Foreign visitor volume falls far short of expectations | TNK Travel News Updated: July 03, 2009 |
| Just 279,000 foreign tourists visited Viet Nam in June, down 4.7 per cent on May, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism..... |
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Spectacular limestone caves rediscovered in Quang Binh | TNK Travel News Updated: July 03, 2009 |
| Dinh Hong Nham only remembers it was sometime in the eighties that he stumbled on a cave while he and his son were trapping wild animals..... |
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Let’s fly over Halong Bay with parachute-pulled canoe | TNK Travel News Updated: July 03, 2009 |
| A high-speed canoe speeds up, pulling along a parachute flying above the Bai Chay coast and Halong Bay. That’s the beginning of a parachute-pulled canoe adventure into the World Heritage Site from the sky..... |
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Cheap tours make Europe a reality | TNK Travel News Updated: July 02, 2009 |
| Very few Vietnamese people dream of going to Europe because they know that tours are very expensive. However, travel firms have begun introducing tours to Europe at “soft” prices..... |
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Pristine Phu Quy Island beckons city-weary adventurers | TNK Travel News Updated: July 01, 2009 |
| Phu Quy island, in the Phan Thiet sea, lies between the mainland and Truong Sa Archipelago, 120 kilometers from Phan Thiet city. It is one of the most-visited destinations in the area as the island’s stunning beaches, forests and pristine landscapes off.... |
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Drumming up a millennium | TNK Travel News Updated: July 01, 2009 |
| A legendary northern craft village has been building traditional drums for more than a thousand years. Emperor Le Dai Hanh, the first king of the early Le Dynasty (980-1009), honored the small village of Doi Tam with a visit in 986AD. The local peasants w.... |
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Aviation industry still not ready for ‘golden air route’ | TNK Travel News Updated: June 30, 2009 |
| The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has officially refused to open a Hanoi-HCM City air route along the 106th meridian, saying that it is not the right time to open the route. In the Dispatch No 1704 sent by CAAV to Mai Trong Tuan, the aut.... |
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Top ten hotels, travel firms in Vietnam announced | TNK Travel News Updated: June 30, 2009 |
| The list of Vietnam Tourism Award 2008 winners has been released, with many familiar names like Saigontourist, Fiditourist, Ben Thanh – Rex Hotel and De Nhat – First Hotel. This is an annual award for tourism firms in Vietnam. Its previous name was th.... |
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Binh Dinh province an exciting discovery for tourists | TNK Travel News Updated: June 30, 2009 |
| The central province of Binh Dinh entices nature lovers with its diversity of coastline, mountains, rivers, swamps, lakes, islands, fields, countryside villages and traditional festivals. The province is nationally known for producing talented martial art.... |
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Vung Tau begins green campaign | TNK Travel News Updated: June 30, 2009 |
| The Sea Tourism Environment Protection Week opened in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on Sunday with a call for residents to get directly involved in environmental clean-up and conservation work..... |
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Journey to the south | TNK Travel News Updated: June 30, 2009 |
| Despite the global economic downturn, tourism in the Mekong Delta continues to flourish. According to the latest reports from the departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mekong Delta cities and provinces have welcomed more than 400,000 foreign tourist.... |
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Wild rock mountains on Ly Son Island | TNK Travel News Updated: June 29, 2009 |
| Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai has a plentiful sea eco-system. The island is also home to “rock paintings”, a unique natural artwork. Around 15 nautical miles from the mainland, Ly Son Island is nearly 10sq.km in area. This small.... |
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Saigontourist to buy hotels overseas | TNK Travel News Updated: June 29, 2009 |
| Leading tourism company Saigontourist says it will buy five hotels overseas, taking advantage of falling property prices amid the global slowdown. General Director Nguyen Huu Tho said he expected a deal to buy a hotel in the US would be finalized by the e.... |
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Beauty – upclose and personal in Hon Thi Islet | TNK Travel News Updated: June 29, 2009 |
| The islet of Hon Thi, located in central Khanh Hoa Province about 20 kilometers north of Nha Trang Town, is an area of unique, wild beauty. Spanning 500 hectares, the islet in Ninh Hoa District’s Nha Phu Bay is a popular destination for tourists visitin.... |
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New undersea power cable lights up Vinpearl | TNK Travel News Updated: June 28, 2009 |
| Electricity has been delivered from the mainland to a famous five-star tourism island off the central coast of Khanh Hoa Province by underwater cable that cost more than VND25 billion (US$1.4 million)..... |
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Viet Nam tourism clip gets global audience | TNK Travel News Updated: June 27, 2009 |
| A clip promoting Viet Nam tourism has been broadcast twice a day on BBC television. It features a panorama of Viet Nam and its people..... |
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TRAVEL IN BRIEF 27/6 | TNK Travel News Updated: June 27, 2009 |
| City tour operators come out on top; Television series helps Viet Nam; Vintage cars, bikes on display; TV documentary on national park.... |
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Eco-tours offer green dreams to visitors | TNK Travel News Updated: June 27, 2009 |
| Local residents offer tourism services and visitors turn into local fishermen – that’s the ethos on eco-tours initiated by 29-year-old Tran Van Khoa, who was born into a fisherman’s family and who used to work in Hoi An’s Victoria Hotel as a recep.... |
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Bank your holidays | TNK Travel News Updated: June 27, 2009 |
| For those who like to plan ahead, vacation ownership deals are now up for grabs in Vietnam, writes Son Tran. Sea Links Golf & Country Club in Phan Thiet has become one of the country’s first resorts to offer vacation ownership. You can purchase a vacati.... |
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Saigontourist buying $44 million hotel in the US | TNK Travel News Updated: June 26, 2009 |
| The travel service company Saigontourist is near to finalizing a deal to purchase a hotel in San Francisco. Saigontourist hopes a program of hotel purchases in major destinations abroad will create a breakthrough in its business..... |
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