January 9, 2012
Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested one Vietnamese and three Malaysian men for allegedly using fake ATM cards to withdraw money from local banks. They are believed to be members of a transnational crime ring. The first arrest, of Co Kim Thach, a 39-year-old resident of District 5, was made on December 30, [...]
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January 2, 2012
Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]
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November 23, 2011
Around 20 young men brought swords and home-made guns to attack guests at a Hanoi hotel early Tuesday.  The men broke into Bach Duong hotel at 1:30 a.m. They went straight into a room, shooting the ceiling and beating the guests there.  Police said the room had been rented by Nguyen Viet Dung [...]
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November 14, 2011
Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang recently was voted the Vietnam’s Leading Resort by the World Travel Awards (WTA,) the comprehensive voter-determined awards in the global travel and tourism industry. This is the fourth time Vinpearl has received the international program’s accolade. Previously, the WTA listed Vinpearl as Vietnam’s Leading Spa Resort - in [...]
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October 29, 2011
The southern hub offers a devilish Halloween chock full o’ tricks and treats aplenty Many restaurants and hotels in Ho Chi Minh City are rolling up their sleeves to prepare ghostly dishes for Halloween night October means Halloween season in Western countries. It is a time for howling faces carved into pumpkins and children [...]
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October 25, 2011
A Hanoian Renaissance Man has run Vietnam’s only ‘five-star’ pet hotel for 40 years A receptionist receives a pet dog to the hotel Yes, there’s a hotel for cats and dogs in Hanoi. And yes, it’s called Hotel Cho Meo (hotel for cats and dogs). Seventy-one-year-old Nguyen Bao Sinh has devoted the last 40 [...]
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October 22, 2011
Evoking a bygone age, the once ubiquitous clay cooking pot brings out the full flavor of food The Chinese restaurant Dynasty in the New World Saigon Hotel offers ten tantalizing dishes cooked in the clay pot way from October 17 to November 13 Back when Vietnam was mostly an agrarian society, a clay pot [...]
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October 21, 2011
Best Western International, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, has expanded its presence in Vietnam with a luxury hotel in Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Hue Town. The Celadon Palace, located in the center of the central region town and 20 minutes from Phu Bai International Airport, was renamed Best Western Premier Indochine Palace early [...]
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October 21, 2011
An underground war bunker has been uncovered at Hanoi’s landmark Metropole Hotel Construction workers at Hanoi’s landmark Metropole Hotel have uncovered an underground war bunker that American folk singer Joan Baez took cover in as her countrymen bombed the capital city. While upgrading a hotel bar in August, the workers found ghostly remnants of those [...]
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October 14, 2011
The redesigned bamboo bar at Hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hanoi’s landmark hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole is adding a rooftop garden lounge and has redesigned its bamboo bar for its 110th anniversary. The 300-square-meter open-air garden, Le Balcon, is expected to create a more peaceful atmosphere for Metropole’s morning Pilates and yoga classes. It will [...]
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