The Hanoitimes - This is the second visit paid by Cambodian top leaders over the past two weeks. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni is in a three-day “friendship building” visit to Vietnam where he met Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on December 19. President Nguyen Phu Trong met Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi on Dec 19. Photo:VNS The Cambodian king was warmly welcomed by the Vietnamese president, who said that the king is a close friend of the Vietnamese people and praised the achievements of the Cambodian people at the meeting. Trong stressed that the king’s ongoing leisure tour to Danang showed his special sentiments to Vietnam and invited the King and Queen Mother to make a state visit or a leisure tour to Vietnam at a convenient time. This is the second visit paid by Cambodian top leaders over the past two weeks. During his official visit to Vietnam on December 6-8, Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Cambodia king in Vietnam for leisure tour
Vietnam 3 day tours
Enjoy the beautiful scenery and unique dishes of Dak Lak in 3 days
In Dak Lak, visitors will experience climate, culture and foods typical of the Central Highlands that they cannot find anywhere else. Day 1: Buon Ma Thuot city - Da Voi mountain - Lak lake In Buon Ma Thuot, the capital of Dak Lak, visitors often start their morning with a cup of coffee in a coffee shop in Le Thanh Tong Street. For breakfast, you can try pho (Vietnamese noodles soup) or vermicelli, especially the delicious 2-bowl pho of Gia Lai style. Gia Lai Province is a neighbor of Dak Lak. Dak Lak Museum of Ethnology in Buon Me Thuot. Photo by Shutterstock/vivanvu Then, you can visit the Dak Lak Museum of Ethnology in Buon Ma Thuot or go to the KoTam resort to learn about the culture of the Ede and M'Nong ethnic minority groups. You can visit a house on stilts and learn about the gong culture. The air is fresh with a nearby lake, bamboos and an artificial waterfall. Flowers grow in the garden all year long. After going around Buon Ma Thuot, visitors can hit Highway … [Read more...] about Enjoy the beautiful scenery and unique dishes of Dak Lak in 3 days
Football, National Day’s tours lure visitors
Tourist companies offer one day package tour on September at the price from VND11,900,000 (US$517) – VND14,900,000 (US$647), departing from Hanoi and HCM City. Meanwhile tours of one to two nights to famous destinations like Da Lat, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Nha Trang and Mekong Delta region for the National Day have also attracted many visitors. The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to offer two additional flights from Hanoi to Jakarta and one additional flights from HCM City to Jakarta on September 1. The flight will be served by Airbus A321 aircraft. In addition, the carrier announced that it will increase 32 flights during the Vietnam National Day holidays (September 2) from August 31 to September 3, providing 6,500 more seats to meet the high demand on routes, such as Hanoi-Da Nang/Quy Nhon/Phu Quoc; HCM City-Quy Nhon/Nha Trang/Phu Quoc/Da Lat. The total number of seats during the period will be more than 151,000 seats. The Viet Nam Olympic team will meet UAE in the match … [Read more...] about Football, National Day’s tours lure visitors
Vietnam province puzzled with nine-dash line T-shirts brought by Chinese group
A group of Chinese tourists entering Vietnam wearing T-shirts with a Chinese map that violates Vietnam's sovereignty has caused uproar among local public and won global headlines, prompting top tourism officials to urge for actions, but Khanh Hoa Province said it does not know what to do. Officials in the central coastal province said they are aware that it's illegal for someone in Vietnam to demonstrate the nine-dash line, which claims most of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer South China Sea as China's territory, but there are not yet specific legal regulations to handle the situation. Tran Son Hai, the province's vice chairman, said this was the first time Chinese nationals were caught wearing the controversial outfit to enter Vietnam. The province has an etiquette guide for tourists and a code of conduct warning them against spreading false information about Vietnam's history and culture, but nothing specifically about the nine-dash line. The line has been met with strong opposition … [Read more...] about Vietnam province puzzled with nine-dash line T-shirts brought by Chinese group
Chinese tourists enter Vietnam in controversial nine-dash line T-shirts
By Xuan Ngoc  May 15, 2018 | 03:53 pm GMT+7 They were asked to take them off and give them to local police. A group of Chinese tourists did not have a smooth entry in Vietnam on Sunday when police found them wearing T-shirts containing a Chinese map with the nine-dash line that violated Vietnam’s waters sovereignty. Police at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa found 14 Chinese nationals wearing the controversial outfit on Sunday night. The line is a demarcation that claims 90 percent of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer South China Sea as China's territory, which has been met with strong opposition from the international community. It overlaps with claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan, and violates Vietnam's sovereignty over the waterway, which it calls the East Sea. The Chinese group was set to have a five-day tour in the coastal town Nha Trang, an hour north of the airport, with a local tour company. A … [Read more...] about Chinese tourists enter Vietnam in controversial nine-dash line T-shirts