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A report by the U.K.-based search engine for flights, hotels and car rentals, said Vietnam’s Da Nang and Thailand’s Bangkok are the most favored Southeast Asian cities among South Koreans looking to travel abroad for the upcoming holiday.  Its conclusion is based on search frequencies for travel in September 12-15. Jeju Island, the largest island in South Korea and the country’s favorite domestic holiday destination, was also the most searched by the nation’s citizens for the holiday. The Mid-Autumn Festival, called Chuseok in South Korea, is one of the country's biggest holidays and is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. It is the South Korean equivalent to what Americans know as Thanksgiving. The celebration is typically spread across three days. South Koreans celebrate the holiday from the 14th to the 16th of the eighth lunar month, which falls September 12-14 this year. Normally, they travel back to their hometowns to spend time with their … [Read more...] about Da Nang a big draw for South Koreans celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival

The daily service is expected to help shorten travel time between the two cities to just an hour and half from the current 15 hours it takes by road, there being no flight connections to date. The non-stop flights will depart from Kunming at 7:25 p.m. (local time) and the return flights will take off from Cat Bi Airport at 9:50 p.m. (local time), the Chinese carrier stated Wednesday in a release. Hai Phong, 120 km east of Hanoi, hosts one of the most important ports in the country. It also boasts the popular Do Son Beach and Cat Ba Island, the largest in the Cat Ba Archipelago. The Cat Ba National Park on the island was recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2003, and is home to a number of historical sites. Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, is known as 'the City of Eternal Spring' for its pleasant climate and flowers that bloom all year long. It has long been known as one of China's most livable cities. An aerial view of Yuantong Temple, an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming … [Read more...] about Chinese airline launches first direct flight from Hai Phong to Kunming

Tourists participate in the 2017 Hung Kings festival (Photo: VNA) Phu Tho (VNA) – Nearly one million visitors came to pay tribute to Hung Kings and other ancestors who founded the country at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern province of Phu Tho during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. Director of the Management Board of the relic site Nguyen Duy Anh said the surge of visitors was attributable to favourable weather during the seven-day holiday, which fell on February 14-20. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ha Ke San said that the annual festival honouring the Hung Kings will be held in the province between April 21 and 25 (the 6th and 10th day of the third lunar month). The festival this year will be hosted by Phu Tho with the coordination of four other provinces, including the northern province of Thai Nguyen, the central province of Quang Nam and the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Kien Giang. An incense offering ceremony will … [Read more...] about About 1 million tourists visit Hung Temple relic site during Tet

People flock to Hung Kings Temple for the festival (Photo: VNA) Phu Tho (VNA) – The Hung Kings Temple historical relic site in Viet Tri city, the northern midland province of Phu Tho, welcomed over 7 million visitors during the Hung Kings Temple Festival from April 5-14. The figure was provided by the organizing board of the Hung Kings Temple Festival. On April 14, an incense offering ceremony was held in the province  Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation. The death anniversary of Hung Kings has long been considered a significant day of the whole nation, illustrating the spirit of solidarity and tradition “when drinking water, remember its sources”. Phu Tho along with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, the central province of Nghe An, and the northern province of Son La representing different regions across the country has actively carried out plans in celebration of the death anniversary of Hung … [Read more...] about Phu Tho welcomes 7 million arrivals to Hung Kings Temple festival

While defending its selection of persons to travel on a chartered flight to South Korea along with NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to an economic forum, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said it would deal strictly with involved parties if violations are found. The ministry was responding to the controversy that has broken out over the disappearance of nine Vietnamese people who traveled with Ngan to the Vietnam –South Korea Investment and Trade Forum. Two of them have since been deported, but no further details have been revealed about their identity, the timing of their deportation and whether or not they have been detained on arrival for investigation. The investment ministry said it had properly selected and verified the list of business representatives to travel on the chartered flight, and sent it to relevant parties to double check. 72 members of 44 businesses from Vietnam joined the event. But some people intentionally used the occasion to stay on illegally in … [Read more...] about Ministry defends selection of people who’ve disappeared in South Korea