Vietnam Tourism Discovery
Cruising around Phu Ninh Lake
After exploring My Son Sanctuary and the ancient town of Hoi An, the two World Cultural Heritage sites in Quang Nam Province, tourists should stop by Phu Ninh Lake to enjoy a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.
Mystic caves in Madagui Forest
Lam Dong Province’s Madagui Forest City, about 150 kilometers from HCMC, is renowned for its natural beauty, intricate forests, caves, springs and streams.
Famous mountain range in Lao Cai
Hoang Lien Son is the most towering mountain range with its Fanxipang peak being 3,143m high above the sea level.
Lai Cai province is divided into low-lying and high-lying areas. The imposing mountains are mainly in the northern districts of Sa Pa, Bat Xat, Muong Khuong, Bac ha and Si Ma Cai and the lower mountains in the southern and south-western districts of Bao Yen, Nam Thang, and Van Ban.
A beautiful painting of nature
Sa mu (Cunninghamia lanceolata) trees shrouded in a thick mist of the mountain and forest looks like a water-colour painting.
Local people in the pictureque Sapa resort district of northern Lao Cai province have grown these trees called ‘Samu’ or ‘Samoc ‘ to cover bare hills and decorate tourist sites.
Historic and heavenly Viet Bac program
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Bac Kan Province on Tuesday held a press conference to introduce a tourism program called ‘Through Viet Bac’s heritage regions 2011’ with the participation of Cao Bang, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang provinces.
The program, which opens from November 6 to 11, is aimed at promoting landscapes, tourism potential, people and tourism projects to develop tourism in Viet Bac, a region of Vietnam north of Hanoi.
A verdant rooftop
Beyond the well-known and colourful markets of Sapa, Bac Ha and Can Cau, is the bewitching northwest mountainous area of Vietnam with the remote town and market of Sin Ho, the roof of Lai Chau province.
Tour firms eye maximum deposit rates
The HCMC Tourism Association has continued to petition Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the central bank to allow travel agencies to enjoy commercial term interest rates from deposits instead of the low rate for call deposits.
A pilgrim to President Ho Chi Minh’s homeland
Sen village in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province is only 45km from the central city of Vinh.
The village is the place where the late president Ho Chi Minh was born and spent most of his childhood and many things have remained intact with the passage of time.
They are Coc well, the banian tree, the village temple and the thatched cottage of the second best examinee Nguyen Sinh Sac, father of Uncle Ho.
Week-long voting campaign launched for Ha Long Bay
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee will launch a week-long promotional campaign from November 7-11, to urge people to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven new natural wonders of the world.
Getting from Ho Chi Minh to Phnom Penh (and return)
Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon) is Vietnam’s largest city , famous for being home to the Reunification Palace. The markets, the Chinese temples and the museums also attract tourists.
Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and a transit city for those who want to visit Ankor Wat. Over the past decade, the Ho Chi Minh to Phnom Penh travel route has gain more and more popularity as both locals and travelers want to explore what this part of Asia has to offer.
The Northernmost area of Vietnam
The border area of Lung Cu on the Dong Van rock plateau is called the rooftop of Vietnam and is legendary for its very special charm.
Upland Meo Vac cattle market
The Meo Vac cattle market, held every Sunday in Ha Giang province, is unique in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam.
Tour de Vietnam
I had done my research before signing up for a four day, three night cycling tour in Lao Cai province with Lotussia Travel. My friends thought I was mad cycling around one of the most mountainous parts of northern Vietnam!
But the trip is well planned, so you’re not always in the saddle, and you’re never on your own. But I didn’t tell my friends that – I liked to think they pictured me huffing and puffing on my father’s rickety old Peugeot up and down the hills under a blazing hot sun.
Foreign tourists soar by 80 percent in October
Foreign tourists soar by 80% in October
Foreign visitor numbers surged by 80.9 per cent in October compared with the previous month, totalling 518,477, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism said.
Sand dunes in Quang Binh province
The sand dunes in the central province of Quang Binh often remind people of blazing sun, hot, dry westerly wind from Laos to Central Vietnam and flying sand. However, they also create wonderful landscapes.
Under the different natural effects of wind, rain, sun and water, the white sand dunes create many charming “paintings” which are constantly changing over time.