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Half day discovery at Hoian ancient town

Hoian is totally a hightlight on your stay in Vietnam. This tour will help you explore quaint streets and houses, ancient shrines, cozy ambience and hospitable people with professional and knowledgeable guide

Full day discover Angkor complex joining tour

Immerse yourself in the mystifying history of Cambodia’s sacred temples and ancient archeological sites. Join with us, you will have a chance to explore and discover every corner of this UNESCO Heritage.

Yangon city sightseeing tour

You will hear about the colonial architecture, religious buildings and parks and feel the real Yangon with our tour.

Full day Luang Prabang heritage

Luang Prang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Join with us, you will able to visit the most highlights in town in your own way

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Tuesday, April 15

VietJetAir official launch flight to Singapore

VietJetAir Airlines official launch flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore and vice versa from 23/05/2014. Departure time is 8.50 am morning, flight from the international airport of Tan Son Nhat International, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh City.

Routes HCMC - Singapore is the first time VietJet extraction with 7 round trip frequency / week, each leg of the flight time is about 1 hour 50 minutes. Flights will depart daily from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore at 8.50 am and at 11:40 ( local time ). Reverse depart at 12h40 ( local time ) from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City and at 13h30. Routes HCMC - Singapore’s VietJet supply extra 2,520 seats / week for passengers to meet the travel demands of the increasing population and tourists.


Mr. Desmond Lin - Director of Business Development VietJet said : "VietJet open routes between Ho Chi Minh City - Singapore to meet the food needs work, work, travel, study, shopping ... Day the rise of the two countries residents and visitors with cost savings. This is our commitment to customer VietJet about constantly growing international network, providing more opportunities for people flying to destinations across the globe." (source: vietjetair)
Starting on 03/20/2014, passengers booking tickets easily on all channels VietJetAir ticket.

Wednesday, April 2

Five new destinations in Vietnam

Community based tourism is not only help visitors mingle with nature but also unleash explore cultural minorities.

Located in the master plan for tourism development 2010 - 2015, enters this year's tourist season Bat Xat district ( Lao Cai ) has developed and launched the five cultural tourist village located on the online community Lao Cai - Bat Xat - Sa Pa forming chain link extends points.

1. Lung Po

Lung Po is far away from Lao Cai city is about 70km. The Road to Ban Xeo- Den Sang is very bad with large riprap little lumpy on road, beneath the Muong Vi wool stream flows through rocks deep spleen hun smoke to pour on the Red River at The Vuoc so you have to drive slow, stable handlebars.


 Road is higher gradually, there are places up to 12 % slopes and cliffs protruding.

Around noon, you will reach the Y Ty - a famous highland in Bat Xat district at an altitude of 2660m, the people here are mostly ethnic Ha Nhi, Mong, Dao. Every time the road will make you a worse driver braced to avoid the jolt but two scenes offset the picturesque, sparkling slopes wipe flowers, wild chrysanthemum bushes, far away from the vast dunes corn, bananas, like matchbox houses are tiny protruding above the mountains, fertile valleys and quiet villages.

You will be the next milestone of 92 and found a big tree - this is natural landmarks marked borders Vietnam - China, beneath the alluvial intersection of small stream from mountain A Mu Sung by the Red River Bat Xat district. That is where the main rivers flowing into the soil Vietnam Hong us - Lung Po.
This is where the Red River flows into Vietnam land. Here, visitors can get very immersed in the river, mountains and explore the culture of the Mongolian people.

2. Lao Chai

Lao Chai village of Black Ha Nhi, Lao Cai city 70 km ( Bat Xat district ). On looking down, Lao Chai is situated between mountains and rocky hills with cogon houses look like giant mushrooms growing on the side of the mountain at an altitude of 2,660 m; around namsuong Government and cold.

Lao Chai has 76 households, the village has some black Hanhi east living in Y Ty plateau. The homes here are made according to the type of wall, by land with two laps inside and outside. Wall rubs her thick 40 - 45cm, height of about 4.5 to 5 m in ice cores arranged, by holding hands.

Each house measuring 65-80 square meters, has a short slope (four roofs) cogon roof, no porch. In the middle of the house has a door and a door or two ventilation to the left or right side of the aisle. Once inside the second door as thick outer walls. After this time the kitchen door and bedroom family home.



3. Den Sang

Area: 40.72 km ² with a population of 1,784 people. This is the land of cultural sexism of the Red Dao people customs renowned as excellent levels, fire jumps and processing of tobacco leaves from trees.

Especially popular with spring here called The poetic stream between green valleys. This springs from the center of Bat Xat district 40 km road passes. Jungle streams derived from black to flow through this commune, a meeting place, a center of youth or the young couple that middle-aged people also flock to tingle slave to exchange about life, how do eat, how to build a happy family...

4. Muong Hum Market

Muong Hum market is small longstanding located between the villages of ethnic minorities, specific to the highlands in Vietnam market. Market meeting on Sunday, the busiest day of alpine Bat Xat.

 For the year under small valley adjacent to the stream with clear water, surrounded by towering mountains clouds overlap. Weekdays, who also likes to admire this charming Muong Hum, also on the fair visitors the most stunning is the market along streams.

Beside a stream, waiting for all horses in the spring market focus with enough hair color, sometimes we take whinny echoes charges made painting even more vivid, very rarely seen elsewhere. The suspension bridge or a stone bridge spanning the stream always brought the horse back and forth...

Inside Market noisy, crowded and not from the client before admiring costumes “blinding” of the ethnic girls.



Girls, boys in the village where grocery purchases, but only to go to learn, to have fun, find your love, so anyone can do pretty much less attend the festival. The flower girl dresses sexy Butt, the team added the wig with brilliant colored wool yarn looks like a walking flower, blooming shimmer.

Equally Beautiful Red Dao costume: the girls wear black indigo dotted pattern on the chest like the butterflies and the red scarf is to add a lot of silver jewelry, always sparkles. Both the Dao ethnic baby, despite being on the back sling mom mother but also cared about clothes, hat and scarf children are most people prefer to watch ...

5. Ban Xeo

Ban Xeo ( Bat Xat ) is located in Muong Vi east, near the west to Thang commune, commune south and Nam Pung Pa Cheo, north Ban Vuoc and cup noodles.

So, come to this place, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the interesting culture and life of the people.

Wednesday, January 15

New project on Vietnam’s east coast

Plans have been unveiled for a major new tourism and residential project on Vietnam’s east coast.

Local company Vung Ro Petroleum has joined forces with the Rose Rock Group, an investment management and real estate firm founded by members of the Rockefeller family, to create a huge new US$2 billion mixed-use resort development in Vung Ro Bay, in the Vietnamese province of Phu Yen.

According to plans, the development will divide the picturesque Vung Ro Bay into three sections: ‘The Marina’, ‘The Village’ and Bai Mon Beach, which will be connected by a 2.5km pedestrian path called ‘The Green Thread’.


The Marina will make use of Vung Ro’s natural deep water and sheltered bay to create a new luxury yachting complex comprising 350 berths, along with a waterfront hotel, retail outlets, bars and restaurants.

The Village will be the central part of the complex, offering residential accommodation and a main 650-metre-long retail street. Finally, the 400-metre-long Bai Mon Beach will be developed to offer a range of watersports and a boutique hotel.

In total the complex is expected to comprise 760 hotel rooms, 4,300 apartments and 100 townhouses, along with 200,000m² of retail, F&B, entertainment, education and healthcare facilities.

“We are extremely excited to be embarking on this mega project,” said Kirill Korolev, CEO & general director, at Vung Ro Petroleum. “Our plan is to create a vibrant community for Vung Ro around the area’s natural beauty and provide a world class destination for discerning residents and visitors.”

Vung Ro Bay is located approximately half way between Ho Chi Minh City and Danang. The closest airport is Dong Tac, which is served by Vietnam Airlines with direct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.



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Tuesday, December 3

24 hours for living in Hanoi

If there are 24 hours to live in Hanoi, what would you do? Please refer to the very interesting suggestion below. My friend used to be a tour guide said that there are many foreign backpack tourists alone in Hanoi. Many had only 24 hours to “live" with this city, so after they left Hanoi on various forums wrote "lament" that they are exposed exclusively to Hanoi as a destination, but cannot touch a corner of Hanoi soul.

So today, if you only have 24 hours in Hanoi, I would volunteer to lead you. Have you actually lived with the capital of my country? Have to get up early, let’s start with an early morning routine. 4 o'clock in the morning, I’ll pick you up and carry you across the West Lake, where every magic mist like a thousand years ago. In the early summer, when Hanoi was not awakened by Kin Kin vehicle, you will also find the smell of lotus in the wind.

But now is the last day of the year, West Lake lotus season was off. But step into Quang Ba flower market you will have the opportunity to touch the soul of Hanoi. Because in this land, every float trip is a highlight on the street and each bottle are always fresh flowers the family habit of Hanoi.
Like all other wholesale markets, the largest flower market in Hanoi is from midnight meeting, but last to 3, 4 hours when is the most crowded. The flower inserts, insert the flowers, the voice coil laughter. You will not be able to do the camera clicks a row.

And you can chat with people all year round care for the suburban flower fields, so each morning, the bus helped put flowers on the streets of Hanoi, the capital city adorned for a thousand years old, that I sure, you hardly find in other city.  I’ll take you to the most popular noodle shop in Hanoi situated on Bat Dan Street, or just cave to taste the world famous city of Hanoi, while watching each doorway of the City open neck pick a new date. And there is nothing more wonderful, if you and I go in with the flow along the horizontal Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake swept down into the early morning.

I’ll tell you about Turtle Tower, the sacred turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake. It’s just a legend, both rare animals of the world today but the clouds are invasive red-eared turtle habitat. Standing between Huc bridges, I’ll tell you about the “specialty" lake of my nation's capital.


Hundreds of lakes in the city are really good examples in which there are few cities. And thus, the Hanoi people are very proud of the lake in the city. Then, I will take you to visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Our people are often called Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh loved by his name: Uncle Ho. Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a chance for you to learn deeply about a national hero of our country, has gained worldwide recognition.

If you are a lover of literature, I will take you to explore winding alley in the small Bui Xuong Trach’s town, where the writer lived quietly. His garden is large cards but not as ancient Buddha statues Quan route no longer just in the middle of the garden as the author of “Golden Fire”, “For Excellence”, “No king “has cut a portion of the ancestors to build a house to sell for money for his two sons, but still large enough for you to discover in a few hours. Nguyen Huy Card is one of the famous writer in Vietnam, is also the author of a work is translated into many languages around the world (hence, perhaps he is the writer Vietnam cards received net cash best pen from foreign publishing units).


If you do not refuse, writer Nguyen Huy will invite you to eat an informal lunch with the vegetables in the garden and tells the story writing, interesting life story in a slow whispering voice. If you are painting the word of love, I’ll take you round the edge of the village of West Lake, met Bui Hanh Be, 91 years old, the painting is quite special word of Hanoi; you’ll notice a surprising, unexpected fun. Written in Chinese characters or scripts, but are symbolic in nature, the text is annotated with Vietnam and the international language below for you to from any country in the world can “read “the picture content. For example the word " Code " shaped span a horse 's hooves, tossing mane, accompanied by the word " horse " and the word Eevalo below.

If you are a lover of books, I’ll ring you back on Bat Dan Street, where there is both an old book store in the heart of the old town old teacher named Mr. Phan Trac Canh. The house number 5 always closed the door, turned the front as busy street disallow the golden rule about... 10 tons of old books filled every corner, along the stairs. Old books in many different areas, there are special rare publications, such as the book “Souvenirs de Hue “print from 1867 by French author Michel Duc Hue Chaigneau wrote memories about worn wrapped carefully kidney. The book “modern Chinese literature textbooks letter” published in 1928 and “Five geniuses” in 1929 also intact.


The owner of the “private library” was also collected books about Hanoi is quite impressive. Many foreign researchers like Professor Yao Takao archaeologist husband or wife and Abe Yuriko Kikuchi Seichi... also had to look to “clean house “thanks to his scene looking for the documents for the study. Afternoon Hanoi, I will lead you to the Opera House runs through the city and do not forget to turn over the books Trang Tien Street. Then I take you to Temple of Literature, where I will have plenty to tell you about the history and traditions of Hanoi. 3/2010, 82 doctoral stone steles were built from 1484 to 1780, has been recognized as a UNESCO documentary heritage of the world and the beer was ice has become the first world heritage site of Hanoi.

Leaving the Temple of Literature, the car runs really slowly on Hoang Dieu Street, and shows you the simple house where General Vo Nguyen Giap lives with his family many decades. “The General “- make sure that you already know the name, he was associated with the war to protect Vietnamese people.
When the city lights up, I’ll walk with you to the final step of a day in Hanoi, through the door Gate - a single gate remains just been renovated to turn into a “stranger”.  And I’ll tell you about the cell door were lost the battles of the civil and military capital to protect every inch of land is much loved.

Dinner has come. I invite you to Cha Ca restaurant - a place has been included in the list of “10 places need to before you die “worldwide. Background downs of this restaurant is the story I think will surprise you there. Then we lined up the Long Bien Bridge - the bridge crossed the age of 100, became a familiar symbol of Hanoi. Just walking on the bridge, just hear waves gently slapping the Red River around her and rushes to the bitter cold winds of winter characterized Hanoi via sliding collar. I want to stop here to offer you a cup of coffee in a cafe on Thanh Nien Road, so you look up and down a crowded street.

The experience in 24 short hours, I also believe that you have touched the depth, touching a corner and soul of Thang Long.
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Tuesday, November 19

The Temple of Literature



Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam in Quoc Tu Giam street, Dong Da district , Hanoi. The Temple of Literature was built in October 1070 where worship Confucius, Confucian sages and  Quoc Tu Giam Justice Chu Van An, the typical teacher and moral importance of education in Vietnam.
In 1076, Quoc Tu Giam was built adjacent to the Temple of Literature then  initial placement of the prince, after expanding the student receiving good in the galaxy .


V ăn Mieu was surounded  by brick’s wall. Inside the barrier layer, there are 5 zones. The first zone begins with the main entrance, on the word of Literature port, the port is under two stone dragons period of Le style ( 15th century ). Aisle leading to the Great Central Square gate opening for the second one. The two sides are two small ports. The walkway that leads to Khue Van The ( watching the beauty of Sao Khue -literary themes ). The two sides have also hung two small ports. The third zone is from guard to Khue Van Dai Thanh Mon , in the middle of the square there is a lake called Thien Quang Tinh ( skylight in the morning ).
Two side of lake are stone steles garden  that named the doctoral degree ( in 1993 with funding from a portion of U.S. business organizations, Van Mieu Management has built eight houses for cover of this beer ).  Dr is the highest pass in the exam regulations. In the past, the school after about 10 years of capital letters light enough books for immediate examination exam guide provincial organizations, opened a department every three years.  Achieving high point of this exam at Bachelor degree. The following year his Bachelor of capital to the exam. Those benchmarks will be enough exam Dinh ( Dinh exam and the exam is actually two phases of a competition ) .

Matriculation exam called Dr . Doctoral degree which can be undermined . There are 82 stone steles , stone stele is the oldest record of the examination in 1442 , the latest science of stone steles  in 1779 . It is the most precious relics of the ruins. Step through the door to the University of the fourth.  A large yard, two blocks from the Ta Vu, Vu Huu, which lists up to worship the grape . At the end of the game and defeated the harem, beautiful and monumental architecture. There are a number of precious objects: the left bell cast in 1768, opening the right side there is a stone plate, engraved on the article about the use of this type of instrument.

The layout of the latest Van Mieu is  also from the Le Dynasty ( 15th century - 18th century ). Particularly Khue Van The newly built in the early 19th century , but also in the overall planning of the capital of Literature ( Van Mieu as in Qufu , China , the hometown of Confucius , the Great Central Square meet, The Van Khue , Dai Thanh Mon , Dai Thanh Dien , Ph.D. beer ... ). Khue Van The Temple of Literature in Hanoi hosts usually average of all of the medical literature or death .
After  “ Dai Bai” hall is a contemporary  Quoc Tu Giam university. When  Nguyen Hue was leaving the school to ease transition to this Holy Temple,  Confucius parents, but this temple was damaged during the war . Van Mieu is relic abundance and diversity complex and being the leading destination in Hanoi.

Monday, January 7

Laos tourism soars past target

Tourism officials believe visits to Laos will top 3.1 million in 2012, up by 14% compared to 2011.

Vientiane Times reported earlier this week that the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism has an unofficial tally of all the provinces, except for Khammuan province and Vientiane.

Even without December figures for these two areas, Laos has already registered 2.9 million a record for the country’s tourism, which is based mainly on heritage and ecotourism attractions. Tourism Development Department director-general, Soun Manivong, said he was confident that once the December figures from Khammuan province and Vientiane are factored in another 200,000 visits will push the 2012 total to 3.1 million.

“In recent years, Vientiane alone welcomed 300,000 visitors in December. But bearing in mind that Vientiane hosted the ASEAN University Games this month it makes sense that the city and province will have been more tourist arrivals than normal,” Mr. Soun told the Vientiane Times.

“The forecast of 3.1 million visitors is our lowest projection and I think we can expect even more than that,” he added. Laos has enjoyed robust tourism growth in recent years that could lead to some readjustments of the country’s long range business targets.

“We will need to revise forecasts,” Mr. Soun said, after seeing the rapid growth. He attributed the high figure to government policies that ease travel through visa exemptions and more airline links.

It has achieved the remarkable growth despite having little cash to fund its Visit Laos Year 2012 that gained little media exposure outside the country. One striking example was the growth in tourist arrivals from the Republic of Korea up from 35,000 in 2011 to more than 50,000 in 2012, an increase of 46%. It was mainly due visa exemptions and the start-up of direct airline services. Notably, tourists from neighboring Cambodia represented the biggest growth of 107%. Cambodian visitors to Laos reached an increase of about 7,500 in 2011 to more than 15,500.

Mr. Soun noted a 26% growth in Chinese tourists, up from about 150,000 in 2011 to 190,000 this year. Against the backdrop of substantial increases in visits from Asian markets, Laos suffered a drop in visits from both Europe and the United States (minus 9% and 8% respectively). That trend is likely to continue in 2013 for Laos and all of its Mekong Region neighbors as recession bugs the economies of Europe and the US.

This month Vientiane hosts the annual ASEAN Tourism Forum that will be attended by around 800 tourism officials and representatives of ASEAN’s tourism industry. A trade fair included in the ATF format will attract another 250 to 300 buyers from worldwide markets, lifting the overall attendance at the week-long event to around 1,200, arguably the largest tourism event to be hosted in the Lao capital.

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Friday, December 14

VFS adds visa centre in Vietnam

Embassies of Italy and Spain in Vietnam have partnered with London-based VFS Global, to launch a new Schengen visa application centre in Ho Chi Minh City, 2 January 2013.

The visa centre, at Resco Tower, 4th floor, 94-96 Nguyen Du, District 1, will start operations 3 January. The opening times will be 0830 to 1200 and 1300 to 1600, from Monday to Friday.

The move should encourage travel to Europe by making it easier to apply for the Schengen visa, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Lorenzo Angeloni told a press conference last week.

It is also part of cost cutting measures as both government’s face an unprecedented financial crisis. Out-sourcing visa processes allows embassies to cut staff costs substantially.

VFS Global, a worldwide outsourcing and technology services company for diplomatic missions and governments, will be responsible for processing applications for Schengen visas from applicants residing across Vietnam, if the first port of entry in Europe is either Italy or Spain.

Lorenzo Angeloni
Lorenzo Angeloni
 VFS collects a non-refundable fee for the service in addition to the visa fee itself. It is one of most lucrative enterprises related to travel with guaranteed income and very little risk for the company.

Head of the Commercial Office of Spain in Vietnam, Antonio Bretones, said: “We’d like to make the whole process of applying for a visa to Spain easier for the citizens in Ho Chi Minh City, in order to encourage the exchanges between the two countries.”
VFS Global’s South East Asia and Pacific head, Loren Dsouza, said: “We’ve been privileged to be associated with the government of Italy in 17 countries and serve the government of Spain across 35 countries.”

He added his company had 775 visa application centers around the world.
What he omitted to explain is how the company guarantees the security of data and information it collects on visa applicants, which includes in many instances personal bank details, financials, company records and other confidential information.
TTR Weekly has often posted questions to companies handling visa processes to explain the rules they apply to information storage and at what point do they destroy supporting financial documents presented by visa applicants.
So far the responses have been circuitous and less than reassuring for security conscious travelers.

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