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A tour guide (Photo: doisongphapluat.com) VietNamNet Bridge - The quality of tourist sector’s personnel should be improved as a prerequisite for the Vietnamese tourism to develop strongly, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan. Speaking at a national seminar on tourism personnel training held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7, the Deputy PM said that the quality of personnel is an urgent matter for the sector, which employs some 1 million workers but only 20 percent of...

VietNamNet Bridge – The first-ever exhibition on tourism property development and vision will take place in HCMC on April 17-18 to provide an overall landscape on the infrastructure for the hospitality industry and the scenario in the years to come, the organizer said on Wednesday. The Vietnam Tourism Property Opportunities Conference & Exhibition, shortly known as VnTPO 2008, will be a showcase of property developments for the tourism industry, giving a wide picture of resorts,...

VietNamNet Bridge – Adventure tours were first introduced to Vietnam at the end of 1990s by a French group, and now adventure tours are a growing choice for travellers to Vietnam. According to international experts, three quarters of Vietnam’s territory is made up of mountains, rivers and oceans, caves and forests just waiting to be explored. They say this provides all the right conditions for developing everything from motorbike, bicycle, car and boat touring...

City will become the airline’s second destination in Vietnam. Thai AirAsia, the Bangkok-based member of AirAsia Group, already flies three times daily to Hanoi. – HCM City flights will serve the airline’s guests every Monday and Friday. The flight from Bangkok leaves at 3:55 p.m. and arrives in HCM City at 5:25 p.m. The flight from HCM City leaves at 5:55 p.m. and arrives in Bangkok at 7:25 p.m. Flight time is one hour and 30 minutes. Tassapon Bijleveld, Thai AirAsia CEO, said:...

VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Hung Dung, director of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s branch office in the region, spoke with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about tourism in the Mekong Delta. Waterway tourism in the region seems to be unfamiliar to many foreign tourists, including the stream of tourists flocking to the country, mainly from South Korea and Japan. What do you think we should do to promote tourism in the area? As Vu Thai...

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island has been ranked as one of the leading five most beautiful "hidden beaches" in the world by Concierge.com. Concierge.com said the Bai Dai (Long Beach), on the Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang, is an excellent place for travellers to rest and relax from October through March. The other beaches to follow Bai Dai are the Wildcat Beach in California, Pink Beach on Barbuda, Cayo Costa State Park in Floria's southern...

The campaign is to encourage local people and nearby businesses to collect litter and protect the appearance of Ha Long bay, especially at the residential zones. From now until 2010, the campaign will focus on improving the environment of fishing villages in Ha Long bay. It will examine the activities of tourist fleets, offer job orientation and build schools for the local people. On the day the campaign was launched 50 plastic rubbish bins were given to families living at Vung Vieng...

VietNamNet Bridge - In a bid to infuse life into Hung Trach Commune’s cultural treasure called tuong (classical drama) and integrate it into the local tourism industry, a project took its first step and put on a special tuong performance on February 29. Viet Nam National Tuong Theatre’s reputed artists and local amateur performers joined hands in this special tuong performance, which drew a large audience from the provincial state agencies, Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park,...