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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January 7, 2012
The number of Vietnamese tourists to Japan is recovering steadily from the low levels it plunged to in the aftermath of the severe earthquake and tsunami that hit the East Asian country in 2011. There are more family and individual tours than in the past when tours were mostly organized by companies or in [...]
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January 2, 2012
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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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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December 31, 2011
(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel [...]
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December 21, 2011
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested two people for allegedly robbing three foreign visitors, Dan Tri reported Monday. According to the newswire, on Sunday, Nguyen Phuoc Ly, 30, and Vo Thanh Tung, 34, were caught riding a motorbike to get close to the tourists who were walking on Hai Ba Trung Street in [...]
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December 19, 2011
Cheong Yen Kit (L) and Leung Ka Kei (2nd, L) talk with Thanh Nien about their experience being robbed and selling their own photos for daily meals. Ho Chi Minh City police are investigating if two Hong Kong tourists were actually robbed as they claim, after the couple was sighted selling their photography on the street [...]
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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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December 5, 2011
Ha Long Bay, recently listed as one of the new seven wonders of the world, should have higher admission fees commensurate with its prestige, Tuoi Tre quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Do Duc Thang, deputy chief of the bay’s management board, made the statement two days after the Quang Ninh People’s Committee began charging nearly twice as much [...]
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Disaffected youth?
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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