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Vietnam’s Sa Pa to lose its natural beauty for a tramway
Tycoon wants to cover Sa Pa’s mountains in more concrete and metal in the form of a massive resort-entertainment-golf complex that includes a tram to the top of Fansipan Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai and former Party chief Le Kha Phieu attended the ceremony and issued a “groundbreaking order” for building the tramway, expected […]
Water tours draw flood of visitors
The flood season is being turned to a tourist advantage in Tram Chim National Park in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap. Park officials have started pilot schemes to capitalise on the rising waters when the park actually is at its most beautiful. The activities include such things as fishing, harvesting wild […]
Preserving market cultural space on Dong Van Plateau
Visitors to the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are not only enchanted by its imposing natural scenery but also by the unique markets, or the kermis, held in the Dong Van Karst Plateau. A kermis here is more than a place to exchange goods, it is also a festival, a chance for the locals, […]
‘Sapa Colorful street festival’ -The should not miss event in November
Start time : 11/11/2013 End time : 11/12/2013 Sapa Flower Forest, Friend Welcome Panpine Melody and H’mong Panpine Festival are the themes of the Sapa street festival 2013. Sapa Street Festival 2013 with the theme “Sapa colorful” will take place on November 11 in the town of Sapa, Lao Cai province. This will be the […]
Homestay provides lasting memory of scenic Vietnam
Top-class hotels and resorts may provide visitors to Vietnam with plenty of options for comfortable trips with high-class facilities and services, but if you really want a local taste of life here, a homestay is hard to beat, writes the Vietnam Investment Review. Homestay and community-based tourism models are a mainstay of the worldwide tourism […]
$210 million cable car project to Fansipan launched
The ground-breaking ceremony of a 7km long cable car system with a total investment of VND4.4 trillion, or nearly $210 million, to the peak of the Fansipan took place in Sapa on November 2, with the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai. The cable car system is part of a project named ” […]
Hue ancient village seductive but distant to tourists
Many even complain that the replacement of a grass road with bricks has changed the view of the village. “The brick road gives the feeling of a northern village and is unfamiliar to us,” a villager said. Hoang Tan Minh, head of Phuoc Phu, one of the two hamlets in the village, said the 1.5km […]
Dat Lat is opening 6 new rail routes for tourism development
The provincial people committee of Lam Dong has approved a new scheme to upgrade the local transportation system, which is expected to complete in between 2020 and 2030. In details, Da Lat City is developing 6 city monorail routes (a transportation system based on single rail), with the main purpose to support the traveling demand […]
Ha Long Bay enters world’s most dramatic coastline list
Ha Long Bay was named as one of the world’s Top 10 dramatic coastlines by Huffington Post, a US-based prestigious online news website. According to Huffington Post, Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO-recognized wonderland of over 3,000 whimsically-shaped islands jutting sharply out of the tranquil green waters. Aside from sheer visual splendor, Ha Long Bay […]
Train offers good travel options
Tourists getting ready to schedule their vacations should consider traveling by air or train from HCMC or Hanoi as their best options to reach their destinations at set times depending on their budgets. These modes of transport will help them avoid traffic congestion to and from the big cities, especially during peak hours. Certainly, travelers […]
Russian culture to be highlighted during Putin’s official visit
HA NOI (VNS) — Several big names of Russian chamber music will perform tonight to kick off Days of Russian Culture. The performance also marks the official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the 96th anniversary of Russia’s October Revolution. Alexander Polyanichko, Evgenhia Smirnova and Andrey Valenti will perform alongside the Timophei Docsiser quintet […]
Ninh Binh to hold spiritual tourism conference
The first International Conference on Spiritual Tourism for Sustainable Development will be organized in Ninh Binh Province on November 21-22, sponsored by the Ninh Binh’s provincial People’s Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). At the conference, the delegates will discuss on tourism planning, management, conservation, and promotion of […]
