VietNamNet Bridge – Priced from VND15-90 million dong ($700-$4,500) per night, presidential suites at international hotels in Vietnam are always fully booked.Presidential suites are not only the choices of chiefs of state in their visits to Vietnam, they are also the choices of international stars and wealthy people.Presidential suite is the ...
ASEAN countries will join forces to build a common marketing strategy for the whole region in the 2011-2015 period, with an aim to attract more intra-bloc tourists as well as visitors from China, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia and Australia.Tourism officials of ASEAN countries were discussing contents of the strategy in ...
Up to one quarter of around 1,660 tour guides in HCMC have not been issued practicing cards, which means they cannot legally exercise their profession at a time when the city is facing a critical manpower shortage for the hospitality industry.Nguyen Duc Chi, deputy head of the Travel Division of the tourism ...
VietNamNet Bridge – Though the four-day April 30 holiday is long, many Hanoians would rather stay at home rather than taking tours, because they have decided to curb expenses in the price storm.It’s not the right time to travelWith the total income of 20 million dong a month, previously, Mai and her husband always had ...
VietNamNet Bridge – As inflation drives up the cost of domestic tours, more and more holidaymakers are opting to travel abroad, according to tour operators.A Vietnam Airlines' aeroplane at Ha Noi's Noi Bai International Airport. People are starting to travel abroad ...
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is undergoing a revolution of a different kind – more and more elderly people with time on their hands are discovering, perhaps for the first time, the joys of travel.Broadening the mind: An elderly couple visit an ...
Firework festival tours fully bookedTravel agencies have said their tours to the International Firework Festival in the central city of Da Nang on April 29-30 are almost fully booked.The Song Da Tour Company offers a four-day Ha Noi-Hue-Da Nang-Hoi An tour, starting on April 29, for VND6.8 million/person. Tourists will visit almost all heritage ...
VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of rock poles are pitched around tombs in a jungle in the ancient Dong Thech cemetery of a Muong ethnic minority mandarin in Vinh Dong commune, Kim Boi district, the northern province of Hoa Binh.The cemetery is the home to hundreds of rock tombs and thousands of ...
VietNamNet Bridge - The General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported that the number of foreign tourists to visit Vietnam reached 1.51 million in the first three months of 2011, a year on year increase of 12%.In March alone, Vietnam welcomed more than 475,700 foreign tourists, an increase of 5% compared to the ...
The SuperStar Aquarius ship of the Star Cruises Hong Kong Limited will come back to Quang Ninh Province’s Halong City on April 3, nearly three years after the cruise line suspended Halong’s calls.According to the local service provider of the ship, Saigontourist Travel Service Co., the ship will bring around 2,200 ...
