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Travel firms asking for closer cooperation from airlines

Ruby — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:31:27 +0000

Vietnam Tours & Vacations “Travel firms said that in order to attract more tourists, they need close cooperation from air carriers.”

The cooperation not effective yet

Nguyen Van Tuan, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), said at the workshop on calling for investment in the airports of Phu Quoc, Can Tho and Lien [...]

HCM City mulls expanding river tour to Mekong Delta, Cambodia

Ruby — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:27:48 +0000

Vietnam Tours & Vacations “The government of HCMC has assigned its tourism department to survey a river tour linking the city with the Mekong Delta and the neighboring country of Cambodia. Tour operators, while applauding the plan, say the more urgent task should be to develop a wharf in the city for tourist boats first.”

Under [...]

Tourism industry move to draw Cambodian visitors

Ruby — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:50:30 +0000

Vietnam Tours & Vacations “Fully tapping into the top ten markets boasting the highest numbers of visitors to Vietnam, including Cambodia, is seen as a priority task of the tourism industry to accomplish the target of serving 4.5 million foreign tourists in 2010.”

Statistics released by the General Statistics Office show the number of Cambodian holidaymakers [...]

Hanoi Cheo Theatre designs special tourist show

Ruby — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:47:00 +0000

Vietnam Tours & Vacations “The theatre on July 19 signed cooperation contracts with travel firms and introduced its new shows that feature various Vietnamese musical genres. The theatre will launch its “Spring Festival” show on July 30, performing every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for tourists.”

This show emphasizes entertainment rather than just the classical cheo art, [...]

FIAP to popularise Vietnam’s images to the world

Ruby — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:44:28 +0000

Vietnam Tours & Vacations “As many as 240 delegates from 43 countries and territories will attend the 30th Federation of International Art Photography (FIAP) conference, held in Vietnam for the first time from August 1-8.”

Vu Quoc Khanh, chairman of Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA), on July 26 affirmed that the event is held to [...]