According to Hot List 2013 revealed by CNTraveler on 15th August, 3 Vietnamese hotels entered top 20 best hotels in Southeast Asia. Based on readers’ rating from all over the world, 3 hotels namely Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi in Hanoi, Park Hyatt Saigon and Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers in Ho Chi Minh city are listed as the most attractive …
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100th anniversary of Sa Pa Tourism
From 30th October to 3rd November 2013, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai will coordinate with the Sa Pa People’s Committee to organize 100th anniversary of Sa Pa Tourism (1903 – 2013) at the stadium of Sa Pa town’s centre. This event has a great significance to enhance awareness, the responsibility of preserving national identity, landscapes, contributing …
Read More »Lai Chau exploits community tourism in Ban Hon
On 19th October, the opening ceremony of Ban Hon Community Cultural Tourism Destination of Lu ethnic minority group was taken place at House of Culture of Ban Hon commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province. Ban Hon Community Cultural Tourism Destination is located in Hon Village including Ban Hon 1 (88 households) and Ban Hon 2 (69 households) with more …
Read More »Vietnam Festival draws special attention in UAE
To celebrate 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and United Arab Emirates (UAE), Vietnam Embassy in UAE coordinated with UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold a formal reception participated by high-ranking officials of UAE, the Diplomatic corps, enterprises, international friends and Vietnamese people. After the welcome speech on 20 year – diplomatic relation, Mrs Nguyen …
Read More »Hoi An ranked the second-most visited Asian tourist city
According to the latest result of the award selected by Conde Nast Traveler’s readers, Hoi An jumped to the second place of the most attractive Asian cities. After entering the top 10 world’s best destinations last year, Hoi An now becomes the second-most visited tourist city in Asia, following Kyoto (Japan). According to an annual survey executed by Conde Nast …
Read More »Ben Thanh enters top 15 world’s best cuisine markets
The American USD Today Newspaper has announced the top most attractive markets in the world of which Vietnamese Ben Thanh market honourably enters the list. The selection is based on the ability to reflect food importance and local characteristics through items in the market. Not only is food supplier, but the markets in the list are also an ideal spot …
Read More »Vietnam Women’s Museum-most attractive destination 2013
TripAdvisor – the most famous travel website has announced the award of favourite tourist destinations in the world based on the selection of tourists. Accordingly, Vietnam Women’s Museum is one of 1.264 attractive tourist destination out of 300.000 ones listed in TripAdvisor website. “well worth visit- touching stories” is the message that TripAdvisor sent to readers in a description about …
Read More »Khanh Hoa plans to upgrade substandard lavatories
From now to the end of October 2013, Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will associate with provincial locals to survey all poor public lavatories for tourists and thereby propose prompt solutions. The province has a total of 179 lavatories at tourist attractions including 159 standard and 20 substandard ones. Substandard lavatories are mainly situated at the temple, …
Read More »Da Lat railway station
Being closed after 20 years, Da Lat railway station is now re-opened for the public. With a series of records such as the highest station at 1,500 m high above sea level; the most unique station in Indochina; the most beautiful station in Vietnam; the only station which has steam locomotive, one of the 2 oldest stations in Vietnam, Da …
Read More »Japanese food festival in Hanoi, October
From 18th to 27th October 2013, the hotel Crowne Plaza West Hanoi is going to organize “Japanese food festival” with a participant of famous chef Yasuhiro Ohara from hotel ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka in Japan. “Japanese food festival” is held to promote friendship, cultural exchange of Vietnam-Japan. Earlier, the hotel ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka in Japan took place “Vietnamese food …
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