September 23, 2011
The Ben Thanh Market is a popular tourist attraction in Ho Chi Minh City. Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have put sign boards containing the police contact information at the entrance of the Ben Thanh Market and hotels, shops and restaurants in a downtown area for tourists to seek help and report robberies. The authorities [...]
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April 7, 2011
Students at the Saigon Cooking Class learning Vietnamese cuisine Saigon is chock-full of cheap, fresh and easy dining options. It’s no surprise that most expats living here feel little need to cook. Even those with the best intentions find crowded markets daunting: little is labeled in English, haggling is a necessity, and buying enough for [...]
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December 11, 2010
 Two tourists prepares for kite surfing on a beach of the coastal resort town of Phan Thiet. The tourism industry is projected to generate US$4.6 billion this year, according to local tourist authorities. Travel firms reported an increasing demand for domestic and outbound tours on Christmas and New Year holidays this year. Many cited [...]
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November 20, 2010
European hotel management firm Accor announced Wednesday its latest plan to develop eight economy hotels in Vietnam with help from the local firm Ben Thanh Group. The hotels under the “Ibis” brand will be built in busy cities and provinces like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Binh Duong Province. The first [...]
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January 17, 2010
A woman approaches a shop selling Chinese jewelry at Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City. Although she liked its design very much, college student Nguyen Thi My Le got rid of a necklace she had bought from a sidewalk shop as it turned black after three weeks and left itchy red spots on [...]
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December 16, 2009
As the year is almost over and New Year is coming, Ben Thanh Tourist introduces a four day/three night tour allowing excursionists not only a chance . . . A tourist takes an ostrich ride at Prenn Waterfall in the central city of Dalat.Departing for the central coast tourist city of Phan Thiet, tourists will [...]
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December 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The number of travellers who have booked tours for 2010 New Year and Tet is relatively higher than non-holidays and higher than the same period last year. Tourists in Da LatThe total number of travellers who have booked tours via Saigontourist for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays has reached 7,000, an increase [...]
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December 13, 2009
Two transsexuals offering massage services to a foreigner on Le Lai Street in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1. Erotic massages offered by sexy women to foreigners late in the night can have a few unpleasant surprises in store. Swiss tourist Pius Luechigev was charmed by the offer of a massage in the privacy of [...]
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December 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – More foreign tourists are seen on Vietnam’s streets now. However, total arrivals are still far below 2008. European tourists in HCM City“We’re down 35 percent in comparison with November 2008, says Bui Viet Thuy Tien, Managing Director of Asian Trails Co Ltd., and down 11 percent year over year. Ben Thanh Tourist, APEX Vietnam [...]
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December 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Travel agencies in Vietnam in the rest of the year are expected to welcome more tourists traveling on business, or MICE guests. Foreign tourists of Tetra Pak in a MICE tour in HCMC arranged by Saigontourist Travel Service Company.Saigontourist Travel Service Company said November began a busy MICE season for the company as [...]
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