Where to go on Vietnam National Day
Update: Aug 31, 2009
Vietnam’s National Day is coming, so travel agencies are offering attractive tours to ensure tourists an unforgettable holiday on September 2. Saigontourist is organizing interesting tours accompanied with many attractive promotion programs, promising to take tourists to splendid destinations with good services at attractive prices.

This year, beaches are a good choice for tourists to flee the summer heat. Apart from traditional tours, Saigontourist also introduces “Free & Easy” tours from Hanoi, Danang and HCMC. The tours are flexible, simple and suitable for most tastes. Tourists can choose the destination, flight and hotels and resorts as well as time on the attractions.

Of this type, tourists can choose the three-day tour to Dalat at VND3.5 million per couple, exclusive of air tickets. Dalat is famous as a city of mist and flowers. Tourists can admire endless pine forests, colorful flower gardens, ancient pagodas and temples, poetic lakes and waterfalls, take a rest in a stilt house or enjoy a gong performance with ruou can (wine through a pipe) to sense the soul of the Central Highlands.

Meanwhile, Nha Trang City and Phu Quoc Island are well-known for stunning beaches, luxury resorts, magnificent landscapes and outstanding seafood. Tourists can join a three-day tour to Vinpearl Land Tourist Area in Nha Trang City to experience real comfort and luxury for VND7 million a couple, a three-day tour to Diamond Bay Tourist Area in Nha Trang at VND3.6 million per couple or a four-day tour to Phu Quoc at about VND6.8 million per couple.

There is a three-day tour to Palm Garden Resort in the ancient city of Hoi An at around VND4 million per couple, a three-day tour called “Summer in Hoi An Pacific” at VND1.5 million per person and a three-day tour called “Summer Holidays” at Vinpearl Nha Trang Resort at VND6.65 million per person.

Fiditour Travel Company is offering one-to-five-day tours from August 28 to September 2, including a three-day-and-two-night to Phu Quoc with a coral sightseeing cruise departing on September 2 at VND3.379 million per person, and a three-day-and-two-night toCon Dao Island at VND3.45 million. Con Dao Island, at one time a notorious political prison, is now an ideal getaway for holidays year round, especially in the summer. Con Dao is an island of immense natural beauty with forested hills, deserted sandy beaches, extensive coral reefs and many islets which are ideal for snorkeling, diving and squid fishing.

Other tours departing from August 29 include Nha Trang at VND2.2 million to VND3 million per person, exclusive of air tickets, with therapy treatments at Thap Ba Hot Spring and canoe trips, a four-day tour to Dalat City at VND1.6 million per person and Dai Nam Entertainment Park in Binh Duong Province at VND300,000 per person.
SGT