The Rex Hotel and the Bat Dat Hotel in HCMC have launched two new food programs for gourmets this month. Enthusiasts of German and Belgian beers should stop by the Rex while the Bat Dat is a venue for seafood.
In this modern life, people seem to like living in nice houses equipped with luxurious facilities and high-end technologies. However, they like to discover primitive landscapes as well as antiques and traditional culture.
The Central Highlands is blessed with magnificent waterfalls, scenic lakes, dense forests, sizable mountains, traditional rong houses in Gia Lai Province, traditional dai houses in Dak Lak Province and ethnic festivals of groups such as Ede, Gia Rai, M’nong, Xe Dang and Ba Na. BenThanh Tourist is offering tours to the region that emphasize the terrain.
Asia’s largest low-cost airline AirAsia officially launched a direct flight route between the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and HCMC on October 9.
On October 9 the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines opened a direct route linking Hanoi and Fukuoka City in Japan’s southern Kyushu Island.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VA) announced an increase on many international and domestic routes from October 25 this year to March 27 next year in response to increasing demand.
In order that more people can access a fall holiday, IKO Travel, under the management of Saigontourist Travel Service Company, has launched new tours with attractive prices to coastal destinations with five-star resorts.
Oktoberfest is a cultural festival that takes place in Germany each October. In Vietnam, the festival has been held annually in recent years and has drawn the attention of Germans and other Westerners living and working in Vietnam.
The RV La Marguerite river cruise ship started its first cruise from Saigon Port in HCMC, taking tourists through destinations on the Mekong River route between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Saigontourist Travel Service Company has just launched a new package tour to Singapore offering tourists the chance to watch the Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix 2009 that will take place in the island country this weekend.
In September and October, or so called tide-water season in the Mekong Delta, linh fish, a specialty of the Mekong Delta, make their annual appearance on the rivers where they drift lazily and wait to be caught.
Saigontourist Travel Service Co. on Wednesday arranged a special tour for 25 foreign tourists from Tetra Pak Company to explore attractions in the city on old-fashioned Vespa scooters.