize by the Viet nam Tourism Department and the Viet nam Tourism Association on Sunday.
A French and his dreams for Vietnam - visiting Vietnam (26-6-2008) David Crasbercu, a French citizen, after visiting Vietnam nurtured a dream that one day he must come to live in Vietnam and contribute to the country and its people.
Tourism with traditional art (23-6-2008) In the globalisation period, many countries consider tourism as one of their key economic sectors. There are various kinds of tourism: sport tourism, mountain tourism, adventurous tourism, ecological tourism. In Vietnam cultural tourism plays a key role in the sector.
Vietnam to boast sea tourism in ATF 2009 (17-6-2008) Vietnam's tourism has plans to strongly promote the country's sea tourism in the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2009 (ATF 2009), which will take place in the capital city of Hanoi next year, the Culture, Sport, and Tourism Ministry said.
Herman’s journey to bring Vietnamese films to the U.S (16-6-2008) He used to be a film producer and a student of the famous film director Martin Scorsese, but Gerald Herman choose Vietnam to be his living and working place for the past 15 years.
56,000 visitors come to Hue Festival 2008 - King Tu Duc Tomb (09-6-2008) The Hue Festival 2008 in central Thua Thien-Hue province by June 7 had welcome close to 56,000 visitors, including 13,200 foreigners.
Cat Tien National Park proposed to be recognised as world natural heritage (29-5-2008) Documents have been submitted to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Educational Organisation (UNESCO) to ask for recognition of Cat Tien National Park as a world natural heritage site.
From south to north in 18 days - Ben Thanh Tourist (27-5-2008) Ben Thanh Tourist has added a new trans-Vietnam tour starting on Wednesdays, aiming to attract more individual tourists who have time for longer tours.
National Tourism Year 2008 shows initial effect on Can Tho tourism (12-5-2008) Can tho saw a strong increase in the number of tourists in the first four months of 2008, promising a successful national tourism year for the southern City.
Foreign visitors help orphans - Vietnam Mice tours (12-5-2008) 70 foreign visitors have a talk with 50 orphans and presented gifts to them at the Binh Quoi tourism area in Ho chi minh city
Turning Sam Son town to sea tourism urban - Sam Son travel (11-5-2008) Thanh Hoa northern province is now striving to build Sam Son town into a developed sea tourism town from now by the year 2010.
Traditional puppetry confronts new challenges (08-5-2008) Lack of audience is the biggest problem for most traditional arts like Cheo, Tuong, Cai Luong, but not for puppetry, which in confronted by a lack of manpower.
Hue ready for festival in June, says official ; An Dinh Palace (07-5-2008) The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has readied itself for the Festival Hue 2008, a biannual event of art, culture, and tourism scheduled to take place in the former imperial city from June 3 to 11, the organizer said.
Kayakers find oasis in Ha Long Bay (02-5-2008) Ha noi — As summer approaches, those interested in adventure activities are heading to Ha long bay taking to the seas in slender kayaks to traverse the glassy waters.
Number of Foreign Tourists Shoots Up (02-5-2008) More than one million foreigners came to Ho chi minh city in the first four months of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to the city’s tourism department. In consequence, the local tourist industry raked in VND9,315 billion in the period, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.
Ha Long Bay: record tourists during holidays (02-5-2008) A record of over 10,000 tourists, 80 percent of them are foreigners, visit Ha long bay during these holidays. The sharp increase was attributed to the daily resumption of sea routes to Ha Long Bay from China, including Beihai-Ha Long and the Hainan-Ha Long links. Furthermore, the route from Hong Kong to Ha Long, was conducted weekly.
Ha Tay embroidered portraits attracts tourists (23-4-2008) More and more foreigners have been lured by hand-embroidered portraits by artisans of Ha Tay’s famous craft villages of Quat Dong, Thang Loi and Tu Van.
Tourists flock to Hai Duong - Hai Duong Tour Guide (20-4-2008) In the first quarter of this year, Hai Duong northern province has received 107,350 tourists including 24,650 foreigners, up by 20% over the same period last year.
New regulations open new roads for caravan tourism (18-4-2008) Draft regulations to allow foreigners to tour through Vietnam in their own vehicles is hoped to open new opportunities for the development of caravan tourism in the country.
Introducing Vietnamese plays in English to foreigners (17-4-2008) Meritorious Artist Hong Van, director of Phu Nhuan Stage in Ho chi minh city is planning to introduce Vietnamese plays in English to foreigners.
Da Lat and “Internet motorbike taxi” service - Da Lat Tour Guide (14-4-2008) Da lat - This is the sole motorbike taxi firm in Vietnam that has its own website and only serves foreigners.

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