Penang or its Malay name of Pulau Pinang is made up of a turtle-shaped island, a total of 280 square kilometers, and a strip of land called Seberang Prai on Peninsular Malaysia about 48 kilometers wide. Penang is also often called the Pearl of the Orient. It used to be the oldest British settlement in Malaysia predating Melaka.
When traveling on domestic flights in Vietnam, the acceptable forms of photographic identification - all of which must be valid at the time of travel - are as belows:
Hanoi – Da Nang flights priced from VND299,000 Vietnam's low cost airline, VietJetAir, will offer 1,000 promotional tickets at the special price from VND299,000 for a single ticket between Hanoi and Da Nang to celebrate the lauch of this new route on May 25.
Air Mekong offers discounted fares for children The Mekong Aviation JSC (Air Mekong) will offer discounted flights for children between May 15 and June 1, on the International Children's Day (June 1).
New luxury bus to service Ho Chi Minh City- Phnom Penh A luxury bus service between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh has started in Ho Chi Minh City as a private-public co-operation effort to have more Vietnamese tourists visit Cambodia.