December 12, 2011
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]
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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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October 28, 2011
An ongoing photo exhibition in Hanoi, featuring UNESCO-recognized heritage sites in Italy, celebrates 150 years of Italian unity.  Held under the framework of "Y-Viet 2011," the exhibition will remain open until November 18.  According to a press release issued by the Italian Embassy, the exhibition represents UNESCO’s 911 World Heritage Sites of which 45 are [...]
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October 9, 2011
A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Halong Bay in 2007. Growing tourism, lack of resources, neglect and natural disasters pose a threat to the world’s cultural heritage, a private foundation said Wednesday identifying 67 sites in need of preservation. The sites and monuments are found in 41 countries from Peru to Vietnam [...]
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July 24, 2011
Drunken workers die refusing to abide by safety standards; contractors flout regulations and pay off families and officials to stay quiet Two workers walk along a sky-scraping crane without a safety strap at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 Bui Van Vinh is lucky to be alive. Last month, the [...]
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February 28, 2011
Red tape and a lack of funding have reduced Vietnam’s first national heritage village to a decaying tourist trap while officials near Hue argue that stalled preservation plans should be abandoned in two villages Harvest day in Duong Lam Village Six years ago, the people of Duong Lam Village had the esteemed honor of [...]
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February 18, 2011
A Vietnamese professor argues that it’s high time Vietnam gets serious about the preservation of its cultural relics A procession during the Giong Festival in Phu Dong Village in Hanoi. The festival was recognized as a World Heritage last year. Vietnam now boasts 13 sites recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural [...]
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November 12, 2010
Nguyen Van Tuc removes mud from his garden after an iron ore mine reservoir in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang burst on November 5 Lawmakers remain wary of a controversial pair of proposed bauxite mines being built in the Central Highlands. During a weekend inspection of the construction sites, Nghiem Vu Khai, vice [...]
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December 30, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A smoking ban on public sites and the abolition of the death penalty for eight crimes are among new regulations that will take effect as of January 1, 2010. LookAtVietnam – A smoking ban on public sites and the abolition of the death penalty for eight crimes are among new regulations that will [...]
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November 30, 2009
Director of the HCM City Information and Communications Department Le Manh Ha.VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese officials call policing ‘cultural rubbish’ on teen-oriented websites not only an almost impossible task but also a duty they cannot shirk. Webs for teens: a lot of rubbish In a previous article, Tuoi Tre daily tut-tutted about the flood of titillating photos and [...]
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