Hanoi, Vietnam Travel News

Hanoi, May 16 : On a cloudy noon, a man in office outfit with dark glasses and a woman in a sun-resistant cloak with a mask muffling her head entered a room at a mini hotel in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.

TWO pilots have been fined and suspended for a month after allegedly letting a model pose for photos in the cockpit mid-flight. The pilots, who work for Vietnam Airlines, allowed model-turned actress Ly Nha Ky, who is also a former tourism ambassador for the country, to pose in the co-pilot's seat on a flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi last month.

Celebrating four decades in the hotel business this year, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced a sensational worldwide summer discount of up to 30% at its hotels and resorts.

Over the past few years, the ancient town of Hoi An, located some 650 km south of Hanoi, is now becoming a favorite tourist destination in Vietnam.

Local and foreign visitors to the My Son Sanctuary, which can be found some 650 km south of Hanoi in central Vietnam's Quang Nam province, still wonder with awe at the remarkable architectural ensemble that archeologists said has developed over ten centuries or from the 4th to 13th century.

Like other would-be tiger economies, Vietnam faces a trifecta of new threats: a crisis-paralyzed Europe, a faltering America, and a newly spendthrift Japan.

Arsenal will play a pre-season friendly in Vietnam this July, becoming the first Premier League club to do so, the club have confirmed .

A Botswana wildlife safari and cycling adventure through Burma are among the more than 450 thrilling itineraries on offer in Explore Worldwide's new 2013-14 Discovery Adventures brochure.

Fifteen years ago, Vietnam's emerald checker board of lush paddy fields, meandering bays and city rivers crammed with floating markets used to be best suited to backpackers.

Anyone who has been to this country will no doubt be skeptical about the words " Vietnam " and "road trip" in the same sentence.

Spotting a group of young ethnic women relaxing under the shade of their stilt-houses during a recent trip to the northwestern Dien Bien and Son La provinces, we stopped the car to offer some clothes from charity.

Melbourne-based Intrepid Travel known for its cultural and food-focused trips to remote corners of the planet is now offering 20 percent off over 350 of their trips, including the newly-launched Food Adventures .

A man who claimed in a widely publicised documentary to be an American soldier, missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War, is actually Vietnamese, the US said.

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee spent nearly $20,000 on transportation costs alone for a four-day trip to Korea and Vietnam, according to documents recently filed with the House clerk - and flagged by our pal Kent Cooper at Political Moneyline .

A cab belonging to the Trung Viet Taxi Company in Hanoi. A driver of the company has been sacked after being fined VND20 million for fleecing two Aussie tourists.

Piaggio Group and Bambino Gesu' Hospital launch a new project in Vietnam at the National Hospital for Paediatrics in Hanoi with 'Vespa for Children'. The National Hospital for Paediatrics in Hanoi and the Bambino Ges Children's Hospital in Rome today officially launched a new cooperation project developed thanks to the support of Piaggio Vietnam; ... (more)

To stimulate the demand of passengers, Vietnam-airline.org has launched a big promotion.

For the very first time, France would hold a special garment and textile international exhibition in Vietnam during the Hue Traditional Craft Festival going to be held from April 27 to May 1, the French Embassy in Hanoi has announced.

One of John Ramsden's photos taken in Hanoi in the ealry 1980s to be displayed next month at the "Hanoi: Spirit of Place" exhibt in London A photo exhibit featuring images of Hanoi in the early 1980s taken by British diplomat John Ramsden will run from May 2 to 4 at the Hoxton Arches Gallery in London.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines yesterday signed a credit loan contract in Hanoi with Eximbank to purchase a fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft .