The airline also plans to add an additional 80,000 seats on domestic flights in the future. During Tet from January 28 to February 4, 2019, Jetstar Pacific will operate 14 one-way flights from Hanoi to Can Tho with two flights taking off per day. Flights No BL273 and BL271will both depart during the afternoon with tickets starting at VND1.13 million for one leg. From February 5 to 10, 2019, Jetstar Pacific will then put onreturn flights with one flight per day. On flight No BL271, the starting price of a one-way ticket from Hanoi to Can Tho is just VND640,000 while the price of the return journey on flight BL270 will cost VND1.69 million. At present, tickets are being made available via all sales channels including ticketing offices and travel agents nationwide. The airline also expects to increase the number of flights it puts on with the hope of adding 80,000 additional seats, including air routes between HCM City-Hanoi and Da Nang as well as routes to other localities. It has … [Read more...] about Jetstar Pacific opens Hanoi-Can Tho air route in time forTet
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Great museums can bring nations
Nick Trend Follow 18 December 2018 • 9:25am “Politicians always want to blow up cultural bridges. But we will hold on to the last bridge as long as possible.” Last week, in a room overlooking the ice floes of the Neva river in St Petersburg, the director of the Hermitage Museum, Mikhail Piotrovsky, was explaining his views on cultural links. “We can survive if we live separately,” he conceded, “but we can’t live properly if we forget about each other.” For me, this was a poignant reminder of a moment 30 years ago in that very building. I grew up during the Cold War, when Russia was relentlessly characterised as a faraway, alien culture. But I was filled with curiosity and when I first stepped into the Hermitage I felt on familiar ground – as though I was walking into the Louvre in Paris, or the National Gallery in London. I realised that some of the most important paintings acquired by Catherine the Great … [Read more...] about Great museums can bring nations
Visit Vietnam Year- launching pad for Quang Ninh’s tourism sector
Ha Long is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northern province of Quang Ninh enjoyed a bustling year with some 50 cultural, sports and tourism events and around 12.2 million visitors when it hosted the Visit Vietnam Year 2018. A cuisine festival, a paragliding competition, a photo contest, a ceremony to announce and present certificate recognising Cua Ong Temple as a special national relic site, a firework festival, and the 2018 cherry blossom-Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival, were a few to name. As many as 12.2 million tourists visited the locality in the year, up 24 percent year on year, including 5.22 million coming from 150 countries and territories worldwide. They are estimated to contribute 23.6 trillion VND (1.01 billion USD) to the tourism revenue, the highest figure ever recorded. The province has focused on improving transport infrastructure. The inauguration of Ha Long-Hai Phong Expressway on September 1 and the upcoming … [Read more...] about Visit Vietnam Year- launching pad for Quang Ninh’s tourism sector
Nha Trang gears up for national tourism year
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) recently revealed the programme for the 2019 National Tourism Year themed “Nha Trang, colour of the sea.” The tourism year is seen as a golden opportunity for the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa to promote its cultural heritage, natural resources and tourism products, thus attracting more domestic and foreign tourists to the locality. The MCST urged Khanh Hoa to improve state management in tourism, create favourable conditions for businesses to participate in the activities, ensure political security and social order and safety and protect the environment. There will be three major events, including the opening ceremony scheduled for late 2018, the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa sea festival in May 2019 and the closing ceremony in late 2019. Highlights of the programme will be beauty pageants like Miss Universe Vietnam and Miss Tourism ASEAN, along with the … [Read more...] about Nha Trang gears up for national tourism year
Kien Giang promotes tourism potential in India
Phu Quoc island has become one of the hottest holiday spots in the country (Photo: phuquocnews.vn) New Delhi (VNA) – Tourism potential of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang was introduced to Indian travel companies in a recent roadshow in New Delhi, India. The roadshow was organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Southern Asian country and a delegation from Kien Giang province led by Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Vu Hong. Hong briefed about local socio-economic development as well as tourism strengths, including enchanting landscapes with five untouched archipelagos and Kien Giang biosphere reserve. Particularly, 590 square-kilometre Phu Quoc island has been invested heavily to become a regional eco and resort tourism hub. Kien Giang province welcomes investment projects in economic zones, key tourism areas as well as agriculture, he added. The delegation is on a visit to India from December 17-19 to promote trade, investment and … [Read more...] about Kien Giang promotes tourism potential in India