Airline Strategy
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer
It has been 21 years since Turkish Airlines (TK) has been linking Bangkok to Istanbul.
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Coastal Road In The Mekong Delta
By eTN Staff Writer
According to Vietnamese media sources, construction will begin next month on
a 220-km long coastal road in the Mekong Delta as part of an international
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Laos And Vietnam
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
Once upon the time in Indochina, there were two countries entwined in their destiny: both Laos and Vietnam fought a terrible war, half a century ago.
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Long-Haul Market Collapse
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Senior Managing Editor Asia
Long-haul markets to Vietnam are in the doldrums and were behind the collapse of total arrivals last year to the country.
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Vietnam Tourism Report
Figures released by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in December 2009 show that the industry experienced a sharp slowdown over the year.
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Southeast Asia Cruise Industry
HANOI, Vietnam - Singapore is slowly recovering after a grey year in 2009, but it will take time to get back to pre-crisis vibrancy.
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Mekong River Dilemma
By Milton Osborne, The Asian Pacific Journal
Until the 1980s the Mekong River flowed freely for 4,900 kilometers from its 5,100-meter high source in Tibet to the coast of Vietnam, where it finally poured into the South China Sea.
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Jetstar Pacific
HANOI — Top managers at Vietnamese budget airline Jetstar Pacific (JPA), part-owned by Australia's Qantas, violated maintenance regulations, Vietnamese regulators say in a report obtained Wednesday.
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Communist Party Wants Better Control
By eTN Staff Writer
Two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal, Asia edition, reported on foreign companies’ worries over Vietnamese authorities increasingly restricting the freedom to do business, while the country braces
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Osaka-Hanoi Route
By eTN Staff Writer
Japan Airlines (JAL) will further expand its code share agreement with Vietnam Airlines (VN) and will start offering the Osaka (Kansai) - Hanoi route operated by VN from January 13, 2010.
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Paracel Archipelago Development
HANOI — Vietnam has condemned what it says is a Chinese plan to develop tourism on the disputed Paracel archipelago.
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Accommodation Rebranding
An international hotel operator in Vietnam, announced today the rebranding of a hotel that will enable its distinctive character and style to be expressed.
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Vietnam Hotel Celebrates Golden Anniversary
By Luc Citrinot, eTN senior managing editor, Asia
The building might not be the most striking in the city silhouette of Ho Chi Minh City (HCM), Saigon, but it is certainly one of the most iconic in south Vietnam’s metropolis.
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Recognition As Top Resort In Vietnam Is An "Inestimable Honor"
By eTN Staff Writer
Life Heritage Resort Hoi An has won one of the travel industry’s most pretigious travel awards, placing 12th on a short list of Asia’s 25 "Top Resorts" in Conde Nast Traveler’s annual Readers’
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Japan - Mekong Tourism and Cultural Festival
HANOI - Vietnam will host the Japan - Mekong Tourism and Cultural Festival from Dec.
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Farmers Associations Cooperating With Travel Companies
A three-year pilot agricultural tourism project in three rural provinces has helped to diversify ecotourism products and raise incomes of local farmers, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Farmers' Associa
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Dragon Beach Project
HANOI - Quang Nam province authorities have issued a license to allow two U.S.
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Fatal Boating Accident In Vietnam
Two British tourists have drowned in a horror boating accident in Vietnam after their vessel, packed with foreign holidaymakers, overturned in wild seas.
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Vietnam
Since the opening of its economy to the world markets in the 1990s, Vietnam’s travel and tourism sector has experienced unprecedented growth.
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Tourism Investment Conference 2009
By eTN Staff Writer
The Tourism Investment Conference (TIC) organizing committee announced today a distinguished list of tourism leaders in the Indochina region who will address conference delegates at the Inaugural Tour
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