Jetstar Pacific Airlines offers 10,000 cheap tickets
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Jetstar Pacific Airlines offers 10,000 cheap tickets
Budget airline Jetstar Pacific officially offered 10,000 air tickets at only VND3,000 (US$0.14) a ticket on its Ho Chi Minh City – Singapore flights and domestic routes, from 2pm to 12pm on July 24.
Tickets (excluding tax and other additional fees) are available on the airline’s website at www.jetstar.com.
The programme aims to diversify prices on all Jetstar Pacific routes, to encourage passengers to book flights in advance, and to provide more options for travelling by air.
The major promotional programme was announced on the occasion the airline is to open new three routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore, Bangkok and Thanh Hoa province.
The new routes are expected to open from October 27, with one daily return flight, aiming to meet increased travel demand of visitors. The tickets on the Ho Chi Minh City – Singapore route were sold from July 24.
Additionally, Jetstar Pacific has another promotion programme from 2pm on July 24 to 12pm on July 26, which will apply to Ho Chi Minh City – Singapore with a one-way ticket selling for VND600,000 (US$28.20).
Source: Jetstar Pacific Airlines
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Mekong River among top five river cruises in Asia
The UK daily Telegraph has cited the Mekong river cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City as one of the top five river cruises in Asia.
On its website, Telegraph said the Mekong cruises offer a window on time-honoured traditions and contrasting Far Eastern cultures.
The Mekong River has been of vital cultural, political and ecological significance to Southeast Asia for centuries. Rising in the Tibetan plateaus of China’s Yunnan province, it negotiates the dense rainforest, open plains and rice fields, fishing villages and floating markets, ancient temples and shrines of Vietnam and Cambodia.
The cost for an eight-day river cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is around £1,436 per person excluding flights, departing in June 2015.
Rounding out the top five list are Ganges channel (India), Yangtze (China), Irrawaddy (Myanmar), and a tour from Delhi to Kolkata (India).
Source VNA
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Noi Bai unveils first sleeping pods
Vietnam Airlines Tourism Company (VATC ) has installed the first ever sleeping pods in Noi Bai International Airport to serve the passengers.
VATC’s head of business department Pham Anh Tu told Viet Nam News that the pods with the area of 4sq.m and the height of 3m each will serve the passengers with private and fully-equipped facilities space that shield them from surrounding noise, light and crowds in the airport.
Passengers will enjoy free drinks and light food in the pods that are designed like mini hotels with beds, storage space for luggage and other valuables, as well as a power source for laptops, mobiles and other electronic devices. They can also access to a free wireless internet in the pods.
Tu added there were 14 single and twin pods available at terminal 1 of Noi Bai International Airport. The passengers can rent the pods in hour, half day and whole day. Prices for each pod are listed from VND210,000 (US$10) to VND1.8 million ($85).
Tu also said his company would offer a discount of 20 per cent for passenger who booked the pod from July 22 to August 5, adding that travellers of VietJet Air may have free access to the pods thanks to the current co-operation between VACT and the airline.
Noi Bai Airport is the first airport in Viet Nam to install the pods.
Source — VNS
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Furama Resort Danang runs culture and food events
The Furama Resort Danang is hosting a Viet Nam-Japan culture and food festival until on July 16 and a photo exhibition until Sunday.
The Viet Nam-Japan culture and food festival introduces over 30 delicious dishes from three regions of Viet Nam, including my Quang (Quang Nam-style noodles), goi cuon (vegetable rolls), nem lui (grilled pork paste) and bun cha (noodles served with grilled meat balls and fat and lean meat), among others. Foods are priced from VND30,000 to VND60,000 a dish.
A highlight of the event is a booth to introduce fresh-made moon cakes with chocolate, almond and tiramisu flavors made by Italian artisan Francesco Carmelo Mino.
A photo exhibition themed “Danang Xua” (Danang in the old days) featuring 40 art works will debut on July 16 at the resort. Audiences to the event can admire images of people, landscapes, and ports in Hai Chau and Son Tra districts in the past.
“We want to build up Furama as a tourism ambassador to promote unique traits of Viet Nam’s and Danang’s culture and gastronomy to international travelers. Our annual food festivals and painting exhibitions which have received feedbacks from tourists are our great courage to hold upcoming events in near future,” said Matthias Wiesmann, general manager of Furama Resort.
It is expected that Furama will hold numerous events, including Thai and Mexican food weeks, German beer fest, and Hanoi night to mark the National Day, Halloween night, Thanksgiving and New Year celebrations and a rural market on Tet.
Source: VN Tourism
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Da Nang greets first flight from Japan
The central city of Da Nang on July 16 welcomed the first flight of a new direct air service from Tokyo (Japan) which is hoped to bring more Japanese tourists to the central region.
The route between Narita International Airport and Da Nang is operated by Vietnam Airlines with four flights per week using Airbus A321 aircraft.
Da Nang has long considered Japan as a key tourism market. In 2013, the city welcomed more than 41,000 Japanese visitors, up 53 percent from a year earlier.
Travel agencies said with beautiful beaches, high-end resorts and attractive tourism products, the city as well as Viet Nam’s central region in general is becoming an ideal destination for short holidays in Japanese visitors’ eyes.
The new route is forecast to help increase the Japanese tourist number to Da Nang by 15-20 percent.
Source: VNA
