Months before Tet, travel agents began offering a wide range of tours and services with big promotions. This year, in addition to itineraries of Ninh Binh, Ha Long, Lao Cai, Ha Giang, and Tuyen Quang, there are tours to regions with buckwheat flowers and daisies in full bloom. “My family usually travels to a new destination for each lunar New Year festival. This year we will visit several northern pagodas. My wife wants to visit Yen Tu pagoda to pray for a year full of happiness and health,” said Bui Cong Anh of Hanoi’s Cau Giay district. According to Phan Thi Thu Minh, Director of the Hoang Anh Tourism Company, the number of southerners signing up for journeys to northern areas has increased 15%, especially for tours to places with flowers in bloom. Many have chosen to welcome the lunar New Year among the ethnic minorities of the north western regions. “We encourage our customers to plan their trips in detail with travel agents in advance to ensure smooth and enjoyable travel,” said Ms. Thu Minh. Trips to the Republic of Korea, Japan, Taipei China, Thailand, and Singapore are also popular with many families. “The Lunar New Year Festival is the longest holiday of the year, when the whole family can travel together. In northern Vietnam, people often travel on the second day of the lunar New Year, with favorite destinations being warm places like Thailand, Singapore, and Hongkong China, whose traditions of welcoming the New Year and practicing Buddhism… [Read full story]
The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance announced that the prices of E5 are not higher than VND18,672 per litre, and those of diesel 0.05S and kerosene should not be higher than VND15,959 per litre and VND14,560 per litre, respectively. The changes took effect from 15:00 on February 3. Meanwhile, the two ministries also decided to adjust the price stabilisation fund for E5 bio-fuel at VND1,141 per litre while the use of the fund for diesel was VND678 per litre. The Ministries of Industry-Trade and Finance conducted a review of fuel prices every 15 days to…... [read more]
Can Tho scientists, intellectuals meet for lunar New Year celebration Head of the municipal Party Committee’s Communications and Education Committee, Tran Viet Truong, urged the scientists to contribute more to help the city fully tap its potentials. "We hope that scientists and intellectuals will continue to support the local authorities in improving high-quality human resources in Can Tho City and the Mekong River Delta in general", said Truong at the event. ... [read more]
HA NOI — The cost of international tours is set to increase during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival by up to 30-40 per cent compared to the end of last year, tourism companies nationwide have announced. According to Vietsky Travel, the price of a five-day tour to Thailand has increased from US$290 to around $430. Meanwhile, the price of a four-day trip to Singapore has increased by nearly $100 to $590. Tours prices to Hong Kong had also gone up by $100, it added. High air travel prices are cited as the main reason. "As usual, the prices…... [read more]
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed off on a proposal that will have the upcoming Tet break start two days before Lunar New Year's Day, which falls on February 16, 2018. This option is the first of the two seven-day options proposed by the labor ministry in September. Under the second option, the holiday will start on February 15, a day before Tet, and run until February 21, the sixth day of the New Year. Schools and other businesses across the country usually follow the same break as government offices. "The holiday would start on [December] 29 and people would go…... [read more]
Citizens of Hanoi and tourists alike will be entertained with dazzling firework displays at 30 sites across the city on the 2018 Lunar New Year’s Eve, according to the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration plan recently issued by Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Duc Chung. Hoan Kiem Lake is one of the five locations for high-range fireworks in Hanoi on the 2018 Lunar New Year's Eve Specifically, five locations for high-range fireworks include Hoan Kiem Lake (Hoan Kiem district), Thong Nhat Park (Hai Ba Trung district), Lac Long Quan flower garden (Tay Ho distrct), Van Quan Lake (Ha…... [read more]
