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Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata set for Hanoi Sound Stuff 13 April
Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata, famed for their works with the up-and-coming Japanese post-rock band Anoice, will perform on the first day of the highly anticipated Hanoi Sound Stuff festival on Friday 13 April 2012 at Museum of History, No....
Tram Chim becomes 2000th Ramsar site
Ananda Tiega, general secretary of the Ramsar Convention, has just informed Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the recognition, says Nguyen Duc Tu, Water and Wetlands Coordinator of the International Union for Conservation...
Tourism industry in Vietnam needs to revitalise
Tourism sector within Vietnam should revitalise
Although Vietnam sees a significant rise in visitor figures each year, the vacation field has not yet manufactured an efficient breakthrough so as to create a strong growth and development to appeal...
UK back on VN’s top 10 tour markets
The UK has for the first time in seven years become one of Vietnam’s top 10 tourism markets, with nearly 18,000 Britons coming here in January 2012, a year-on-year increase of 39.7 percent, according to the Vietnam National Administration...
Large project on tourism applied to Northwest area
Information from Vietnam National Administration of Tourism reveals that one of the greatest projects on development of Vietnam’s tourism industry will be launched in 2012 in 8 mountainous provinces in the North West area. These 8 provinces...
Vietnam now boasts Timeless Charm as new slogan
After the dismissal of the previous “A different Orient”, with little time left on the 2011 calendar, it seems that Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has finally decided on its new slogan for the period 2012-2015. The decision was...
OF THE ONES THAT GIVE BACK
The new breed of tourists these days do not just come, ask for what they want and leave. Many want to make the experience fulfilling to both the hosts and the guests. That’s when the so-called responsible travel comes in. But in Vietnam, where...
A guide to Christmas in Hanoi 2011
Christmas is coming to town in Hanoi, along with truly freezing weather Hanoians are expecting for their winter season. Although Christmas is not an official holiday for Vietnamese, but this has still been a popular occasion for people to...
VietJet Air launched with massive discount
Amid the cooling off of the domestic air market competition, with VNA taking over Jetstar Pacific, Indochina and Trai Thien getting their licenses taken away, a new player has decided it is time to join the game.
Late November 2011, VietJet...
Festival Hue 2012 ignites National Tourism Year 2012
The festival is going on for 9 days, from 7/4 – 15/4/2012 in the ancient capital of Hue. Festival Hue 2012 is also the first major event to raise the curtain for Vietnamese National Tourism Year 2012. The theme of this upcoming festival...