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By 2025 the airport will be able to accommodate six million passengers Da Nang International Airport will be able to receive up to four million passengers and 80,000 tonnes of luggage a year by 2015. And by 2025, it will be able to handle six million passengers a year. At present, the airport can only handle about one million passengers yearly, but significant growth in tourism and business in the central region have led to plans for an upgrade. A scheme announced last week states...

One-pillar pagoda in Hanoi VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi welcomed 3.8 million visitors, including 655,700 foreigners in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 12.4 percent. The number of holiday-makers from China , Thailand , the US and Australia increased sharply, leading to the shortage of hotel rooms. The city is expected to welcome 7.6 million visitors with 1.4 million foreign tourists by the end of this year. Ho Chi Minh City in the period welcomed around 1.5...

VietNamNet Bridge – A VND19.6 trillion (US$1.23 billion) project to build a North-South express sea route using specialised vessels has been submitted to the Government for approval. The sea route for cargo, and passenger transport was proposed by the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin). The route would use six large ferries (ofen known as Ro-Pax) designed to carry wheeled vehicles and passengers. They will be built over four years, beginning from later this...

VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism Malaysia is teaming up with airlines and travel firms over new packages to draw more Vietnamese to that country, as part of a major campaign that Secretary General Ong Hong Peng from the country's tourism ministry announced last Friday. The Malaysian tourism authority is working with Malaysia Airlines over the three-day package "Malaysia Stopover Special Promotion" and the three-day tour "Discover Malaysia Pass" to Kuala Lumpur. The "Malaysia...

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City wants to see its tourism revenue reach VND46 trillion (US$2.78 billion) by 2010, double the figure of last year. It hopes to do this by pursuing its tourism development scheme approved by the city’s People’s Committee. The city’s hospitality sector will expand operations to potential markets such as Norway, Sweden, India, Indonesia and South Africa, in addition to further key markets like the US, Canada, France, Japan, China and ASEAN...

Farmers committed to bringing the Lo Ren to European markets must obey hundreds of criteria. One of them is keeping a daily diary on the health of each tree. VietNamNet Bridge - Chau Thanh District, Tien Giang Province is the unique source of the Lo Ren star apple. The Hung reports on farmers’ efforts to share their fruit with the world. Sitting back to enjoy a ripened piece of the fruit, many people wonder why this special variety of star apple bears the name Lo...

VietNamNet Bridge – The city's hospitality industry is facing dampened business as most hotels report a sharp fall in occupancy after a long time of good business performances, hoteliers said. General director of Bong Sen Joint Stock Company Tran Kim Long told the Daily on Wednesday that the occupancy at the company's hotels is going down since early last month. This month, the Palace's room occupancy is around 64%, down by 10 to 15 percentage points compared to the same period...

VietNamNet Bridge – Dau Tieng Lake, located in Phuoc Minh Commune in Tay Ninh Province's, Duong Minh Chau District, is the largest irrigation reservoir in Vietnam with a capacity of 1.6 billion cubic meters, enough for watering 63,000 hectares of farmland in Tay Ninh and HCMC plus 40,000 hectares in the provinces of Binh Duong and Long An through the Saigon and Vam Co rivers. Especially, the lake is also a frequent place for sightseers for its beautiful landscape of mountains,...