Yes. See what they mean about Nha Trang. It is a LOT busier than I was hoping. Sort of Brighton-ish, but I am determined t0 make the best of it. My hotel is lovely and I have a massive room. Another aching rock hard bed though. When I wake up in the morning it takes [...]

With a very dry mouth and a bit of a sore head I had a quick shower before heading downstairs to pack a smaller bag for my trip. Aruna was already waiting and watched giggling as I fought with my bag trying to get shorts from underneath all the items I seemed to have amassed. [...]

Monday, 30th August Caught a sh*t train, sat with the peasants. Disaster. Tuesday, 31st August We arrived in Nha Trang yesterday but not early enough for me to be bothered to write about it. We checked into the Blue Sky, another great value place. We seem to have our hotel routine down now. Our tips: [...]

Departing Ho Chi Minh at exactly 11 pm, the train ride was definitely an experience to remember. The 4 bed cabins were full so we had a 6 cabin room, which is 2 sides with triple level bunk beds…. claustrophobia galoreeee, esp since I had a middle bed. To be honest I was freaking out [...]

A tourism promotion conference for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in 2011 took place in Ho Chi Minh City on January 19. The conference also announced the National Tourism Year 2012 which will be hosted by the province. It is part of activities to continue promoting images of land, people and tourism products as [...]

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar will jointly produce a documentary titled, “Four countries – one destination” with the aim of promoting the countries’ tourism industry and strengthening their cooperation in the field. The film is part of the national action programme in tourism and the national tourism promotion programme in 2010 initiated by Vietnam. Covering [...]

Giong Festival to receive UNESCO certificate The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the People’s Committee of Hanoi City and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO will organise a ceremony to grant UNESCO certificate to the Giong Festival as a world heritage in Hanoi on January 22. The Giong Festival was the third cultural heritages [...]

The fact that Vietnam received a record five million foreign tourists and 28 million domestic visitors, earning VND96 trillion, has been selected as one of the top ten tourism achievements in 2010. The top ten list was announced by Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) at a [...]

A conference on tourism promotion for the central Province of Thua Thien-Hue has been held in Hanoi to introduce tourism services and cultural programmes to the Province this year. The Hue Traditional Crafts Festival, to be celebrated from April 29 to May 3, will be the key event for tourists this year and will build [...]

This morning we woke up and got to the travel office at around 7:30 to wait for the bus. 20 minutes later we walked with our tour guide to another office a few streets away where the buses met. This office was literally across the street from our hotel — we could have had another [...]