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Promotion 2011 May - Vietnam Low Season Discount
Thing will be much easier for the traveler coming to visit South East Asia. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is planning to open the region for foreign tourists in the same way with Europe's unified visa system- Schengen which has streamlined travel.

One visa- visiting all attractions in the Southeast Asia
Thing will be much easier for the traveler coming to visit South East Asia. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is planning to open the region for foreign tourists in the same way with Europe's unified visa system- Schengen which has streamlined travel.

“Exotic Beaches & Islands” activities: Vietnam sea village festival 2011 to host in Vietnamese southern central coast
Being a part of the National Tourism Year 2011, Vietnam sea village festival 2011 will be organized from 5th to 8th June, 2011 in the southern central coastal provinces, consist of Phu Yen, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Da Nang city. The festival aims to present visitors to the local beautiful landscapes and develop the island's economy as well as tourist potential.

Vietnam resort leads on top hideaways
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay resort - one of the most beautiful resorts in Vietnam has topped the list 10 romantic beach retreats published by Mr. & Mrs. Smith- boutique and luxury hotel specialists. (http://www.mrandmrssmith.com)

New luxury Sofitel hotel in Phnom Penh - Cambodia
As the second hotel belonging to Phokeethra Group, Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hotel takes the stage as the first new five-star hotel to open in the Cambodia’s capital in more than a decade.

The coming back of low season with many promotions- Liberation day, and International Labor Day
Low season of Vietnamese tourism is thought to be from May to September. The weather during this period is supposed not to be the best time for traveling. In the North and the South, the weather is rather hot and humid plus that it is quite dry in the central part. On the contrary, many people think that from May to September is not a bad time to visit Vietnam if travelers find out what is suitable place to see, to discover and to enjoy.

Water Festival - Laos New Year, Cambodia New Year, Thailand New Year, Myanmar New Year
 

Vietnam's tourist attraction on US TV channel
KPVI News 6, the local NBC (National Broadcasting Company) affiliated television station for Idaho, has advised Americans to tour Vietnam and get to know “Southeast Asia's rising star". According to the TV station, as the world discovers more of Vietnam's treasures, this Southeast Asian country is climbing higher on travelers’ must-see lists.

New air route between Vietnam’s Hanoi capital to China’s city
From now on, Passengers traveling between China’s Chongging city and Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi do not need to transfer in Nanning or Beihai any more. The direct flight between 2 cities makes the traveling more convenient.

Danang welcomes International Fireworks Competition 2011- “The Twinkling Han River”
Annually, The Fire Work Contest has been organized in Da Nang with participants from all over the world. This contest is known as one of the biggest festival in Da Nang that attracts a lot of local people and tourists as well. This year, the festival will be held on two night 29th and 30th April with a lot of interesting activities.

Vietnamese ancient town a must see destination
With a specific feature, Hoi An has been well-known widely. Wanderlust travel magazine has been listed Hoi An- an ancient city in Vietnam as top 10 best cities for tourism.

Promotion 2011 March
 

More choice for passenger flying on route Vietnam-France
In the route Vietnam- Paris, France new version of Boeing 777-300ER has been run on 4th January. The new Boeing took off for the first time from Paris- Charles de Gaulle airport to Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

International Sailing Festival 2011 to be held from March 17 – 20
In the plan of offering more entertainments to attract tourists from all over the world to the Sea of Mui Ne – Binh Thuan and to the Sea of Vietnam, Binh Thuan Province People’s Committee, Binh Thuan Province department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Binh Thuan Province Tourism Association, and some others has launched a project to organize the International Sailing Festival at Mui Ne – Binh Thuan – Vietnam of 2011 “Sail, Sea, Sand & Sun”.

Vietnam in the top list of 10 most optimistic nations
According to the France-based BVA Institute’s survey, Vietnam tops the list of 10 most optimistic nations among more than 50 surveyed nations with a proportion of over 61 percent, outdistancing the group’s others such as China, Brazil and Peru. The result of this survey was published on Le Parisien newspaper.

Lotus - Vietnamese national flower
After the lotus festival was held in Hanoi to honor the beauty and meaning of lotus flower, Lotus has selected to be the national flower with 81 percent from voters.

WE ARE IN ITB BERLIN MARCH 2011
The THREELAND is eagerly preparing for our participation in the ITB Berlin 09 - 13 March 2011. This annual helpful trade fair brings so many opportunities for travel agencies to introduce new products to old, happy, potential and customers and this year the tours will be concentrated on customizing tours based on F&E packages

Promotion of Tet - Lunar New Year 2011
 

More flights from Vietnam to Taiwan and China offered by Vietnam Airline
Response to the guests’ needs, Vietnam airline decided to launch new routes between Mekong River Delta and Taiwan (Taipei, Gao Xiong, and Tai Zhong), Ho Chi Minh City and Beijing, China.

Co-operation between Vietnam airline and Moscow’s airport and Russian Airline
Vietnam Airlines and the Domodedovo international airport in Moscow held a meeting in Moscow to announce an increase in Vietnam Airline’s flights to the airport and the results of their cooperation.

Vietnamese hotels continue rank high position with much good praise
Recently, Vietnamese hotels have been named and received many praises by renowned organizations and magazines like TTG, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel and Leisure (US), Asia Spa, Frommer's and Gourmet Traveler (Australia), Honey moon and Travel magazines...
To attract more tourists, many hotels are trying to renovate and upgraded their accommodation, designing and bringing lots of promotions for the guests.

Discover Ancient burial site in Ha Giang
Recently, Ha Giang received UNESCO recognition of Dong Van Stone Plateau as a member of the Global Network of National Geoparks (GGN) certification on Dong Van Plateau. Especially, vestiges of primitive civilizations that date back between 4,000 and 7,000 years have been discovered in the excavated the Khuoi Nang cave by Vietnam’s Archaeological Academy and the Ha Giang Provincial Museum.

Tet- Lunar New Year coming with blooming flowers
Tet- the Lunar New Year is coming. Asians are eagerly preparing for a warm holiday. Everybody appears to be busier than usual, trying to finish all the business before the Tet festival. In Vietnam, flowers, decorated everywhere makes the winter seems to be cozier. 

Promotion of New Year 2011
 

Join Christmas with the Vietnamese luxury hotels
Christmas is coming with a lot of activities and promotions from the tourist provider, especially Vietnamese luxury hotels from the North to the South.

Flight to Japan, Hong Kong and Myanmar with new route from Vietnam Airlines
Response to the needs of the guests, Vietnam airline will launch new routes from Danang city (Vietnam) - to Narita city (Japan) - about 60 kilometers east of central Tokyo. This route will be active in December 15. Besides, the national carrier also launched another new direct route from HCMC to Yangon.

Vietnamese island and bay was listed in the best top ten destinations for holiday in 2011
Vietnam is known as a country with a long coastline and more than 4000 islands. Thanks to the big gift from the nature, Vietnam has been used the sources to develop the tourism.

Vietnamese International food festival to celebrate Christmas and Tet festival
To celebrate the awaited festivals- Christmas and New Year, Vietnamese international food festival will be held in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of 60 booths from over 24 countries around the world.

Promotion in the occasion of New Year and Christmas 2011
In the occasion of New Year and Christmas, there are a lot of promotions and new programs in order to attract tourist coming to Vietnam. In this period, coming to Vietnam, tourists have chance to get more service with much lower price. Some of the most valuable promotion can list here:

Promotion in the occasion of New Year and Christmas 2011
In the occasion of New Year and Christmas, there are a lot of promotions and new programs in order to attract tourist coming to Vietnam. In this period, coming to Vietnam, tourists have chance to get more service with much lower price. Some of the most valuable promotion can list here.

Connecting Vietnam and China with Danang - Hongkong flight
Answer to the Chinese needs of traveling to and from Vietnam , Vietnam Airline portal decided to operate 46 flights from Da Nang to Hongkong (China) with 184-seat Airbus 321 from November 26, 2010 to May 3, 2011- in the period of the high season of tourism- 2010.

Vietnamese hotels are praised by TTG Travel Awards
In order to appraise the best hotel in over the world, TTG- a very famous magazine specializing in tourist events and news create an annual award. The listed hotels are based on the assessment of services, facilities, value-added benefits and most professional sales and marketing team.The awards are widely recognized as one of the most prestigious in Southeast Asia. More than 48,000 readers of TTG across the Asia-Pacific contributed assessments across four main categories

More international flights created by Vietnam Airlines
Respond to the needs of traveling from Vietnam to another countries and the turn, Vietnam airlines decided to create more international flights. According to that five more international flight routes will be put in a remark. From Da Nang, there are flights to Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Guang Zhou and Singapore.

Connecting Vietnam-Turkey with Flag carrier Turkish Airlines
In order to response to the needs of the increased traveling of Vietnamese people to Turkey, other countries in European and vice versa, flag carrier Turkish Airlines has been licensed to offer flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Turkey’s capital Istanbul at the end of this year...

WE ARE IN WTM LONDON NOV 2010
The THREELAND is eagerly preparing for our participation in the WTM London 08-11 November, 2010. This annual helpful trade fair brings so many opportunities for travel agencies to introduce new products to old, happy, potential and customers and this year the tours will be concentrated on customizing tours based on F&E packages.

THREELAND Travel becomes a member of GRAY LINE WORLDWIDE
After a long time with such a lot of great successes in USA as well as in Europe, the GRAY LINE decided to find a trusty, powerful local operator in Indochina to be the brand new GRAY LINE VIETNAM. It is THREELAND!

Ancient city opens doors to celebrate 1000 years Thang Long- Hanoi anniversary
The Hanoitimes - in October, an area studded with royal palace relics at Thang Long Royal Citadel will be opened to the public during Hanoi’s millennial anniversary.

Boeing supports Vietnam Air’s aircraft interior upgrade
The U.S. airplane maker Boeing has cooperated with Vietnam Airlines in a plan of modernizing the interior of the airline’s four 777-200ER aircraft in order to provide improved services for passengers.

Broidered picture for Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary
An embroidered picture called “Coi xua” made by the Coi Xua Handicraft and Export Company from Van Lam craft village in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has recently been introduced in Hanoi.

Food Festival to celebrate 1,000 year birthday
As one of the main activities to celebrate the 1,000-year anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, on October 6-11, Ha Thanh Food Festival will be held at West Lake Park, 614 Lac Long Quan Street in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District.

Metropole Hanoi wins PATA gold award
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi the Pacific-Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) 2010 gold award has been granted in the heritage category. The award honours the hotel for the standard of renovation in one of Southeast Asia’s most treasured properties, turning the legendary Metropole Hanoi into the Sofitel groups leading hotel.

Preserved old Hanoi house as tourist site
Among the hurry- up life of the Hanoian, one time, we have chance to go- by to visit an old house at 11 Hang Bac street, Hoan Kiem distric, Hanoi. Old quater- considered to be the central of tourism, always crowded with the tourist and the local people doing their bussiness, mordernization and industrialization seem to make a lot of changes.

Turkish Airlines cleared for HoChiMinh City-Istanbul flights
At the end of this year, Turkish Airlines is set to operate flights between Vietnam and Istabul. Carrier Turkish Airlines has been certified to offer flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Turkey’s capital Istanbul at the end of this year.

Hanoi celebrate the second International Puppetry Festival
From September 20 to September 30, the second International Puppetry Festival will be organized in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam as one of the events to celebrate the millennium anniversary of Thang Long- Hanoi. It is estimated that the festival will attract more than 20 professional domestic and oversea puppetry troupes.

New tour of historic sites in Thang Long-Hanoi
From September 20 to September 30, the second International Puppetry Festival will be organized in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam as one of the events to celebrate the millennium anniversary of Thang Long- Hanoi. It is estimated that the festival will attract more than 20 professional domestic and oversea puppetry troupes.

Valuable gift for whom visiting Vietnam
During the time Hanoi celebrate 1000th anniversary this October, tourist coming to Vietnam will have chance to receive many valuable gifts. A bronze plate with Hanoi sympols, a CD with a lot of song about Hanoi and a "Thang Long's 1000 years" pin.

Warsaw - Hanoi direct flight in Nov 2010
On August 18, LOT polish airlines announced that there will be a direct air route from Hanoi to Warsaw in mid- November 2010. Therefore, Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, flights from Hanoi will take off at 00:10 and arrive in Warsaw at 6:05(local time). Meanwhile, the flights departing from Warsaw at 22:40(local time) will arrive in Hanoi on 15:00 every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Hanoi and Hoian are listed in Asia's top 10 holiday destinations
In Hong Kong online tourist magazine Smart Travel Asia, Vietnam's Hanoi and Hoi An city are listed to be two of ten holiday destinations for 2010. According to the final estimation, the ancient house town in HoiAn- in the central of Vietnam has retained the fifth position (the same position to last year) and HaNoi stands at the seventh in the list.

Accor targets 30 operational hotels in Vietnam by 2013
Accor is striving to realize its new ambitious purpose to operate 30 projects in three years’ period or almost three times higher than the current number of hotels the group is managing in Vietnam. “Our first realistic objective is to have 30 hotels and we think we shall be able to have this network of hotels already open by the end of 2013,” said Patrick Basset- Accor vice president of operations for Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan and South Korea.

UNWTO: Vietnam- A Top Growth Tourist Destination
UNWTO- the United Nations World Tourism Organization has put Vietnam in the list of top Asian countries with strong tourism performance in the first half of this year- 2010. UNWTO said in a statement about global tourism that international tourist arrivals are estimated to have grown by 7% in the first six months.

CHEO - Vietnamese performance art form
There’s a folk verse in Vietnam that tells about a lazy guy who does not poverty to do anything but could not resist the attraction of a Cheo play, which has played an important role in Vietnamese cultural life for a long time and is considered the oldest and most popular folk music performance in Vietnam.

Thang Long - Ha Noi in the eyes of foreigner
Hanoi, the 1,000-year-old city, is organizing meticulously, yet still maintains its own unique character and traditional values. This was stated by German journalist Maris Kristin. She agreed with 14 other reporters, who went on a week-long tour of the city called “the Heart of Vietnam”, organized by the municipal People’s Committee from September 9-15.

Jetstar Pacific: $5 flights are offered on the occasion of Hanois millennium anniversary
Jetstar Pacific is Vietnam’s first low-cost carrier and offers both domestic and international flights. On the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, the Jetstar Pacific provides a promotion program to offer 1,000 cheap tickets at price of US$5 (including tax and other additional fee) per one from September 9 to October 10.

Accommodation Promotion
A valuable promotion from five star hotel in Nha Trang- ”RELAX PACKAGE”. Sunrise Nha Trang Beach Hotel & Spa is located in the heart of beautiful Nha Trang city, Vietnam. Sunrise bring you the unique charm & atmosphere of this lovely hotel with balance and harmony.

Vietnam continues receiving admire and interest from friends all over the world
1000 years Thang Long- Hanoi anniversary has passed by; however there are many compliments for the beauty and the sparkling nights each day of the event. Reporters have great interested in writing about this 1000 years anniversary, not only in domestic magazines but also the international ones.

International sailboat festival in the December at Binh Thuan- Vietnam
International sailboat festival, one of the most expected events in Mui Ne- Binh Dinh province, will be held in 3 days from 08 to 11 December, this 2010. This year, with the subject: “Sea, Sun and Sail”, the event is auspicious to bring big surprise and enjoyable time to visitors.

More Vietnam- European flights, supplied by Thai Airways flag carrier
To response the client needs of flights from Vietnam to European, there is a new plan created by Thai Airways International. Base on that, there will be a new winter schedule, connectivity for the flight from Vietnam and Suvarnabhumi Airport hub in Bangkok to European destinations.

What do you know about Pha That Luang and That Luang Festival in Laos?
Laos- a land lock country is well-known with its culture, tradition, festivals, cuisine which has till keep the same flavor and style in making as in the Royal palaces hundreds of years ago.
People know about Laos with its impressive traditions, ethics and friendliness, with the major state religion is ‘Buddhism’ a symbol of eternal peace, love and humanity. Moreover, what bring millions of tourists to this country are the temple system and the plenty of festival here, especially, “Pha That Luang” temple with That Luong festival.