VIETNAM TRAVEL DEPOT LAUNCHED NEW CUSTOMER INTERFACE

11 May 2010 - Hochiminh City, Vietnam – Vietnam Travel Depot has launched new customer interface at company’s web presence www.vietnamtraveldepot.com.

The new online presence features total new look & feel which is more user friendly and more importantly provides international travelers with full of useful information about Vietnam travel, hotels, resorts, tours & excursions, cruises as well as other travel related services such as car, motorbike rental, visa, domestic and international flights, etc.

The new web presence also includes online interactive functions to ease contact with travel consultants, visitors can use real time chat via Yahoo Messenger or online call using Skype feature which are embedded in the web.

About Vietnam Travel Depot: Vietnam specialized travel services for individuals and small group travelers. Visit www.vietnamtraveldepot.com for more of company special deals and extensive Vietnam travel offers. Contact sales@vietnamtraveldepot.com or call +84 8 62906577 for further information.

Tien Giang to host first Vietnam Fruit Festival

The first Vietnam Fruit Festival, organised by People's Committee of Tien Giang Province, will run from April 19 to 24. "Under the theme ‘Vietnam's Fruit in a Time of Integration', the festival organising board wants to show off the diversification and richness of fruit in Vietnam to local and foreign friends and tourists," said Tran The Ngoc, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tien Giang Province. "The festival will be a chance to honour farmers, scientists, entrepreneurs and companies for their contribution to the development of fruit in Vietnam," Ngoc said. More than 700 kiosks and art shows will display fruit products from around the country. Aside from a number of events, there will be a scientific seminar on fruit market. Vietnamese fruits are sold in 50 countries. In the South, fruit is grown on 280,000ha – nearly 70% of the total fruit-farming area in the country.

(Source: SGT)

ONLY $99/PERSON PACKAGES BY VIETNAM TRAVEL DEPOT

Hochiminh City – Vietnam Travel Depot has introduced one priced packages for travelers who visit Vietnam. The US$ 99 packages include tours and excursions from one day to three days travel in either Hochiminh City (Saigon), Hue (central Vietnam) or Hanoi.

With US$ 99 passengers can benefit from at least one night accommodation at a centrally located standard hotel, at least one meal included, transportation, English or French speaking guide and sightseeing fees.

Details of the packages can be found at www.vietnamtraveldepot.com or email to the company sales(at)vietnamtraveldepot.com

About Vietnam Travel Depot: Vietnam travel centre for international travelers. The company is specialized at customized tours and adventures for individuals or group travelers with a strong focus on Vietnam heritages, Vietnam history, natural landscape and most importantly its culture and people.

Vietnam Travel Depot Launches Jeep Adventure

Hochiminh City, 16 October 2009 - Vietnam Travel Depot has launched Jeep tours for the adventure enthusiasts. The unconventional tours by the US military Jeep M151 A1 and M151 A2 - vehicles once used in the Vietnam War will cover famous destinations such as historic Cu Chi Tunnel, Cao Dai Temple, Vung Tau Beach & Australia War Memorial, Mui Ne Beach, up to the mountain of Dalat or Central Highland or deep into the forest of Nam Cat Tien National Park.

Beside tours on Jeep, Vietnam Travel Depot offers travelers with various combined options such as camping in the forest, trekking, motorcycling, biking, camera rally or team building based on customer's individual interests. The company also specially developed a website www.vietnamjeeptours.com to provide detailed information and images about the Jeep travel, its technical specifications for the serious travelers who wish to know more about the historic vehicles and this special service.

About Vietnam Travel Depot

Online travel portal specialized in travel to Vietnam focusing on individuals and small groups travel. More information the company, its offers and rates please visit www.vietnamtraveldepot.com or Tel: (84 8) 5404 3116.

About Vietnam Jeep Tours

A special service dedicated to Jeep adventure in Vietnam with adventure activities of Jeep-ing, camping, trekking, motorcycling, biking, camera rally or team building. Vietnam Jeep Tour is a specially product managed by Vietnam Travel Depot. More information please visit www.vietnamjeeptours.com

Free Visas To Vietnam By Vietnam Travel Depot

Hochiminh City, 10 Oct 2009 – Hochiminh City, 10th October – Vietnam Travel Depot has announced to offer free visa approvals and free visa stamps for passengers traveling with the company.

By this, passengers who book a trip with a value from US$300 per person will receive free visa approval letters for single entry issued by Immigration Department. This letter will be used to get visa stamps either at Vietnam Embassies overseas or at the international airports on their arrivals.

Free Visa to Vietnam with Vietnam Travel Depot

Passengers who book tours value from US$600 per person will receive both visa approval letters and single entry visa stamps (value of US$/25) for free. Once passengers receive their visas, Vietnam Travel Depot will pay back the visa fees in cash or deduct directly from their tour prices.

Both of the above offers are applied to tour bookings only of minimum two persons in a group and are not applicable for hotel bookings or other single services.

Further details about the offers, please contact sales consultants online or email sales@vietnamtraveldepot.com


About Vietnam Travel Depot: Online travel portal specialized in travel to Vietnam focusing on individuals and small groups travel. More information about the company please visit www.vietnamtraveldepot.com or contact Tel: (84 8) 5404 3116.

Vietnam Travel Depot Launches Facebook Page

Hochiminh City, 21 Sep 2009 –Vietnam Travel Depot has launches its page on the social network Facebook to stay in touch with friends and company customers.

The page will features images, videos and latest news about travel in Vietnam as well as updates about Vietnam Travel Depot offers, its initiatives in creating ultimate travel experience, travel stories written by travelers.

Vietnam Travel Depot Facebook page is open for everyone and can be view here. Registration to Facebook is required in order to view our page.

About Vietnam Travel Depot: Online travel portal specialized in travel to Vietnam focusing on individuals and small groups travel. More information the company please visit www.vietnamtraveldepot.com or Tel: (84 8) 5404 3116.

Dalat “Crazy House” joins bizarre global list

A uniquely odd architectural work in the Central Highlands city of Dalat , has been shortlisted by the Chinese People’s Daily as one of the world’s ten most bizarre buildings.

French travel guide Hachette has also highlighted the “Crazy House” as a not-to-be missed hotel stay on any trip to Vietnam.


The house, occupying nearly 1,600m² on Huynh Thuc Khang Street, was completed in 1990 as a personal project by architect Dang Viet Nga. The controversial building once dismissed as “crazy” has now become a regular feature on tourist visits to the city.

The free-form undulating structure is quite unlike anything else in Dalat, let alone Vietnam. The house is constructed on a numerous levels with a naturalistic theme interpreted through concrete curves, twists and bends, giving it the appearance of an out-grown tree. The interior is equally unorthodox, with almost every surface twisting, curving and running fluidly along the internal corridors, stairwells and rooms.

Mismatched windows give the impression of a fairytale house straight from Little Red Riding Hood, while stone tigers, bears, eagles, kangaroos and pheasants decorate the environs adding to the surreal environment.


The building has been dogged by controversy since conception with arguments centering on the structure’s insufficient architectural integrity, ad-hoc character and lack of formal aesthetic.


Nga shrugs off criticism, “Many people have criticised me, even my colleagues. I don’t blame who don’t understand me.” Instead she believes that the controversial character of the house has won her more attention.

“When they first saw the house, people would exclaim that it was a “crazy house”! So that’s how it got its name, and now, it’s one of Dalat’s leading tourist attractions,” Nga says.

Nga is more concerned with conveying history and myth through the structural and decorative styling of the house rather than conforming to strict architectural rules. The house for her is interconnected by “a cobweb, which can be conceived as a bridge linking reality and the spiritual world, linking the self and the infinite universe,” she says.

(Source: VNA, Image: Google)

Discount Coupons With Vietnam Travel Depot

Hochiminh City, 24^th September 2009 - Vietnam Travel Depot has announced to offer passengers who book any service on the company travel portal www.vietnamtraveldepot.com will receive discount coupon of 10% at the below hot spots in central Hochiminh City.

1. Le Mekong Restaurant: French Restaurant
2. Dong Du Restaurant: Combination of Vietnamese and French
3. Liberty Restaurant: Vietnamese
4. Vietnam House Restaurant: Vietnamese
5. Pizza Sarpino's Restaurant: Italian
6. Nga Art & Craft Shop: Vietnamese tradition art and craft
7. Spa L'apothiquaire: Traditional French day spa
   

The numbers of coupons are limited and applied for early birds only. Please contact our sales@vietnamtraveldepot.com for details and conditions that may be applied.

About Vietnam Travel Depot: Online travel portal specialized in travel to Vietnam focusing on individuals and small groups travel. More information about the true home stay experience, expenses and other offers please visit www.vietnamtraveldepot.com or contact tel: (84 8) 5404 3116.