Majestic Hotel To Expand New Hotel Complex

Saigon Tourist Company plans to invest VND1, 900 billion (US$92 million) in expanding the old Majestic Hotel in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City.

Two 24 and 27 storey buildings with a total of 353 rooms and four basements will form the expansion plan.

The old Majestic Hotel built in 1925 in French architectural style and recognized by the Viet Nam National Administration for Tourism (VNAT) as a 5-star hotel in 2007, will remain unchanged and will preserve its heritage status.

The old hotel has 185 rooms and along with 353 rooms in the new hotel complex, the majestic hotel will offer a total 538 guest rooms. The new complex will be fully operational by 2014.

For more information about the hotel, you can visit http://www.majesticsaigon.com.vn or contact Email: sales@majesticsaigon.com.vn.

Relaxing Days Off In Madagui

Madagui offers you not only nature at its purest and a cool forest surrounding, but also a journey to exhilarating adventures. 

Madagui Forest Resort is located on Highway 20, at a distance of only 152 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. With the area of about 1.200 hectares, Madagui is situated in a fresh cool climate between the mountains with beautiful natural landscapes, and surrounded by an uninterrupted system of streams and caves. 

Madagui Forest Resort is a part of the Nam Cát Tiên National Park. It is a place where tourist can also have picnic or camping and discover the wild. 

The outstanding points of Madagui are the primeval forest with many kinds of animal and plant and a mysterious system of cave. 

Coming to Madagui, tourists would be impressed by many beautiful landscapes such as the huge rocks lay besides the immeasurably high trees at Thạch Lâm Lake or some artworks on rocks at Thiên Phúc Cavern. A collection of nearly 50 sorts of bamboo and the plenty of about 100 fruit – trees with a gathering of over 50 sorts of banana will definitely keep tourists from leaving. 

From 2006 to 2008, Madagui has marked the improvement with many new interesting things. 

Camellia Flava Restaurant is designed as the communal house in the Vietnamese highland. This restaurant can serve about 400 customers. A large-scale system of villas, which are named after some kinds of fruit, would offer tourist comfort and convenience. 

Not only that, there are some services that attain the international standard like pools, tennis yard, and billiard room… Among them, the pool is really an unique work. It is designed with three strata of fall in the middle of mountain and forest. 

Madagui Forest Resort also satisfies other demand for tourist with many different services like the circus, cock – fighting, discovering caves, swimming, gongs performing, horse riding, fishing, shooting, riding bicycle, karaoke, steam-bath and massage. 

Lately, Madagui has brought to tourist a new program, Madagui Feeling. This is like a kind of adventuring game, and people who join it will discover the Thần Núi Park, pass through the chain – bridge that hangs over Đạ Huoai River and then go into the Ắc Ó Maze. 

The journey of finding the Madagui Feeling begins from Thiên Phúc Cavern, through the bamboo collection to the Death Cave with the depth of 15 meters. After that, the players will walk through the Forest of Tropical Rain and ride on the strong horses. Finally, the imposing scene of mountain, forest, stream and rock would bring the winners a wonderful and cheerful feeling. 

Return from the journey, tourist would have a chance to enjoy some specialties that only have inMadagui forest. Especially, the Madagui Baking Corner will definitely attract any customers with delicious dishes. 

All those features have brought to Madagui Forest Resort a special attraction that whoever comes to it will be able to dispel all stress or tiredness and enjoy a wonderful time. 

Source: Saigon-gpdaily.com.vn

Cat Tien National Park is an important national park found in the south of Vietnam, approximately 150 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. It protects one of the largest areas of lowland tropical rainforests left in Vietnam. 

For more information about Cat Tien National Park you can visit their website:www.vietnamjeeptours.com or contact them via adventure@vietnamjeeptours.com

Sapa In Summer

Sapa is a famous tourist destination in the Northern Province of Lao Cai during the winter months when tourists flock to see the snow but summer months to offer interesting sites in this stunningly beautiful region.

The weather in Sapa during summer is very pleasant. The town is bathed in sunlight all throughout the summer months with occasional but very brief showers. Summer is the season for peaches, pears and plums. Tourists can visit lush fruit gardens on the hills.

Breathtaking waterfalls dot the landscape, like the spectacular Bac waterfall located about 12 km from Sapa town. Water gushes down from a high mountain creek resembling a spray of white shimmering flowers.

Warm, pleasant weather in the summer months makes it conducive to trek often inaccessible villages of the ethnic minority groups like the H’Mong, Dao and Tay and get a glimpse of their vibrantly rich, unique, indigenous and very traditional customs and culture.

The exquisite Ta Van valley offers tourists a glimpse of the lives of Giay people, untouched by modern civilization. Homes of the Giay people permeate a faint aroma of “pomu” wood.

Source: en.baomoi.com

Ho Dynasty Citadel Becomes World Heritage Site

UNESCO recognised the Ho Dynasty in the Central Province of Thanh Hoa as World Cultural Heritage site on June 27.

Located in the two communes of Vinh Tien and Vinh Long in Vinh Loc district, the citadel measuring 870m by 833m was built in 1397.

The citadel’s construction was supervised by the Tran dynasty’s top mandarin, Ho Quy Ly, who later occupied the citadel when he forcibly took the throne in 1400, changing the country’s name from Dai Viet to Dai Ngu.

Ho Quy Ly’s rise to power began the short-lived Ho dynasty, and that is why the citadel is still known as the Ho Dynasty Citadel.

Also known as the Tay Do Citadel, the ancient building is famous for being strategically located in the position that can ensure it is easily defended. The citadel is shielded by a mountain range to the North, while the Ma River runs to the West and the Buoi River to the South, creating a huge natural moat.

Unlike many other citadels that were built from bricks, the Ho Dynasty Citadel was built with huge stone slabs from nearby mountains. It features four arched entrances facing East, West, North and South.

With UNESCO’s recognition of the Ho Dynasty Citadel, Vietnam now has seven World Heritage sites, including Hoi An ancient town in Quang Nam Province, the former royal Capital of Hue, My Son sanctuary, Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, and Thang Long-Hanoi Citadel remains.

Source: en.baomoi.com

Another Vietnamese Bay Becomes Tourist Attraction

Sanest Tourist, a travel agency based in Nha Trang, began offering sea tours to the country’s latest “national level landscape”. Xuan Dai Bay in Tuy Hoa last Sunday.

The Bay is around 50 kilometers long, Oversees Various Capes and Islands.
It received the recognition from the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism in January, which will help promote and exploit its tourism potential.

Mon Beach and Cape Dien in Phu Yen Province – in which Tuy Hoa City is situated – were recognized in 2009.

Sanest’s two-day tour starts in Nha Trang and has sightseeing in Tuy Hoa City.
It has a stop at Bai Om Beach for swimming, coral diving, and lunch of fresh seafood obtained from fishing vessels. 

The Agency will use three vessels, each with a capacity of 50 passengers.

Source: en.baomoi.com

Dolphin Show Comes To Vinpearl Land

Vinpearl Land Nha Trang will launch a dolphin show at its amusement Park in December.

The Dolphins will be set up near the sea, next to the Vinpearl Underwater World. Sea Lions and Seals will also join the show.

Earlier this month four Dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) were brought to the park to be trained by experts from Russia and the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center. They will have a six-month training course to get ready for the show.

These Dolphins are very smart and friendly to people and they love to play with children. Normally, Orcaella brevirostris in Vietnam are trained for the circus, for curing humans of congenital defects, sea research and rescue and to use for investigating other ocean species.

Source: oratrip.com

Avalon to launch new Mekong cruise ship

Avalon Angkor to sail between Ho Chi Minh City and Siem Reap from 2012...

Avalon Waterways has announced plans to launch a brand new cruise ship in Southeast Asia next year. The 40-metre 'Avalon Angkor' will become the first cruise boat to take passengers all the way from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to Siem Reap.

Featuring 16 staterooms, the new boat has been constructed by traditional craftsmen using brass and teak. The accommodation will include 16-square metre Avalon Deluxe Staterooms, which open to the outside with floor-to-ceiling, sliding glass doors and balconies. Other on board facilities will include a sun deck, 24-hour bar, dining room, library, massage area and fitness centre. It will feature 18 crew members.

Avalon Waterways will sail the Avalon Angkor as part of its new 14-day 'Fascinating Vietnam, Cambodia & The Mekong River' itinerary from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok. The cruise section fromHCMC to Siem Reap lasts seven days. 

“With the Angkor, Avalon takes cruisers to difficult-to-reach villages, providing them a unique experience with immersive access into the diverse cultures and histories found in Vietnam and Cambodia,” said Patrick Clark, Managing Director of Avalon Waterways. “The Mekong excursions we provide cruisers, including a visit to Phnom Penh – the sight of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and one of the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields – as well as onboard lectures, are not only eye-opening but also life-altering.” 

The Avalon Angkor cruises will add to the company's existing Asian offerings, which also include three separate Yangtze River itineraries.

Source: traveldailyasia