Many Vietnamese and foreign tourists are eager to see the 2010 Danang International Fireworks Competition which will take place on March 27 and 28. The event this year under the theme Legend of the Han River will welcome five teams from the U.S., Japan, France, Portugal and Danang.
On the occasion of Women’s Day, Ben Thanh Tourist in HCMC has launched tours for all women to celebrate the special holiday. Because International Women’s Day is next Monday, a working day, the tour operator is arranging one and two-day tours suitable during this weekend or on Monday.
Vietnam Airlines recently announced it would open a direct route between Hanoi and Myanmar’s Yangon on March 2, operating four flights a week with Fokker 70 aircraft. It is a great bridge to link Hanoi and Yangon.
Accor, the largest international hotel operator in Vietnam, has inaugurated the hotel Mercure Hue Gerbera in the central city of Hue.
On March 27-28, 2010 four firework groups from the USA, Japan, France and Portugal will perform firework shows in the central city of Danang. The organizers hope to welcome 100,000 visitors with ocal travel firms having designed tours to the city.
A cycling tour in the northern province of Ninh Binh was one of Rett Townsley's favourite activities while travelling around Viet Nam.
In the first month of the lunar calendar, Vietnamese people traditionally go to sanctuaries to pray for good health and prosperity. Pilgrimage tourism is becoming a nice traditional feature and this is also an attractive tourist product to international tourists.
The budget carrier Viva Macau on February 13 officially opened a direct air route to Hanoi with its first flight departing from the Macau Special Administrative Region.
Nguyen Thi Doan from the northern province of Phu Tho is every day wrapped up in weaving bamboo shades at Mot Thoang Vietnam, or A Glimpse of Vietnam, in HCMC’s Cu Chi District, and sitting nearby is her uncle Nguyen Xuan Hai, who makes rattan screens.
Tet atmosphere is overwhelming everywhere on bustling streets, trade centers, supermarkets and gift, and fashion shops, on delighted faces of locals as well as tourists. To multiply the joy, authorities and heads of entertainment areas will celebrate many animated programs, promising locals and tourists unforgettable meaningful moments of Tet.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will open a direct air route between Hanoi and Yangon, Myanmar, on March 2.
The Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) has announced it will present 500 free-of-charge tickets on local routes in Vietnam in 2010.