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Too many air carriers would cause difficulties for management[Code: 3327]

VietNamNet Bridge – If Vietnam allowed too many air carriers to operate right now, government agencies would have difficulties managing the aviation industry, said Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung when asked about his ministry’s proposal that no more airlines be licenced until 2015. If Vietnam licenced many more airlines now, while the market remains limited, this could create difficulties in state management work. Minister Dung said...

Getting lost in Ngu Hanh Son[Code: 3326]

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to Danang City are often drawn to Ngu Hanh Son (five mountains representing the five basic elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth), a fairy land with dreamlike scenery, pagodas, and grottoes. On my own journeys to the central coastal city over the last 15 years I have always found time to spend at those five mysterious mountains. I have often stood on the peak of the mountains and watched the mountains changing in the colors of the...

Local tourism gets a boost with ’world biosphere’ recognition[Code: 3325]

A view of Ca Mau Cape Town in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VietNamNet Bridge - Every day, hundreds of visitors descend upon the lush green Cham Islands off the central coast of Hoi An Town. Cham Islands, Ca Mau Cape recognised as global biosphere reserves With pristine white-sand beaches and crystal-clear water, the area is renowned for both its beauty and vast biodiversity. Now, locals of the eight-island cluster can boast one more glowing attribute of the...

Saigontourist reaches out to European cruise liners[Code: 3324]

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC-based Saigontourist Travel Service Company is reaching out to more cruise ship operators from Europe to further sharpen its cutting edge at a time when international arrivals in Vietnam are on the decline. The country’s leading travel firm has managed to established new partnerships and is inviting new cruise ships from Europe to call in Vietnam, said Le Quang Thang, manager of the company’s Shorex & Port Agency Department. He said that the...

Phu Quoc Island: A “waning heaven”[Code: 3323]

VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s largest island. Situated in the Gulf of Thailand, the island is part of Kien Giang province. The district of Phu Quoc includes the island proper and 21 smaller islets. Phu Quoc is called a “Tourist Heaven”. Under the government’s scheme, by 2020 Phu Quoc will be a sea ecological tourism centre, attracting 2-3 million visitors a year. However, this “heaven” is losing its value through the exploitation and disfigurement...

Mekong Delta provinces to join hands in developing tourism[Code: 3322]

VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong Delta provinces would focus on developing a sustainable tourism industry by offering diverse and quality products, the Mekong Tourism Association said. It encouraged travel companies to set up tours that involve the community, especially local residents, in tourism activities, generating incomes for them, and avoid overlapping products or unhealthy competition with one another, it said. Kien Giang and An Giang provinces and Can Tho City have set...

Admiring the scenery on Thoai Son Mountain[Code: 3321]

VietNamNet Bridge – Nestled in the lowlands of Long Xuyen, Sap Mountain or so-called Thoai Son Mountain has splendid landscapes filled with history of the opening of the Mekong Delta. Sap Town in An Giang Province’s Thoai Son District is about 25 kilometers away from Long Xuyen City on Road 934. To reach the top of the mountain, one may climb or rent a bike for VND5,000 per person to ride on a 4 meter-wide concrete path that winds and zigzags up for 1,500 meters. Many...

Agents complain Hanoi hotels aren’t doing their part to attract tourist visits[Code: 3320]

VietNamNet Bridge – Destination resorts in Vietnam have launched promotion campaigns, hoping to fill rooms in the face of the economic downturn, but Hanoi hotels cling to high rates. At the Yasaka Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel, guests who book rooms for one night will get a second night free, a 50 percent reduction for the third night and a 60 percent reduction for the fourth. Saigon-Phu Quoc Resort has announced a 30 percent reduction in room rate and...

Vietnam tourism authority eyes local market as niche[Code: 3319]

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tourism authority is pinning high hopes on developing the local market as a niche in an effort to help the hospitality industry maintain turnover in tough times and secure long-term sustainable development, said an official. Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), explained the domestic market held strong potential but “it is contributing around 20% to total revenue of the country’s tourism...

Hotels feel pinch as occupancy drops[Code: 3318]

VietNamNet Bridge – The downturn in global tourism and the declining number of business visitors continue to adversely impact the local hotel sector as many three-to-five-star hotels in HCMC have seen their room occupancy plunge sharply in the first four months of this year, the market research company CB Richard Ellis Vietnam (CBRE) said. did not give specific figures to show how the hotel sector has fared in the year to date, but said room occupancy at five-star hotels in...

Garden with a higher purpose[Code: 3317]

Birds flourish in the Bang Lang Stork Garden in Can Tho’s Thot Not District VietNamNet Bridge - Thot Not District, like other places in Can Tho City, is lush green with vast rice fields and orchards that give out tasty, succulent fruit. However, it is also known for a very special garden that virtually created itself. It belongs to Nguyen Ngoc Thuyen, resident of Thoi Thuan Commune’s Thoi An Hamlet. For reasons known only to themselves, in the early...

New culinary and entertainment programs for children[Code: 3316]

VietNamNet Bridge – Hotels, restaurants and tourist sites in HCMC are preparing culinary and entertainment programs to serve little revelers on International Children’s Day on June 1. * Grand Hotel (8 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, tel: 3824 5771) A buffet called “Angel’s party night”, featuring meals for children together with cakes, drinks and fruits, will take place at the hotel’s Chez-Nous Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on June 1. There will be...

Ha Long Bay rolls in NewOpenWorld poll[Code: 3315]

VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Long Bay was declared one of the 25 most wonderful seascapes in the world on the website of NewOpenWorld on May 25. The bay joins Cox’s Bazaar beach of Bangladesh, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Entering the second phase of the NewOpenWorld’s poll of the seven new world natural wonders are 261 sites. They are divided into seven groups: Group A for extensive natural landscapes; Group B for islands; Group C for mountains...

Jetstar Pacific cancels Hanoi-Can Tho flights[Code: 3314]

VietNamNet Bridge – The low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific on May 26 announced it would stop offering Hanoi-Can Tho flights as of June 1. The airline said it will close this air route to focus on more lucrative routes, for example Hanoi-Da Nang, Hanoi-HCM City, HCM City-Da Nang. The firm will add one more flight per week on these routes. Other routes, HCM City to Hue, Vinh and Hai Phong and Hanoi-Nha Trang, will still have one flight per day. Meanwhile, Vietnam...

Southern Fruit Festival 2009 opens in HCM City[Code: 3313]

VietNamNet Bridge – The festival opened at the HCM City-based Suoi Tien tourist site, with many new features. VietNamNet introduces the event in photos: Southern fruit festival to feature strange fruits LH-HS


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