HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam National Television (VTV) will air a documentary series entitled Colours of Japan on January 19, kicking off a range of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of ties between Việt Nam and Japan. The series, now in its third season, is co-produced by VTV and Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). The episodes aim to enable Vietnamese viewers to get a television tour of Japan. The series presenter is Lê Anh. Anh, a lecturer at Hà Nội National University’s Tourism Department and popular MC, will help audiences discover and explore the five prefectures of Chiba, Shizuoka, Oita, Nagasaki and Yamanashi. "I have studied Japan for a long time," said Anh, who has visited Japan ten times. "Luckily, I was invited to appear in the series’ season three. I hope my understanding of Japan will help convey interesting messages to … [Read more...] about ‘Colours of Japan’ celebrate ties with small screen tour
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Experiencing new river tours in Saigon
Saigontourist Holding Company, the country’s leading tourism services provider, has put into service five new tourist boats and rolled out a variety of fresh river tours, which take in popular destinations in the city and neighboring provinces. Saigontourist launches new river tours taking in popular destinations in HCMC and neighboring provinces - PHOTO: COURTESY OF SAIGONTOURISTThe tours, designed by Binh Quoi Tourist Village in conjunction with Saigontourist Travel Service Co., an arm of Saigontourist Holding Company, offer a range of options for passengers. Tan Cang-Thanh Da Binh Quoi Peninsula tourThe boat will pick up tourists at 4 p.m. at Tan Cang tourist site. The tour is available on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and scheduled to finish at 8 p.m.Along the way visitors can admire the peaceful landscape of Thanh Da Peninsula, which is only eight kilometers from the city center but its atmosphere is different from the noisy city life in the downtown area. In … [Read more...] about Experiencing new river tours in Saigon
Tết tour programmes launched
HCM CITY — Saigontourist Travel Service Co has arranged several tour programmes ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tết, for domestic travellers, especially overseas Vietnamese hoping to recall their memories of the countryside. The one-to-two day tours are available from the 11th to the 27th of the 12th lunar month, offering those who want to visit places in the southern region to get a feel of the busy atmosphere before Tết. Tourists who cannot join a long trip can take a one-day tour of popular destinations in HCM City such as Bình Đông Wharf, Phú Mỹ Hưng Urban Area, 3D Artinus Museum, the Reunification Palace and the 68-storey Bitexco Financial Tower at a price of VNĐ779,000 (US$34.5) per customer, with departure on February 8, 10 and 12. A one-day tour to Mỹ Tho City is priced at VNĐ979,000 with departure on February 7 and 12, while a one-day tour to Cái Bè-Vinh Long in the Mekong Delta costs … [Read more...] about Tết tour programmes launched
Quang Binh province to open expedition tours exploring Pygmy Cave
The entrance to Pygmy Cave is about 845 meters in length and 100 meters by 100 meters in height and width. This entrance is also a camping site where visitors can sleep during the tour Drinkable water trickles down from the cave roof. Sunlight penetrates the cave which helps ferns grow. The Cave Pygmy is considered the fourth largest cave in the world ranked by the British Cave Research Association. At the entrance of the cave, tourists can see ropes and ladders that locals used to climb to collect bird nests and honey. Local people discovered Pygmy Cave in 1997 before it was explored by the British Cave Research Association. During the tours, visitors can explore the others cave namely Over Cave and Tiger Cave. The Over Cave was covered by a beautiful … [Read more...] about Quang Binh province to open expedition tours exploring Pygmy Cave
Quang Binh opens tours to world’s 4th largest Pygmy Cave
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Tours to Ho (Tiger), Over and Pygmy Caves in the central province of Quang Binh have been launched by Jungle Boss, a local tour operator.A view in Pygmy Cave, the world's 4th largest in the central province of Quang Binh. Since the beginning this year, Quang Binh authorities allowed open exploration tours to Pygmy, the fourth largest in the world in the UNESCO-listed Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. The tour lasts three days and two nights, with the price of nearly VND10 million/pax trip. Each trip has a maximum of 14 visitors.Jade coloured ponds in the shape of stairs in Over Cave. On the first day, visitors depart at Jungle Boss headquarters to Km24 Road 20 Quyet Thang. They then go on a trek at about five hours to reach Ho Cave. During the trip, visitors can swim 300 metres in the cave. This is also the place where visitors stay in the first night.The second day of the trip is for exploring Over Cave, measuring 90m high and 3.2km long. Over has an impressive stalactite system. … [Read more...] about Quang Binh opens tours to world’s 4th largest Pygmy Cave
Quang Binh Province to open expedition tours exploring the world’s fourth largest cave
In the morning, the light can penetrable cave. The mouth of the cave is the place where tourist camp and sleeping over in the second night. There is a flow from the ceiling inside Pygmy cave. It is used as drinking, eating and subsistence water. The expedition tour is about 3 days and 2 nights will give you a wonderful chance to explore the Pygmy Cave.Accordingly, visitors to central Quang Binh Province will get a chance to visit three caves that were recently discovered in the territory of local Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. The province People’s Committee has allowed a local company, Jungle Boss, to exploit the caves of Pygmy, Over and Dai A for tourism purposes. The caves are adjacent, with Pygmy 845m long, Dai A 1,616m long, and Over 3,244m long. There are part of the Vom cave system in the park’s ecological restoration zone.Dai A Cave, previously known as Tiger Cave, stretches 1,616 meters in length and reaches as deep as 46 meters from its opening, which measures … [Read more...] about Quang Binh Province to open expedition tours exploring the world’s fourth largest cave
Outbound tours popular for Tet holiday
Travel demand for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday that this year begins on February 16 is expected to increase 20-30 per cent compared to last year. Customers book tours at Fiditour. Photo nld.com.vnTour prices are expected to rise by 5-15 per cent compared to normal days due to higher fees for airfares, hotels and transportation, travel firms said.Vietravel, one of the leading tour service providers in the country, has sold 65 per cent of its outbound tours and 55 per cent of domestic tours for the period, said Duong Kim Chi, deputy director of Vietravel.Travellers have planned their Tet trips earlier than in previous years, with a variety of destinations, Chi said.Trips under seven days such as tours to Japan and South Korea have been fully booked, with only 10 per cent left for sale, she said.For domestic tours, destinations in the north are popular, followed by those in the central region.This year, the company is organising overseas tours via air charter from HCM City … [Read more...] about Outbound tours popular for Tet holiday
Tour guides complain about phone and carrier requirements
Freelance tour guides in HCMC have complained about a requirement that forces them to use smartphones and subsribe to the Viettel mobile network when joining the Vietnam Tour Guides Association. A tour guide (L) takes international tourists to the Reunifi cation Palace in District 1, HCMC In a complaint sent to authorities and media outlets last week, tour guides voiced their concern over the mobile carrier requirement. They said such a requirement is not suitable for those tour guides who are neither young nor familiar with smartphones.In addition, an annual membership fee of VND500,000 and an entry fee of VND500,000, according to the tour guides who filed the complaint, are unreasonable. They want an association for tour guides in HCMC.The Vietnam Tour Guides Association, under the Vietnam Tourism Association, was founded last month, just before the new tourism law goes into force.Under the new law, those wanting to cater to tourists are required to possess tour guide ID, have … [Read more...] about Tour guides complain about phone and carrier requirements
Tour guides can continue working without affiliations
Many provinces and cities still permit tour guides who are not yet affiliated to tourism or job placement companies or professional associations to continue working although the 2017 Law on Tourism, which took effect on January 1, bans such freelancers. A tour guide (standing) works on board a tourist boat. Many provinces and cities still permit freelance tour guides to continue workingHCMC, for example, will wait for a Government decree or a ministerial circular guiding the implementation of the new law to make a decision, Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the HCMC Department of Tourism, told the Daily on January 4.Meanwhile, Tran Chi Cuong, deputy director of the Department of Tourism of Danang City, said the city would impose sanctions on tour guides violating the new law after warning them for two or three times.Danang currently has 3,200 tour guides, with 1,000 of them being members of the Danang Tour Guide Association, Cuong noted.The 2017 Law on Tourism requires tour guides to have … [Read more...] about Tour guides can continue working without affiliations
PGA Tour suspends Fritsch for doping violation
MIAMI — Canadian golfer Brad Fritsch has been suspended for three months for a doping violation that he reported himself to the US PGA Tour, the tour said on Monday. "The PGA TOUR announced today that Brad Fritsch has violated the PGA Tour Anti-Doping Policy’s ban on the use of performance-enhancing substances and has been suspended for three months," the tour said in a statement from its Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, headquarters. "Mr. Fritsch self-reported this information after discovering that an ingredient in a supplement that he was taking was on the prohibited list. "He has acknowledged his inadvertent error and accepted his suspension. He will be eligible to return on February 28, 2018." Fritsch said in a Facebook post that the banned substance, dehydroepiandrosterone, was in a weight-loss supplement he was taking. "I’m just so upset with myself that I didn’t think to question what was in the supplements. But I never did," Fritsch said in the post. "And in … [Read more...] about PGA Tour suspends Fritsch for doping violation