My Long was originally the name of a small wet market in My Thanh Commune, Giong Trom District, Ben Tre Province which was famous for selling rice paper cakes. Through generations, the My Long rice paper cakes have become well-known in other parts of the Mekong Delta and the country as well.
The Hue royal architectures engraved with poetry will be proposed as a valuable archive in UNESCO’s Memory of the World list, as heard at a recent workshop held in Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue.
(TITC) - India is an important source market of international tourism industry with the population of 1.27 billion people of which 1.2% travelled abroad and spent USD 12.3 billion in 2012.
Ho Chi Minh City will host the Southern Fruit Festival in its Suoi Tien Tourist Area in district No.9 from June 1-20 with a view of honouring values of exotic fruits and growers in Viet Nam and the southern region in particular.
Seventeen miles off Cua Tung beach, central Quang Tri province, lies Con Co Island, which is set to become a national tourist hotspot and a driving force of economic growth in the province, according to Nguyen Lanh, Chairman of the Con Co Island District People’s Committee.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) announced on May 13 that it will offer 4,040 additional flights from May 23 to August 31 to meet increased travel demands during the summer holidays.
(TITC) - To strengthen tourism cooperation between Viet Nam and India, from 23-28 April 2015, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) collaborated with Vietnamese Embassy in India to participate in Global Exhibition on Services (GES) in New Delhi and organize roadshows in Hyderabad and Chennai cities to introduce Viet Nam’s tourism.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch an additional 545 flights on some high-demand domestic and international routes from April 25 to May 4 to mark a national six-day holiday.
Responsible and sustainable tourism, core of a community-based project developing sustainability practices among travelers and stakeholders, has yielded fruits since its launch in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue one year ago.
Domestic carriers of Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific pledged to cut ticket prices by 40-65% on local routes, according to a travel demand stimulation program, recently released by the Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Association.
Vietnam Airlines ran its inaugural flight on the direct route to Heathrow Airport in London, the UK on March 31.
Vietnam Airlines will join the 3rd Viet Nam International Travel Mart 2015 as a sponsor airline for transportation. The event will take place from April 3rd to 6th at the Viet Nam Exhibition and Fair Center, 148 Giang Vo, Ba Dinh district, Ha Noi.