January 8, 2012
Experts say more should be done to eliminate scam taxis after inspections led to the suspension of eleven firms in HCMC and Hanoi An imitation taxi passes foreign tourists near HCMC’s Ben ThanhâMarket. Experts say Vietnam must do more to eliminate illegal taxis that tarnish the image of major cities. Nguyen Chi Hieu hailed [...]
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December 31, 2011
(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel [...]
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December 21, 2011
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested two people for allegedly robbing three foreign visitors, Dan Tri reported Monday. According to the newswire, on Sunday, Nguyen Phuoc Ly, 30, and Vo Thanh Tung, 34, were caught riding a motorbike to get close to the tourists who were walking on Hai Ba Trung Street in [...]
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December 9, 2011
There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]
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November 28, 2011
Three of the four pickpoketers at a Hue police station on Nov 24 Police in the central city of Hue on Thursday arrested two homeless women and two boys for pickpocketing foreign tourists in popular tourist sites, online newspaper Dan Tri reported. Nguyen Thi Loc, 25, Ho Thi Kim Lien, 22, Tran Van Hieu, 15, [...]
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September 9, 2011
Soothsaying guide presents the past and foretells the future Tran Thi Dieu, 78, entertains a foreign tourist thanks to her fluent English and fortune-telling skills. Thuy Thanh Commune boasts an impressive tile-roofed bridge that is such an integral and central part of it that the village itself is now called the Thanh Toan Tile [...]
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August 28, 2011
For years, local officials have expended considerable effort to promote Vietnam as an attractive tourism destination, announcing new tours, running commercials on international TV channels and so on. However, they seem to forget about the handiest tools in tourism promotion: guidebooks, which together with postcards and souvenirs, are among income sources that do not [...]
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June 11, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City authorities will dispatch more traffic inspectors to crowded tourist spots to curb illegal taxis and aggressive vendors, a senior official said on Tuesday (June 7). Nguyen Thi Hong, vice chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Committee, told Thanh Nien that city officials met on Tuesday to discuss ways to ensure the [...]
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May 8, 2011
It is true that foreign tourists drive recklessly and cause accidents. However, compared to the Vietnamese, I think foreigners are accountable for less than 1 percent of all accidents. Many foreigners rent motorbikes in Vietnam without having to show any driving license. It would be more meaningful if motorbike rental shops stopped giving motorbikes [...]
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May 7, 2011
A cryptic warning from the US consulate has left foreigners wondering how bad crime really is in Ho Chi Minh City Foreign tourists in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Police in HCMC’s District 1 reported seeing an increase in camera, computer and bag snatching in tourist hotspots around town, particularly in the early evening, [...]
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