Ha Noi authorities plan to open nine more pedestrian areas in the Old Quarter in October this year. People gather at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, Hoan Kiem lake in the newly-opened pedestrian zone The proposed streets are Hang Chieu, Nguyen Sieu, Dao Duy…
We took a coach from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be at midnight after an exciting talk about floating markets where boats full of fruits, vegetables and other goods gather and sellers on board their boats noisily talking in the early morning. After…
Russia is listed among 10 markets with the highest growth of tourists to Vietnam. Foreign tourists visit an ancient house in Tien Giang province. The number of Russian arrivals in Vietnam reached nearly 300,000 in the first eight months of 2016, a year-on-year increase…
The Mekong Delta localities of An Giang, Can Tho and Kien Giang were given 21 sets of technical documents by representatives from the EU-funded project “Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Progamme” (EU-ESRT) at a conference in Can Tho city on September 22….
Low-cost airline Vietjet Air is offering 1.5 million tickets at discounted fares for flights from January 10 to February 12 on all domestic and international routes to serve surging demand on the 2017 Lunar New Year festival. It said on September 23 that the…
Viet Nam Tourism Ambassador to France Anoa Suzanne Dussol Perran introduced the “Viet Nam House” project at a ceremony on September 22. Viet Nam Tourism Ambassador to France Anoa Suzanne Dussol Perran (L)and Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son at the event (Photo:…
The restaurant is cashing in on customers eager to taste what all the fuss is about. Four months after U.S. President Barack Obama plonked down on a plastic stool at Bun Cha Huong Lien for a bowl of Hanoi’s signature pork noodles, the restaurant…
Ha Long Bay has been ranked third in a list of the 29 Best Places to Visit in Southeast Asia by Touropia, an international travel website featuring the most amazing sights around the world divided into various “Best of” lists. “Located in northeastern Vietnam,…
Hanoi is famous for its speciality green rice flake cakes which are sold in Hang Than street. Hang Than is just among more than 20 culinary streets in Hanoi which has about 70 streets with their first name of Hang. This 300 metre long…
Tourists can now enjoy ca tru (ceremonial singing) as part of the Chay River- Dark Cave tour in the central province of Quang Binh. The Phong Nha – Ke Bang Tourism Centre co-operated with the Ca Tru Dong Duong Club of Quang Trach district…
