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The Hanoitimes – There are a variety of options for travelers to choose from for International Women’s Day retreats.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, many attractive promotional packages and culinary discounts are launching during the month at hotels, resorts and golfs around the nation.

A staycation package within Hanoi is an ideal choice for International Women’s day retreat. Photo: Sheraton Hanoi Hotel.

Sheraton Hanoi Hotel promotes the charm of Hanoi Westlake and gives a hand to push up domestic travel with a staycation package called “Westlake Retreat”.

Travelers will have chance to treat their loved ones on the special occasion with a staycation by the romantic Westlake shore. The package includes a buffet breakfast at Oven D’or restaurant, a special set dinner at the Hemispheres steak & seafood Grill restaurant, a cocktail drink with light snack per person per night at Bar Déjà Vu; and complimentary early check in at 9am and late check out at 3pm as well as room upgrade (subject to availability).

The price for the package is at VND2,400,000++ (or US$103) for single occupancy and VND2,975,000 (or US$128) for double occupancy. A further 10% discount on room rate is applied for any Club Marriott Members. Booking time is from March 1 until May 31; Staying period: from 01 March until 31 December 2021

The Grand Ho Tram Resort & Casino , Vung Tau city introduces many incentive programs, including many gifts exclusively for women on the International Women’s Week around March 8.

The Bluffs Ho Tram Golf, Grand Ho Tram Resort & Casino, Vung Tau city.

Specifically, with each invoice at The Grand Bistro or BBQ Smoke, all female customers will receive a free gift of flowers, chocolate, cocktails or champagne. Group of customers who hold a party to celebrate on March 8 will also receive a 10% discount on the total bill value.

The Bluffs Ho Tram Golf offers its service promotion for female clients. Female golfers will enjoy a promotional fee on a 27-hole golf tour at VND3.018.600 (US$130) per person, beer vouchers at Infinity restaurant and 20% discount coupon for services at The Grand Spa.

Especially, customers who born with Ox zodiac (born from 1961 to 1997), will receive a special fee for using around tour of 18- hole-golfing, at VND2,082,600 ($30) per person, other her three friends will enjoy the price of VND3,018,600 ($130)/ person / round.

For busy people who don’t have too much time for long trips or long vacations, a more practical gift for women is inviting them to dine at a luxury restaurant. Pan Pacific Hanoi Hotel offers an alternative way to celebrate the Women’s Day at home with a special dinner at its Chinese Ming restaurant.

The Dimsum feast at Ming restaurant, Pan Pacific Hanoi Hotel.

Its all-time favourite dim sum feast various dishes, including codfish and abalone dumplings, tiger prawn & Japanese scallop dumplings with spicy sauce.

Until March 10, it applies a further saving of 33% and one complimentary plate of salmon salad for any table booking one day in advance. Original price is at VND550,000 ($24)++ per adult and VND275,000 ($12) per child.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day March 8, Sunset Beach Resort & Spa , Phu Quoc Island has accompanied Mytour.vn to organize a game called “Heart Hunting”, with a total prize value of up to VND10 billions ($430,000).

Having a relax on the special occasion for women at Sunset Beach Resort & Spa, Phu Quoc Island.

Participants who join in a 20-second-length game called “Heart Hunting” on Website Mytour.vn and App Mytour.vn will have opportunity to win with 20 vouchers to stay the 5-star Sunset Beach Resort & Spa in ; a special prize worth VND100 million applying for vacations during one year. Other prizes include vouchers for resort’s services using with values from VND30,000 ($1) to VND1,000,000 ($43).

The Hanoitimes – The number of tourists to Hanoi dropped 91.2% from April 30 to May 2 compared to the same period of 2019.

During this year’s holiday season, Hanoi welcomed just 1,123 international tourists, a decrease of 97.7% compared to the same period of last year, data of the municipal Department of Tourism showed.

Most of them have been stranded in the city due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Immigration Management Division of the Hanoi Municipal Police Department. They came from 50 countries and territories in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania.

International tourists in Temple of Literature before the order of closure for tourist destinations. Photo: Lai Tan

From April 30 to May 2, tourist arrivals to Hanoi plunged 91.2% over the same period in 2019 to 21,123. Total revenue from tourism reached VND68 billion (US$2.9 million) during the three days, down 84.4% inter-annually.

From April 30 to May 3, the prices of hospitality services remained unchanged. The average occupancy of three- to five-star hotels reached about 13.4%.

It’s noteworthy that hospitality businesses around Hanoi, especially those in Son Tay and Ba Vi, saw demand for their services increase on the national holidays of April 30 and May 1, according to the Hanoi Tourism Department.

As the social distancing order was loosened, many local residents wished to spend their leisure time at facilities near Hanoi. Some resorts in the city’s outskirt reached occupancy rate of 65%, in the case of Asean Resort, or 60% of Tan Da and 30% of Khoang Xanh, the vacation spots nearby.

Despite reopening before the holiday season of April 30 and May 1, shopping malls and catering facilities witnessed experienced a 90% drop in visitors from the same period of 2019.

The number of tourists coming to the places of interest including the Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center, Hanoi Ancient House at 87 Ma May street, Hanoi Book Street, Bao Son Paradise Park, Ba Vi National Park also fell sharply compared to a year earlier.

Other relic and tourist destinations in Hanoi remain closed due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, such as Huong Pagoda, Temple of Literature, Hoa Lo Prison, Thu Le Park, Ngoc Son Temple, and museums.

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietjet is offering a special promotion for four golden days from March 5 to March 8 to fly high quality throughout Vietnam with tickets priced from only 0 VND to celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8).

Accordingly, promotional tickets priced from only 0 VND are available for sale whole days with the flight period from March 8, 2021 to December 31, 2021 on the website www.vietjetair.com, Vietjet Air mobile app and Facebook at www.facebook.com/ vietjet vietnam (section “Booking”).

In addition, Vietjet also offers passengers a gift of free 20kg checked baggage for all passengers buying tickets from now until March 31. The special offer is immediately applied as customers choose to include a 20kg baggage package when booking on all domestic flight routes with the flight time from now until April 25, 2021.

Stay safe against the pandemic, fly safely with Vietjet and explore attractive destinations throughout the country with new experience such as having refreshment in Da Lat of tranquility and cool breeze; exploring beautiful sunny beaches of Da Nang, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc; enjoying the experience on rivers of Can Tho; or immersing in the traditional space of Hoi An Ancient Town.

Especially, passengers do not miss out on opportunities to fly and experience the new super convenient Deluxe fare type of Vietjet at an unprecedented attractive price from only VND 399,000. In addition to the 20kg checked luggage for free, Deluxe passengers can enjoy free changes of flight, date, route for unlimited times; free priority check-in; free seat selection; and included Deluxe Flight Care programme.

Vietjet advised passengers to fully comply with the mandatory health declaration via https://tokhaiyte.vn, save and show the information when checking in at airports as well as wear face masks during their flight to protect themselves and their community. All Vietjet flights are in accordance with global supreme standards and recommendations from authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in order to ensure the safety of all passengers, cabin crew and the community.

The new-age carrier Vietjet has not only revolutionised the aviation industry in Vietnam but also been a pioneering airline across the region and around the world. With a focus on cost management ability, effective operations and performance, Vietjet offers flying opportunities with cost-saving and flexible fares as well as diversified services to meet customers’ demands.

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The commune, with thousands of hectares of terraced rice fields and topped with the “grey hat” of Chieu Lau Thi Peak, is considered the capital of the Red Dao ethnic group, which numbers about 450,000 people in Vietnam alone. The area is also the starting point for the Chay River, which runs like a giant snake through the mountains and forests.

It takes half a day riding on motorbikes to reach Tan Phong village in Ho Thau commune from Thong Nguyen commune through a 35km distance of terraced fields, forests and grass fields surrounding other Red Dao villages, Nam Khoa, and Nam Ai.

Then we feasted our eyes on the green mountain forests surrounding yellow terraced rice fields shining in the sun. Our rest was marked by relaxing talks with local farmers, who were busy harvesting their fields.

After long hours of bumpy travel, we finally had lunch in a homestay in Tan Phong village, which had a spectacular view over a valley. Truong Cong Dinh, chairman of Ho Thau Commune, said the focus was on developing ecological tourism, even risky tours of Chieu Lau thi Peak, while preserving the cultures of tribal people.

“To further promote tourism, the authorities use financial resources from the province and districts to advertise local destinations, pay for train tourism and encourage households to open homestays,” he said. “Hoang Su Phi district authorities have called for investors to open more restaurants, hotels, hold motorbike races and establish trekking routes from Chieu Lau Thi peak to nearby primitive forests.”

Trieu Mui Mui, owner of Homestay Chan Mui, one between two experimental homestays in a project titled Improving the Livelihood of Ethnic Minorities through Community-Based Tourism sponsored by Swiss-based Helvetas Intercooperation and the Center for Rural Economy Development, said her family had received hundreds of tourists in the past year.

“It makes us busier, but happier, to offer guests a close look at a Red Dao family,” she said, “The guests often stay one or two nights with us, have meals and enjoy traditional singing and dancing by locals. Since we stay far from the center of the district, we often pay more to buy goods and food from the plain because it takes more time to transport them here,” she said.

From Tan Phong, we rode to Chieu Lau Thi Mountain, which peaks at 2,402m above sea level. Chieu Lau Thi in local language means nine ladder layers.

The 12km road was covered with mud and rocks and rain-caused erosion. Our bikes bumped up and down over the rocks like wild horses. In some places, they did not seem to touch the road, but seemed to fly over the rocks. Many times we had to walk so as not to fall down steep cliffs.

But the surrounding scenery was great, with mountains after mountains stretching forever, huge rocky hills with red moss that glowed inn the sunlight – and wild orchids in many colors. Higher up the mountains were pine forests like those in Europe. Streams trickled and gushed down the hillsides. Birds sung in the trees.

We sometimes saw farmers’ timber houses, ideal spots for resting and taking photos of magnificent scenery over the valleys.

From the peaks, the sky seems to be closer with so many clouds to nurture the imagination.

After nearly three hours, we reached a height of 2,000m and then trekked 400m to the peak. We had to hurry as it got dark quickly and we had to return before night set in and the roads became too horrible to navigate.

It was colder here. I put on another jacket, but got hot again as the steep climb and moist air made it hard to breathe. We had to walk slower and take deeper breaths.

Our “xe om” (motor-scooter taxi) drivers were useful guides, willing to carry our bags and help us by hand through hard-to-climb places. “The best weather for climbing is in winter,” said Ban Ta Lieu, my driver. “At that time, both the roads for biking and the paths for trekking are drier and easier to climb.”

Many tourists choose to stay overnight at a homestay at the 2,000m high stop so that they can climb up early in the morning to meet the first sunlight hitting the peak.

“Winter and spring are a better time to see clouds at the peak,” he said. “In summer, clouds are more beautiful in the afternoon. Winter offer nice views of maple forests, while summer has do quyen (Rhododendron) flowers in full bloom. In May and June, locals water their terrace rice fields while in autumn, September and October, they harvest their crops.

We passed 100-year-old tea trees with moss all over their trunks. That was Shan Tuyet tea that grows at a height of more than 2,000m above the sea level. The tea leaves get wind and fog for four seasons, sprouting valuable leaves used for people’s health.

After nearly one hour trekking, we reached the peak, where a triangle stated that it was 2,402m high. We took many photos while watching clouds hanging in the middle of other peaks and a zigzagging road that we traveled on two hours ago. In the far distance, there were terrace rice fields. I felt I was so small in front of Mother Nature herself. I admired the locals who have toiled hard to make a living from this land.

Chieu Lau Thi and Tay Con Linh (2,427m), located in the Northwest of Ha Giang Province, are two highest peaks in the northeast of the country. Many trekkers try their strength conquering them – without the help of chair lifts!.

Source: VNA