Saigontourist Travel Service Co. this year will maintain their special tours during the Tet holiday season to serve foreign travelers to Vietnam tour.
This year’s products by Saigontourist include a one-day ‘Welcoming Tet in the Mekong Delta’ priced at VND945,000 from Jan 16 to 22 and ‘Enjoying Tet with the Saigonese’ at VND630,000 for a half day from Jan 23 to 26.
The first tour sees tourists join a sightseeing program, visit colorful flower markets, pagodas and make banh tet (glutinous rice cakes) along with My Tho City’s residents.
The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will operate 11 direct flights from Can Tho to Taiwan (China) and vice versa during the 2012 lunar New Year.
The information was announced by the Director of the Vietnam Airlines Office in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 15.
There will be six flights from Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung to Can Tho and five from Can Tho to these destinations, with the first flight from Taipei to Can Tho scheduled for January 17, 2012. Each flight is capable of carrying 100-130 passengers on Airbus 321 aircraft.
Though some areas in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been flooded in the last few days, tourist attractions are still open to the public.
Several downtown areas of Long Xuyen town are submerged in floodwater and vast areas of rice crops in the province have been destroyed. Two days ago, the local government built two seawalls in a bid to prevent the water level rising any higher, Nguyen Phu Phuc, vice director of tourism center under An Giang Tourimex, said.
The Phu Quoc Marina Company has opened the first stage of its Duong Dong-Phu Quoc marina on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
The marina includes a terminal, coffee bar, five-star floating restaurant and a five-star hotel. Total first-stage investment amounts to 100 billion VND (4.8 million USD).
The marina can receive and dock about 50 high-class motor or sailing boats. Its capacity will be expanded to 100 vessels.
(Source: VNA)
The Phu Quoc Marina Company has opened the first stage of its Duong Dong-Phu Quoc marina on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
The marina includes a terminal, coffee bar, five-star floating restaurant and a five-star hotel. Total first-stage investment amounts to 100 billion VND (4.8 million USD).
The marina can receive and dock about 50 high-class motor or sailing boats. Its capacity will be expanded to 100 vessels.
Source: VN+
In order for tourism to become a key economic sector which contributes to the process of economic restructuring and improves local people’s living standards, cooperation among local authorities, businesses and the community plays a decisive role.
The Mekong Delta has seen a rapid growth rate in tourism. The number of tourists increases 12-14 percent annually. However, the Mekong Delta tourism growth rate remains smaller than other regions in the country (the Red River Delta 16.17 percent and the Central Highland 20.8 percent). It is obvious that the Mekong Delta is facing a number of weaknesses in planning, tourism products, tourism promotion and quality of managers and workers in the tourism sector. Especially, there is a lack of tight cooperation to promote tourism development.
My Tho city , which sprawls along the Upper Mekong River is one the closest cities in the mighty Mekong Delta to Hochiminh city (Sai Gon). Visitors can reach the city for 1 ½ hours drive along the National Highway ‘s the green rice fields.
Bentre Mekong-delta Vietnam
Bentre Mekong delta
The Mekong river - The longest river in Indochina is divided into nine tributaries within Vietnamese territory and has given birth to the vast Mekong Delta. The Mekong Delta is often referred as the ‘rice bowl’ and the ‘garden of heaven’, because of its rich soil which is the breeding ground for dozens of vegetables, fruit and flowers. A visit to this region allows you to experience the ‘life on the water’ of the local people….
Day 1: Can Duoc - Cho Gao - My Tho - Cai Be
MekongRiver-Cruise-VinhLong Vietnam
Cruise VinhLong
