Situated in the heart of Saigon center and just one minute of walking distance from the historic Ben Thanh Market, the international 4-star Golden Central Hotel Saigon is Ho Chi Minh City’s most convenient hotel to stay. With 120 fully equipped rooms and suites combined with other supplementary services, Golden Central Hotel Saigon is ideal for all travelers, either for leisure or business purposes.
The facilities and services provided by Golden Central Hotel Saigon ensure a pleasant stay for guests. Guests of the hotel can enjoy on-site features like coffee shop, room service, Wi-Fi in public areas, car park, 24-hour room service.
Experience high quality room facilities, including hair dryer, non smoking rooms, desk, television LCD/plasma screen, air conditioning, to help you recharge after a long day. The hotel offers an excellent variety of recreational facilities, including fitness center, massage, outdoor pool, sauna, spa. Whatever your reason for visiting Ho Chi Minh City, the Golden Central Hotel Saigon is the perfect venue for an exhilarating and exciting break away.
Under the motto of “The guest is King”, our team strives to meet every guest’s expectations and to make their stay as memorable as possible.
Come, enjoy, and let The Golden Central Hotel evoke all the best of your emotions.
Golden Central Hotel.
140 Ly Tu Trong, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Tel: (84-8) 38.270.666 – 38.270.578
Fax: (84-8) 38.270.566 – 39.112.066
Email: info@goldenhotelsaigon.vn
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Son Doong cave makes New York Times (NYT) travel list
The Central Quang Binh Province has been included in a list drawn up by the New York Times of 52 global places to go to in 2014.
The New York Times put the province in the eighth place on the list, behind other destinations in Africa, America, Europe and New Zealand. It has been selected for its cave system, especially Son Doong cave, the world's biggest. It is said to have been created 2 to 5 million years ago due to river water erosion of the limestone underneath a mountain.
The cave, which was discovered in 2009 by British caver Howard Limbert and earlier by a local man, is said to have enough space to accommodate 40-storey high skyscrapers and 100-feet tall trees.
The cave has made headlines in prestigious magazines and on television channels, including the National Geographic in 2011. It has been made accessible to tourists from August last year, thanks to tour programmes organized by Oxalis Adventure Tours, which is the only one authorized by local authorities.
However, an exclusive report from Oxalis said that bookings had been full until the end of this year due to the heat generated in this marvellous cave.
Explorers are recommending an adjacent cave Tu Lan instead, for a more affordable tour and a less busy exploration schedule.
At 35th place on the NYT list is Mekong River's Cambodia-Viet Nam section, on which sailing tours between HCM City in Viet Nam and Siem Riep in Cambodia have been proposed.
Recently, global prestigious magazines have listed destinations in Viet Nam among places that should be visited. Experts believe local tourism authorities should improve travel services to lure more visitors.
Source: VNS
Furama Resort Danang
The luxurious Furama Resort Danang is a true icon of Vietnam tourism. This 5-star haven on world-famous Da Nang beach is celebrated as Vietnam's most prestigious resort – counting royalty, presidents, movie stars and international business leaders among its celebrity guests.
A multi-award winner for its unfaltering commitment to world-class service and facilities, the Furama is not only consistently voted Vietnam's No 1 resort, leading international polls also rank it among the very best resorts in Asia.
But the Furama is much more than an idyllic tropical retreat, it is also a premier base for exploring one of Asia's most exciting new destinations – in the early days of being "discovered" by international tourism.
Just a short drive from Danang lay four UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites: the former imperial city of Hue (2 hours), the ancient 'Silk Road' trading port of Hoi An (30 minutes away), the spiritual centre of the Champa civilization, My Son (90 minutes) and the mystical Phong Nha Caves in Quang Binh province (7 hours), considered by some an access to the inner earth!
Da Nang has its own International Airport with domestic flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Buon Me Thuot, Pleiku, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and Da Lat. There are international direct flights from Bangkok and Singapore with plans for future flights from Macau, Japan and Korea. Furama Resort Da Nang is just 15 minutes drive from Da Nang International Airport.
Furama Danang provides free wireless internet to all public areas including lounges, restaurants, bars, ballrooms and meeting rooms.
The Furama Resort Danang has created a lasting impression for both local and international visitors. This is not only due to the government's confidence in its attentive care for dignitaries such as Hu Jintao - People's Republic of China's Secretary General, Jiang Zemin – People's Republic of China's former Secretary General, President Nathan of Singapore, President Papulias of Greece, Queen Sophia of Spain, Prince Henrik of Denmark, Crown Prince of Japan, Royal Highness Prince Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalem, ASEAN Secretary General Pitsuwan as well as Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss World 2006 Tatama Kucharova, Miss World 2004 Maria Julia Mantilla, Miss Grand Slam Asia 2009 Tran Thi Huong Giang, Miss Earth-Water 2006 and Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 Catherine Yu Untalan and Miss Vietnam Ao Dai Runner up 1995 Chung Vu Thanh Uyen but it is also because the Furama is a place that has been selected to host significant events at both the national and international level.
Our "Diving Base" is meanwhile pioneering international-standard scuba diving in Vietnam – as the resort also develops as a renowned venue for events, conference and incentive travel.
Address: 68 Ho Xuan Huong St, Bac My An, Danang, Vietnam.
Tel: 84-511-3 847 888
Fax: 84-511-3 847 666
E-mail: reservation@furamavietnam.com
Web site: http://www.furamavietnam.com
Sales Office: R.706, 37 Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: 84-8-38211 888 - Fax: 84-8-38213 246
Email: salesoffice@furamavietnam.com
A multi-award winner for its unfaltering commitment to world-class service and facilities, the Furama is not only consistently voted Vietnam's No 1 resort, leading international polls also rank it among the very best resorts in Asia.
But the Furama is much more than an idyllic tropical retreat, it is also a premier base for exploring one of Asia's most exciting new destinations – in the early days of being "discovered" by international tourism.
Just a short drive from Danang lay four UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites: the former imperial city of Hue (2 hours), the ancient 'Silk Road' trading port of Hoi An (30 minutes away), the spiritual centre of the Champa civilization, My Son (90 minutes) and the mystical Phong Nha Caves in Quang Binh province (7 hours), considered by some an access to the inner earth!
Da Nang has its own International Airport with domestic flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Buon Me Thuot, Pleiku, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and Da Lat. There are international direct flights from Bangkok and Singapore with plans for future flights from Macau, Japan and Korea. Furama Resort Da Nang is just 15 minutes drive from Da Nang International Airport.
Furama Danang provides free wireless internet to all public areas including lounges, restaurants, bars, ballrooms and meeting rooms.
The Furama Resort Danang has created a lasting impression for both local and international visitors. This is not only due to the government's confidence in its attentive care for dignitaries such as Hu Jintao - People's Republic of China's Secretary General, Jiang Zemin – People's Republic of China's former Secretary General, President Nathan of Singapore, President Papulias of Greece, Queen Sophia of Spain, Prince Henrik of Denmark, Crown Prince of Japan, Royal Highness Prince Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalem, ASEAN Secretary General Pitsuwan as well as Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss World 2006 Tatama Kucharova, Miss World 2004 Maria Julia Mantilla, Miss Grand Slam Asia 2009 Tran Thi Huong Giang, Miss Earth-Water 2006 and Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 Catherine Yu Untalan and Miss Vietnam Ao Dai Runner up 1995 Chung Vu Thanh Uyen but it is also because the Furama is a place that has been selected to host significant events at both the national and international level.
Our "Diving Base" is meanwhile pioneering international-standard scuba diving in Vietnam – as the resort also develops as a renowned venue for events, conference and incentive travel.
Address: 68 Ho Xuan Huong St, Bac My An, Danang, Vietnam.
Tel: 84-511-3 847 888
Fax: 84-511-3 847 666
E-mail: reservation@furamavietnam.com
Web site: http://www.furamavietnam.com
Sales Office: R.706, 37 Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: 84-8-38211 888 - Fax: 84-8-38213 246
Email: salesoffice@furamavietnam.com
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa
Emerging on the tourism map just since the late 20th century, Mui Ne, the tourist section of the seaside City of Phan Thiet 200km north of Ho Chi Minh City, features very long sunny hours and average temperature of 27o C round the year. It did not take Mui Ne so long before being talked about by the continents' industry.
Visitors who now flock to this Cape land all have their own reasons. Many love it here as they can leisurely wander along endless palm-shaded roads and pristine sandy beach. Many others have their bath warmed up by the clear waves or freshened by the tropical breeze over the dunes around.
Many simply observe how the winds daily change the shape of flying-sand hills and do not reject a board slide down from dunes top. Many others like footing in the cool streams making ways through colorful canyons impressively formed by years of rains.
Many are pleased riding to visit centuries-old brick towers possessed by a bygone kingdom and share the surprise about how the ancients could build them up without using any kind of mortar. Many others are even ready for traveling further to trek up rock steps to the 49-m long reclining Buddhist statue, the largest in South-East Asia.
Many are seen contemplating the biggest collection of whale skeletons preserved downtown while many others cannot wait visiting fishing villages at the other end of the locality to recall how the families of the old days fished and lived.
And many among them come for Bamboo Village - the best resort in Mui Ne, Phan Thiet.
Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa
38 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St., Ham Tien Ward, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Tel: (84) 62 3 847 007 - Fax: (84) 62 3 847 095
Email: info@bamboovillageresortvn.com
Web: www.bamboovillageresortvn.com
Sales Office in Ho Chi Minh City
90 Tran Dinh Xu St., Co Giang Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84) 8 38389358 - Fax: (84) 8 38389357
Visitors who now flock to this Cape land all have their own reasons. Many love it here as they can leisurely wander along endless palm-shaded roads and pristine sandy beach. Many others have their bath warmed up by the clear waves or freshened by the tropical breeze over the dunes around.
Many simply observe how the winds daily change the shape of flying-sand hills and do not reject a board slide down from dunes top. Many others like footing in the cool streams making ways through colorful canyons impressively formed by years of rains.
Many are pleased riding to visit centuries-old brick towers possessed by a bygone kingdom and share the surprise about how the ancients could build them up without using any kind of mortar. Many others are even ready for traveling further to trek up rock steps to the 49-m long reclining Buddhist statue, the largest in South-East Asia.
Many are seen contemplating the biggest collection of whale skeletons preserved downtown while many others cannot wait visiting fishing villages at the other end of the locality to recall how the families of the old days fished and lived.
And many among them come for Bamboo Village - the best resort in Mui Ne, Phan Thiet.
Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa
38 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St., Ham Tien Ward, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Tel: (84) 62 3 847 007 - Fax: (84) 62 3 847 095
Email: info@bamboovillageresortvn.com
Web: www.bamboovillageresortvn.com
Sales Office in Ho Chi Minh City
90 Tran Dinh Xu St., Co Giang Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84) 8 38389358 - Fax: (84) 8 38389357
Monday, January 20, 2014
Ha Long Spring Fair 2014 opens
On Jan. 19, at Children Cultural Palace (in Ha Long city), the Quang Ninh Trade Promotion Center (under the Trade and Industry Department) held an opening ceremony to open the Ha Long Spring Fair 2014. Vice Chairwoman of QNPPC Vu Thi Thu Thuy attended the meeting and cut the inauguration ribbon.
This is an annual trade promotion event with a purpose of supplying goods to Ha Long city, contributing to the price stabilization. This is also a chance for all Quang Ninh’s enterprises to exchange, expand their markets and seek for investment opportunities.
According to the Fair organization Board, the fair drew the participation of over 200 goods stores from 120 enterprises of Quang Ninh and other provinces. Goods displayed at this fair are mainly garments, households, handicraft and many local agricultural products.
As scheduled, the fair closes on Jan. 26.
Source: baoquangninh.com.vn
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Ethnic minority culture remains a focus in 2014
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue speeding up projects on preserving and developing the ethnic minority culture in 2014, radio The Voice of Vietnam reported on January 15.
Deputy Minister Huynh Vinh Ai said the ministry plans to build a set of cultural development indicators for ethnic minority groups by 2020, take an inventory of ethnic minority cultural heritage, support cultural development of at least 16 ethnic minority groups and repair 300 relics.
It will strive to develop a healthy cultural environment, comprehensively upgrade grassroots-level culture and sports institutions, and raise the ‘Cultural Family’ rate to 87 percent and the ‘Cultural Village’ rate to 68 percent.
Most ethnic minority groups have devised plans to preserve and develop their culture till 2020 and set up a steering committee to oversee it.
Ethnic minority festivals have been organised in line with the Party’s guidelines and State laws. People are fully aware of their cultural identities, and are actively getting involved in creating new cultural values and preserving others.
In 2013, the ministry successfully organised the Vietnam Ethnic Minority Cultural Day on April 19 and implemented three projects on preserving villages, hamlets and communes of ethnic minority groups.
It also built entertainment sites for children in remote, mountainous and island areas in Lai Chau, Dak Nong, Lao Cai, Quang Nam and Dien Bien.
Deputy Minister Huynh Vinh Ai said the ministry plans to build a set of cultural development indicators for ethnic minority groups by 2020, take an inventory of ethnic minority cultural heritage, support cultural development of at least 16 ethnic minority groups and repair 300 relics.
It will strive to develop a healthy cultural environment, comprehensively upgrade grassroots-level culture and sports institutions, and raise the ‘Cultural Family’ rate to 87 percent and the ‘Cultural Village’ rate to 68 percent.
Most ethnic minority groups have devised plans to preserve and develop their culture till 2020 and set up a steering committee to oversee it.
Ethnic minority festivals have been organised in line with the Party’s guidelines and State laws. People are fully aware of their cultural identities, and are actively getting involved in creating new cultural values and preserving others.
In 2013, the ministry successfully organised the Vietnam Ethnic Minority Cultural Day on April 19 and implemented three projects on preserving villages, hamlets and communes of ethnic minority groups.
It also built entertainment sites for children in remote, mountainous and island areas in Lai Chau, Dak Nong, Lao Cai, Quang Nam and Dien Bien.
Source: VNA
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Da Nang becomes an attractive tourist destination for Japanese
In addition to its popular tourism markets which include China, South Korea and Russia, Da Nang will focus on attracting more Japanese tourists to the city in 2014 to increase the tourist arrival numbers as well as local revenue.
Da Nang is emerging as an attractive destination for Japanese tourists thanks to its healthy environment, friendly residents, and the sharing of many similarities in cultural values. Mr Sakai Jiro from Tokyo said that he had booked a New Year tour to this beautiful seaside city because of its safe tourism environment and linking tours to the central region’s World Heritage Sites of Hue Citadel, Hoi An and My Son Sanctuary. Another Japanese tourist, Ms Momose Katsusuke, said that during her first visit to Da Nang she was very impressed by its beautiful beaches, delicious dishes and peaceful life, unlike the hustle and bustle in other urban areas in Viet Nam.
Da Nang is emerging as an attractive destination for Japanese tourists thanks to its healthy environment, friendly residents, and the sharing of many similarities in cultural values. Mr Sakai Jiro from Tokyo said that he had booked a New Year tour to this beautiful seaside city because of its safe tourism environment and linking tours to the central region’s World Heritage Sites of Hue Citadel, Hoi An and My Son Sanctuary. Another Japanese tourist, Ms Momose Katsusuke, said that during her first visit to Da Nang she was very impressed by its beautiful beaches, delicious dishes and peaceful life, unlike the hustle and bustle in other urban areas in Viet Nam.
Thanks to effective tourism promotion strategies, the number of Japanese tourist arrivals to the city last year increased by 53% year-on-year to 41,000. Accordingly, Japan ranked third among Da Nang’s tourism markets, after China and South Korea.
The Director of the HIS Song Han Viet Nam Tourist Company, Mr Ha Tan Vinh, said that local travel agents are expected to enjoy a bumper year thanks to an increasing number of young Japanese tourists to the city. He added that many travel companies are launching a wide range of new tourism services for young tourists with a focus on offering 3-day/2-night tours which depart at weekends.
In an attempt to attract more Japanese tourists, the city’s tourism sector is giving top priority to launching tourism promotion programmes as well as developing new tours. In addition, special attention will be paid to training tourist staff who can speak the Japanese language fluently to make Da Nang more attractive to visitors from this country.
Source: Danangtoday
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