Tag: Thuan
Binh Thuan lures 2mil visitors in 2008
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the changing market and a global economic crisis, the tourism industry in the central province of Binh Thuan reports stable and positive development, luring about two million tourists this year, Binh Thuan also captured the attention of investors as demonstrated by 414 projects worth nearly VND42tril.Binh Thuan also captured... Read more
Cham Pottery from Go Hamlet in Binh Thuan
VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Thuan, a tourist site in the central coastal province, does not own its popularity to attractive beaches, splendid sand dunes or deluxe resorts and spas, but rather to its renowned Cham minority craft village known as Go Hamlet A Cham woman and Cham pottery works.For thousands of years, the generations in this hamlet, located... Read more
Police transfer schoolgirl kidnapper to Binh Thuan
Ho Chi Minh City police Friday transferred an alleged kidnapper they arrested Thursday to authorities in southcentral Binh Thuan Province. Lai Hon Trung, 51, had allegedly kidnapped fourth-grader Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh from her school in Binh Thuan north of HCMC on Monday.He was arrested Thursday on his way to collect... Read more
Binh Thuan to hold cultural festival
VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the central province of Binh Thuan will hold “Binh Thuan culture-tourist day 2008” from October 22 to 24 in the seaside tourist city of Phan Thiet with animated and unique activities. Tourists play kite surfing in Mui Ne beach.The festive days will open with volleyball... Read more
Japanese firms, EVN to build 2,000-MW power plant in Binh Thuan
Mitsubishi Corp., Japan’s largest trading house, and CLP Holdings Ltd. will join forces with Vietnam’s state-owned utility to build a coal-fired power plant in this country. Hong Kong-based OneEnergy, a joint venture between Mitsubishi and CLP, would set up a venture with Electricity of Vietnam to build... Read more
Binh Thuan dragon fruit debuts in US market
VietNamNet Bridge – Eight tons of dragon fruit from the Duy Lan farm in Binh Thuan were shipped to the US on October 3. The Binh Thuan dragon fruit association has announced that this is the first export shipment coordinated between the farm owner, Thai Duc Duy and the Son Son seafood processing joint stock company (HCMC).Duy Lan is the first farm that... Read more
Binh Thuan attracts more visitors in 2008
VietNamNet Bridge – In the first nine months of this year the central coastal province of Binh Thuan attracted about 1.5 million tourists, among them 150,000 foreign visitors from Korea, France, Russia, the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan, China and Japan. A foreign couple strolls on Mui Ne’s beach.The total number of tourists is... Read more

