VIETNAM TRAVEL NEWS
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Travel in brief 10 Dec
Ha Noi hotel ranked in top four
Uncle Ho's father's death noted
VNAT focuses on four main markets
HCM City tourist discounts
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Get a real taste of Viet Nam
American pottery artisan Lee Middleman and his
wife Donnie decided to spice up their holiday to Viet Nam by joining a cooking
class at La Residence Hotel&Spa in the former royal capital city of Hue.
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Travel firm hires airplanes for Vietnamese football fans
Immediately after Vietnam beat Singapore 1-0 to
enter the semi-finals of AFF Cup 2010, hundreds of fans called travel agents to
book trips to Malaysia, where Vietnam and Malaysia will meet in the first semi
final game on December 15.
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New Areas Dance To The Backpacker Beat
The backpacker grapevine, online and word of
mouth, lands Vietnam travelers in areas where Westerners congregate such as HCM
City’s Pham Ngu Lao area in District 1.
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Dak Lak hangs on to vanishing heritage
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is being
stripped of its cultural heritage as gongs, drums and many ancient hunting
knives and tools are used to feed the thriving trade in ethnic antiques,
officials warn.
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Calling for more flights to Phu Yen
Phu Yen province is calling for airlines to open
more flights to Tuy Hoa as well as encouraging current airlines such as VASCO
and Vietnam Airlines to increase weekly flights.
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Recognition sought for amateur music
Twenty-one provinces and cities in the south are
compiling information on don ca tai tu (southern amateur music) that will be
submitted for recognition as an intangible cultural heritage from the United
Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cutural Organisation (UNESCO).
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