Saigontourist opens travel information center

Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin

On Thursday, October 27, 2011 Saigontourist Travel Services Co. opened an information and consulting service center to provide international travelers with free travel information and consulting services in Chinese, English and French.

Saigontourist’s center provides essential information such as Vietnam tourist attractions and Vietnam accommodation, and offers free maps of Ho Chi Minh City and travel brochures. It is open from 7:30 a.m to 7:30 p.m. daily.

Large numbers of overseas visitors often ask for further information about their trips in Vietnam at Saigontourist’s headquarters, which prompted the firm to set up the center.

Besides information, Saigontourist aims to attract curious foreigners to book Vietnam tour packages at the center.

Ho Chi Minh City welcomes over 3 million visitors annually but the city has only a few high-quality travel information centers operated by local travel agencies.

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Vietnam Festival 2011 opens in Tokyo

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

The Vietnam Festival 2011 opened at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on Sept. 17 under the theme “Beloved Vietnam”.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, former Japanese Senator Iowa Matsuda, co-head of the festival’s organizing board praised the assistance from the Vietnamese Government and people to Japanese victims of the March 11 twin disasters.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh, co-head of the festival’s organizing board, said the annual Vietnam Festival in Japan aims at boosting the linkage between the two countries’ people and introducing the traditional culture of Vietnam to Japan , so that Japanese people understand more about Vietnam and visit the Southeast Asian country in greater number.

On this occasion, the organizing board will launch a campaign on voting for Ha Long Bay of Vietnam as one of the world’s new natural wonder.

The organizing board dedicated one booth to sell products made in the areas seriously hit by the disasters such as Asahi city of Chiba prefecture and Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan .

In furtherance of the festival, there will be a fund-raising campaign for Japanese disaster victims.

(Source: VNA)

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Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

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