January 17, 2012
More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally to “renovate” the site’s tourism sector, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Vu Thi Thu Thuy, vice chairwoman of the People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh [...]
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January 9, 2012
Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have asked that Ha Long Bay boats be painted white, saying the change befits the bay’s recent international recognition. A report Friday in VnExpress said, under the decision issued on Thursday by Quang Ninh’s People’s Committee, all tourist boats, except dragon boats, will be white with brown sails. [...]
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June 11, 2011
Thousands of tourists were stranded at the Bai Chay Port, this Friday. Thousands of tourists found themselves stranded at Bai Chay Port after around 500 tourist boats shut down their operations, on Friday morning. The holdup at Ha Long Bay’s major passenger port was created by a knew set of guidelines known as the 716 Decision. The [...]
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June 1, 2011
Forty-year-old Chinese Guo Liangcai lost his wife, children, two siblings and friends in a boat accident last Friday in the southern province of Binh Duong. Guo Liangcai’s voice never stopped quavering. “I don’t know how I will handle the truth,” he told Thanh Nien Weekly over the phone last Tuesday. The 40-year-old Chinese businessman spoke [...]
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May 27, 2011
The boat, which sank in the southern province of Binh Duong last Friday, killing 16, floats on the Saigon River after being recovered Saturday. A meeting was held in the southern province of Binh Duong Wednesday to review a tourist boat accident that killed 16 people last week, but no agency has accepted responsibility. Â [...]
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October 16, 2009
Jetstar accepts ATM card payment; Mountain homestays in Hue; Festival to celebrate cityhood; Tourist boats to get star ratings Jetstar Pacific has begun to allow passengers to pay for air tickets through the 1,000 ATMs operated by Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). Under a joint programme between the budget carrier and BIDV, [...]
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October 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The National Administration of Tourism will combine with the Ministry of Communications and Transport to rate the quality of tourist boats The new rule of the agency will have an impact on such kinds of tourist boats in Halong Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh, as most tourist boats that accommodate [...]
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Ha Long Bay boats do not have to be painted wholly white: authorities
More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally to “renovate” the site’s tourism sector, the VnExpress newswire quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Vu Thi Thu Thuy, vice chairwoman of the People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh [...]
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