Vietnam Travel Guide

Most tour operators must have been happy with the overall performance of the hospitality industry, since global uncertainties and domestic economic instability have not sent their business to a tailspin as feared. The fast tourism development, however, is still clouded by the imbalance between domestic and outbound travel segments on one hand, and inbound travel [...]

While other ASEAN countries have a flourishing tourism industry and are succeeding in luring visitors from other countries, Vietnam is ignoring the vital needs required to develop in this field.   Vietnam’s tourist attractions can compare well with those of other ASEAN countries like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia. However, the country’s growth in tourism [...]

The fact that travel firms and airlines decided to cooperate to develop MICE (meeting, incentives, conference, exhibition) tourism promises the bright prospect for the “no-smoke industry”. Experts have pointed out that Vietnam is in no way inferior to other regional countries like Singapore or Thailand in terms of the potentials for MICE tourism development, but [...]

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to organise a wide range of cultural and arts activities to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2).   About 60 arts programmes with the performance of professional and amateur art troupes will be held in many [...]

All the travel firms in HCM City have reported a bumper crop in summer 2011 with revenue, especially from luxurious clients. Doan Thi Thanh Tra, Marketing Director of Saigontourist, said that in June and July, the travel firm served more than 15,000 domestic MICE (meeting, incentive, conference, and exhibition) tourists. This kind of tourism has [...]

Vietnam Airlines will offer 157 tickets at a discount of up to 75% for foreign buyers who will call at the International Travel Expo, HCMC 2011 (ITE-HCMC) in September. This is the largest financing scheme of the airline ever for this national tourism promotion event, said Nguyen Bao Anh, deputy head of tourism promotion, festivals [...]

Vietnam’s tourism should be introduced to the world as an open, self-confident tourism which bears distinct, endless and dynamic beauty. On August 2, 2011, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the EU funded ESRT project (development capacity in implementing environment and society responsible tourism) reported to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism [...]

The southern province of Kien Giang plans to allocate 130 hectares to a resort with casino on Phu Quoc Island. However, investors must have at least $4 billion of capital. Kien Giang’s Vice Chair Dang Cong Huan on July 30 said that local, central officials and international investors met to discuss this project. The plot [...]

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 460,000 foreign tourists visited Viet Nam in July, bringing the total number of visitors to the country in the first seven months to 3.43 million, up 17.3 per cent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The GSO reported that the number of travellers arriving [...]

There will be no respite for foreigners currently employed in Vietnam yet unable to obtain work permits prior to August 1 before new regulations will allow the expulsion of unregistered foreign employees. According to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa, the Government has issued Decree No. 46 amending and supplementing [...]