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The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho saw a strong increase in the number of tourists in the first four months of 2008. The Can tho tourism Department said this was the result of the National Tourism Year held in the city in February of this year.
When AirAsia announced the launch of direct services from Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok to HCMC and vice versa last month, a fact in the opening ceremony that was less noticed was that the budget carrier counted on its staff in all to organize the event.
There is a program called 'Rice Landlord' for tourists visiting the My Khanh Eco-Tourist Site located at My Khanh Commune, Phong Dien District in the Mekong City of Can tho
As the finals of Miss Tourism Vietnam pageant are too close to Miss Universe 2008 contest, Miss Tourism will not be crowned until July 26, 2008, two weeks later than the initial date.
A tour of the city with stops at Notre Dame Cathedral, the Municipal Post Office, the War Remnants Museum, Cu Chi Tunnel, and the Can Gio Mangrove Forest is no longer enough for many visitors. “We have just met tourists’ needs only, and do not present what we have to foreign visitors yet,” said a tourism industry official.
Thac Voi (Elephant Waterfall), a nationally-rated landscape, was sold at a dirty price, VND3 billion ($187,000).
With everything from fairground rides to cultural festivals, Malaysia’s City of Entertainment, Genting Highlands, certainly strives to live up to its reputation – and earlier this month, the star attraction was Vietnam
The first stage of the Viet nam Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village will begin operation in 2010 and the remaining stages will be completed by 2015.
Long Phu Tourist Company will hold a monkey festival titled "Hoa Qua Son" festival on June 1 featuring the story of the legendary monkey warrior Sun Wokong in Hon Lao or Monkey Island, an area of 33 hectares located at Nha Phu Lagoon, North of Nha trang city
The Belarus Ambassador to Viet nam has suggested the establishment of tourism representative offices in Minsk of the European nation and Viet Nam’s Da nang city to facilitate tours between the two countries.
An 18-hole golf course by Vinh Thuan Joint Venture Company has been inaugurated in Mong Cai Beach, the northern province of Quang Ninh. This is a major project under the provincial tourism development strategy.
Life Resorts Management Co., which decided to abort a high-class resort in Binh Thuan Province a fortnight ago due to worries over a titanium mining project nearby, still have backing from the provincial government either to choose another site, or can wait some more time, an official said.
355 projects of provinces and cities with tourism potential like Lao cai Thua Thien-Hue, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Quang Nam (Hoi An), An Giang, Kien Giang, Ho chi minh city were introduced to major global investors and international funding groups at a conference and exhibition called Vietnam Tourism and Properties Opportunities.
Caravan tours are becoming a new brand of Viet nam tourism, the head of the Travel Department under the National Tourism Administration said recently.
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.