Vietnam Travel News

Hanoi, May 16 : On a cloudy noon, a man in office outfit with dark glasses and a woman in a sun-resistant cloak with a mask muffling her head entered a room at a mini hotel in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.

Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have welcomed the expansion of the East-West Economic Corridor to boost mutual cooperation.

An employee of Saigon Air Taxi hands out money to French tourists whom they had cheated during an earlier exchange Two employees of a taxi company unauthorized to exchange money managed to cheat dozens of French tourists who sought the service at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Binh Thuan authorities have promised to clamp down on those leasing motorbikes to foreigners without driving licenses following a rise in the number of accidents involving tourists in Phan Thiet.

TWO pilots have been fined and suspended for a month after allegedly letting a model pose for photos in the cockpit mid-flight. The pilots, who work for Vietnam Airlines, allowed model-turned actress Ly Nha Ky, who is also a former tourism ambassador for the country, to pose in the co-pilot's seat on a flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi last month.

Celebrating four decades in the hotel business this year, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced a sensational worldwide summer discount of up to 30% at its hotels and resorts.

Over the past few years, the ancient town of Hoi An, located some 650 km south of Hanoi, is now becoming a favorite tourist destination in Vietnam.

During their performances in the country, the Chinese martial arts experts, especially the Shaolin Kungfu masters, have thrilled and won praises from Vietnamese from all walks of life.

Local and foreign visitors to the My Son Sanctuary, which can be found some 650 km south of Hanoi in central Vietnam's Quang Nam province, still wonder with awe at the remarkable architectural ensemble that archeologists said has developed over ten centuries or from the 4th to 13th century.

Like other would-be tiger economies, Vietnam faces a trifecta of new threats: a crisis-paralyzed Europe, a faltering America, and a newly spendthrift Japan.

Arsenal will play a pre-season friendly in Vietnam this July, becoming the first Premier League club to do so, the club have confirmed .

War heritages carry great tourism potential, but Vietnam's patchy record inspires no confidence it can be tapped effectively, experts say A foreign child visitor with a Vietnamese flag at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.

A Botswana wildlife safari and cycling adventure through Burma are among the more than 450 thrilling itineraries on offer in Explore Worldwide's new 2013-14 Discovery Adventures brochure.

Fifteen years ago, Vietnam's emerald checker board of lush paddy fields, meandering bays and city rivers crammed with floating markets used to be best suited to backpackers.

Anyone who has been to this country will no doubt be skeptical about the words " Vietnam " and "road trip" in the same sentence.

VA ng ViAang Village in Ha Long Bay, the northern province of Quang Ninh, is home to 72 families who still maintain customs from the old nomadic lifestyle and the originality of a Vietnamese fishing village PHOTO BY DOAN DAT It was foggy in the morning when we set off in a canoe from Bai Chay Town in the central province of Quang Ninh to VA ng ... (more)

Japan and Vietnam agreed Saturday to form a joint working group in a bid to boost sales of Japanese foods in the Southeast Asian country.

Spotting a group of young ethnic women relaxing under the shade of their stilt-houses during a recent trip to the northwestern Dien Bien and Son La provinces, we stopped the car to offer some clothes from charity.

A series of festivals kicked off the tourism season over the past week as the industry launched a fight back following news that the number of international vistors to Vietnam took a dip during the first four months of the year.

There's no question that traveling to a country that doesn't share your motherland's political persuasion can be a little daunting, but since when is travel about revisiting the everyday? Our recent trip to Vietnam proved quite the wake-up, even though rocking up to passport control with an American passport is no longer anything to be worried ... (more)