Under the plan, flights from HCM City to Bangkok and Siem Reap will start on December 19 of this year, seven weeks late than scheduled. Jetstar Pacific’s one-way fares on the HCM City to Bangkok route will start from 12 USD and from 40 USD one way to Siem Reap......

Under the new decision issued by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, the year-long tourism program has been canceled, said Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism. Earlier this year, the country’s tourism body chose the Central Highlands province of Dalak as host to the national tourism year in 2009 with an aim to develop the hospitality industry in the high-terrain province and neighboring localities.......

This year, the festival highlights unique traditions of various local groups and helps bring them closer together,” said Lo Thi Huan, vice chairwoman of Nghia Lo commune People’s Committee. One particular performance aims to portray the beauty of the culture, people and nature of Muong Lo village as hundreds of local artists are set to perform xoe dancing (traditional dance of Thai ethnic people). The dance brings everyone together in a circle around the village shrine, and with so many people hand-in-hand several circles are likely to form.......

The month-long contest will draw 130 beauty crown winners from 130 nations across the world and see 20 related events take place across the country. They include the Miss World Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional gowns) fashion show in Ho Chi Minh City, a fruit festival in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang and a Miss World Ambassadors night in Hanoi.......

Visitors will have the opportunity to explore various tourism forms available in Vietnam such as ecotourism, countryside tourism, sea tourism, adventure tourism and cultural tourism as well as its special culinary, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on Oct. 21.......

Organizers told the press on Tuesday (October 14) that the festival will be held in Bao Loc Town, famous as a premier tea growing area in the country, from December 4-7. The festival will have many activities including exhibitions and a trade promotion program for B’lao, a Vietnamese tea brand; a fashion show featuring Bao Loc silk; tea culture nights; and a seminar on enhancing the quality of Vietnamese tea.....

The four day festival of the Regions’ Culture Identity Exchange, which at it closing ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House on October 9th, left a deep impression on visitors....

The Cham ethnic minority people, followers of Balamon religion, in central Ninh Thuan province are holding their traditional Kate festival, the biggest annual festival of Cham people, from September 28-30, 2008......

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is a country with many legendary places of built during its long 4,000 year history. Among them is Con Son - Kiep Bac. Countless pilgrims and tourists around the country have made the journey to the sacred region of Con Son - Kiep Bac.