The Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of Vietnam’s ethnic groups in the Central Coastal and Highland region with the theme “Sea and Island Tourism” will be held in Phu Yen Province by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee from July 1st to 9th 2011.
The visa fee exemption policy took effect on October 10 after the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) had issued guidelines on the policy over weekend.
Air France, a founding member of the airline alliance SkyTeam, on September 29 said it would resume the Ho Chi Minh City-Paris direct flight on November 2, after six years of cessation.
The Nordic Week featuring mouth-watering Nordic specialties by three celebrated Swedish Chefs, Gert Klötzke, Mårten Karlsson and Martin Isaksson is at the Equatorial Hotel HCMC until October 8.
On the nights of October 1 and 2, the German beer festival, Oktoberfest, takes place at Lion Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. This is a program organized annually in October by Lion Restaurant. This year’s program is held in coincidence with the 200th anniversary of the traditional festival of Germany.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer special discounts of up to 85% compared to normal prices on all its international flights for individual booking made between September 30 and October 10.
Vietnam welcomed about 3.96 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18.4 percent, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
