Hanoi, Vietnam Travel News

For many Americans, the idea of traveling to Hanoi brings a certain level of mystique.

The Vietnam National University presented the Certificate of Honourable Doctor to US trade policymaker, Prof.

Bridge a ' The HCM City Railway Station on December 1 launched its train booking service via SMS in a bid to save time for passengere.

A student newspaper, Sinh Vien Vietnam , reports that many in the Class of '09 are saying - no' to high-pay, high-pressure jobs because they want to have time to pursue their passions.

Day 01: Arrival, cruising in Bai Tu Long bay 08.00 Take a 3-hour scenic drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay 11.30 -12.00: Arrival in HaLong Tourist Wharf.

Co Loa Citadel and An Duong Vuong Temple Co Loa Citadel is perhaps the most ancient citadel in Vietnam.

Kai Speth, General Manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi , has won the award for the Most Outstanding Hotel General Manager at the Worldwide Hospitality Awards 2009, organised by the French trade magazine HTR.

The Hanoi Flower Festival will take place from December 12, 2009 to January 3, 2010.

Katie Cox, left, is on a bicycle ride from Hanoi to Ho Chi Min City in Vietnam. Katie Cox, daughter of Sandy and Doug Cox of LaGrange and a 2002 LaGrange High School graduate, has traveled since college.

This time, we wrap up our excursion through Vietnam. Next week, we begin our tour of Dallas.

For the past quarter century, Carter and his wife Rosalynn have devoted a week a year to programmes run by Habitat for Humanity, an Atlanta-based Christian organisation which helps provide homes for the poor in the US and elsewhere.

VietNamNet Bridge - " One of the largest events in the year in the field of information technology, telecommunications and communications, was opened in Hanoi on November 19.

The fifth conference on cooperation in the economic corridor between China's Yunnan province and four Vietnamese localities of Hanoi, Lao Cai, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh opened in Hanoi on Friday.

Vietnama s biggest information technology and telecommunications exhibition of the year opened in Hanoi Wednesday, offering fresh 3G insights.

A show that combines Japanese traditional drum performance and modern robot moves will be held in Hanoi on November 24.

If you're someone who craves peace andA quiet, don't book a trip to Hanoi or Saigon, rather Ho Chi Minh City .

STVS has advertised broadly on television in Vietnam bracelets and necklaces it claims help 'improve blood circulation and stop radiation.' Police in the central city of Da Nang are investigating three Chinese men for allegedly selling fraudulent and unlicensed jewelry products throughout Vietnam.

Don't get conned by escalating train fares. Here's our smart guide to getting around affordably by train Now arriving on platform 13: the four-figure train ticket.

But for how long, visitors to the northern village of Cu Da are bound to ask. Most of the preparations being made to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city next year only emphasize its haphazard emergence as a modern hub.

When I travel abroad, once or twice a year, I keep my digital point-and-shoot camera in my outer coat pocket or untangled in my messenger bag, always at the ready, grabbable, right there for the right shot.