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Hung said work on the passenger terminal was progressing smoothly and it was scheduled for putting into use as early as the end of this year, or nine months after construction started. Modern facilities and equipment will be installed at the sampan-like terminal, which was designed by the U.S.-Singapore consortium CPG-PAE. There will be a control center, a conveyor system, elevators, and other auxiliary facilities like a waste-water treatment plant and backup power source. The two-story...

VietNamNet Bridge – Malaysian golfer Nicholass Chee Yung Fung has brought home the trophy of the first-ever Vietnam Amateur Open Tournament at the Dalat Palace Golf Club in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The 18-year-old defeated the nearest challenger and fellow Malaysian Akhmal Tarmizee Mohd Nazari as he scored a final-round 71 for an 11-un-der-par total in Vietnam's biggest tournament for both men and women that ended Sunday. "This (win) does everything for me,"...

VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreign airlines active in Vietnam are increasing surcharges to cope with rising oil prices before the start of the high season for travel from Vietnam. "The crisis of fuel price in the global market is heavily affecting our operating costs," Karun Sirarojanakul, general manager of Thai Airways International in Vietnam, explained in the statement. He said the new surcharges would apply to all the tickets. The fuel surcharge is up US$70 for the two-way...

HCM City tourist arrivals up 16% in first half of year HCM City welcomed 1.48 million foreign tourists in the first half of the year, a year-on-year rise of 16 per cent. The biggest groups came from the US, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. The HCM City Tourism Department said the increase in the number of visitors were by land (266,000), helped by the completion of the trans-Asia highway and the upgrade of many international border gates in eastern and southwestern...

The 26,883ha Tam Dao National Park is home to 643 species of fauna and flora It takes just two hours by car from the centre in Hanoi to reach a tourism resort in Tam Dao Town, Vinh Yen Province, 70km north of Hanoi. Tourists are wont to visit this 26,883ha eco-tourism site of the Tam Dao National Park, especially if there is an interest to study ecological environment in the Rung Rinh Peak at over 1,200m above sea level where the ground is covered by a thick layer of leaves. The...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Tourism Association has selected Saigontourist Travel Service Co. and the five-star Caravelle Hotel in HCMC as the best international tour operator and the best hotel in the country in 2007. According to the association, HCMC last year triumphed over other localities across the country with 12 entities on the top-ten lists, or an increase of one over the 2006 lists. The association will hold an award ceremony in Hanoi on July 5 to hand out the...

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has two seasons that are good for admiring the beauty of terraced fields. Local farmers often start cultivating rice in June and July, when rain comes. During this time, the best summer scenes appear on terraced fields in Trung Chai, Ta Phi, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Hau Thao, Ban Ho, Ta Giang Phinh in Sapa, Lau Thi Ngai, Lung Phinh in Bac Ha, Muong Hum, Muong Vi, Sang Ma Sao, Den Sang, Y Ty,...

VietNamNet Bridge – There is a pathway of which both sides are lined with Cai and Kim Dong rivers leading to a 200-year-plus pottery village, a 10-minute drive from central Nha Trang City. Lu Cam Village in Ngoc Hiep Commune is known for baked-clay stoves. Despite great social and economic changes, the craft still exists there. Nearly 200 years ago when trade by sea was active, the village on the bank of the Cai River made various kinds of pottery such as jars, stoves and...