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 21, 2011
New world title will make no difference until existing infrastructure, services are improved, experts say A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, by virtue of being the jewel in Vietnam’s tourism crown, has always been in the spotlight, but the lights have just gotten a lot [...]
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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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January 28, 2010
Sa Pa, in Lao Cai Province, is one of the popular destinations to both domestic and international tourists.LookAtVietnam – A nationwide set of standards to rate tourism services is expected to be published in the second quarter of this year.The work was commissioned to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism by Deputy Prime Minister [...]
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November 27, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Investors spending big on hotel and resorts are still spending small on staff training. Receptionists themselves are the people who most meet and communicate with guestsHa Kim Vong, headmaster of the Khoi Viet Tourism and Foreign Language School in HCM City, said at the workshop on training staff for the tourism industry on [...]
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August 27, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is looking for foreign experts to help map out a national tourism development strategy for 2011-2020 The tourism industry would be calling for foreign and local investment capital to better infrastructure and services in the years to come.Nguyen Van Tuan, head of the administration, told the [...]
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May 28, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Mekong Delta provinces would focus on developing a sustainable tourism industry by offering diverse and quality products, the Mekong Tourism Association said. Tourists visit the Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho City. Mekong Delta provinces are focusing on developing a sustainable tourism industry.It encouraged travel companies to set up tours that involve [...]
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April 9, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The tourism industry needs to build an eco-label system, according to a leading official of the hotel management section. Last year, Viet Nam received 4.2 million international visitors, and clocked in around 19.5 million domestic tourists at its total of about 5,000 hotels and other holiday accommodation.Nguyen Phuong Anh, deputy director of the [...]
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March 23, 2009
Foreign visitors at an information center in Ho Chi Minh City The government should put off a proposed hike in tax on tourism-related services to safeguard the tourism industry which has already been buffeted by the global economic downturn, a top business executive said. Under the amended Special Consumption Tax Law, set to take effect [...]
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March 13, 2009
The government’s VND 25 billion (US $1.47 million) for tourism promotion has not been allocated yet while the opportunities for advertising the “Impressive Vietnam” campaign is passing, said a senior official. LookAtVietnam – The government’s VND 25 billion (US $1.47 million) for tourism promotion has not been allocated yet while the opportunities for advertising the [...]
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