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Lang Co: pride of the central coast[Code: 3392]

Fishermen are preparing to catch fish. VietNamNet Bridge - King Khai Dinh was so inspired by the beauty of Lang Co Bay that he composed a poem in its honor and had the words carved into stone and preserved in the village of An Cu Hong. It’s the third Vietnamese bay to join the club, the other two being Ha Long and Nha Trang bays. Other new members this year are Pemba Bay in Mozambique and Cartagena Bay in Colombia. Ha Long in Quang Ninh Province is where the club will hold...

Viet Nam, Cambodia discuss greater cultural co-operation[Code: 3391]

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh, and Cambodia’s Minister of Culture and the Arts, Him Chhem, met yesterday, June 16, in Ha Noi to share their experiences in managing cultural and artistic activities. Their agreement to co-organise cultural weeks in both countries over the past few years has achieved many good results. They pledged to organise the same kinds of cultural exchanges this year in Viet Nam in October and...

Int’l tourists unimpressed by ‘Impressive Vietnam’[Code: 3390]

Saigontourist Company staff welcome foreign tourists at Tan Son Nhat airport, HCM City. VietNamNet Bridge - The largest-ever Vietnamese tourist promotion, “Impressive Vietnam†jointly organized by Vietnam Airlines and tourist companies to attract foreign tourists, has failed to deliver after just five months. Many businesses have withdrawn from the campaign after several shortcomings were revealed. “Impressive Vietnam†turns out to be not as impressive to...

Tourism infected with flu pandemic[Code: 3389]

VietNamNet Bridge – Hotel room rates and tour fees all have come down in order to rescue the tourism industry. The industry, which was already suffering from the world’s global economic crisis, has become more burdened by the H1N1 pandemic. Tours cancelled because of H1N1 flu Travel firms have been trying to attract domestic travellers According to travel firms, in the first five months of the year, the number of...

Take time out[Code: 3388]

Ly Son Island (photo: khachsanexpress). VietNamNet Bridge - There’s a good reason why Ly Son Island is called the Kingdom of Garlic: the bulb is cultivated all over the place and is the main source of income for the 20,000 human inhabitants. Ly Son is actually a group of islands in the East Sea 20- odd kilometers off mainland Quang Ngai Province in the central region. It can be reached in two hours or less by boat from Sa Ky Port in Binh Son District’s Binh Chau Commune,...

Luxury hotels have few customers: survey[Code: 3387]

VietNamNet Bridge – The occupancy rate of luxury hotels is now at the lowest level in the last four years, according to a survey conducted by Grant Thornton. 2008 was a difficult year for hotels The survey of 50 3-5 star hotels and resorts across the country conducted by Grant Thorton showed that 2008 was a difficult year for hotels. High-grade hotels all saw sharp decreases in occupancy rates. Especially, 3-star hotels saw the sharpest decrease, of 21...

Tour for waterway lovers[Code: 3386]

VietNamNet Bridge – A Mekong Delta tour can take you to some of the most beautiful and interesting attractions in provinces and cities such as Tien Giang, Can Tho, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau and particularly attractions on the tourist island of Phu Quoc and the Ca Mau Cape. Ben Thanh Tourist says that flights to Phu Quoc are popular but the tour operator wants to arrange trips to Ca Mau Cape and to Phu Quoc island by road and by sea to offer exploration of the region....

Cool cascades[Code: 3385]

Enjoying the cascading waters of Do Brook near Nha Trang VietNamNet Bridge - Nha Trang on the central coast is famous for the island-strewn Nha Trang Bay with its diverse marine park around Mun Island and Southeast Asia’s longest cable car (3,320 m) over the sea. Less well known are the many babbling brooks close by, particularly in Dien Khanh District, 10 kilometers south of Nha Trang. The pick of the bunch would have to be Do Brook, also called Nuoc Do (Pouring water), which...

Travel agents say no immediate impacts from pandemic[Code: 3384]

VietNamNet Bridge – Three days after the World Health Organization announced the global influenza H1N1 pandemic, local travel agents still do not see immediate impacts but say that the bad news is prompting more difficulties for the tourism sector. Most tour operators said they did not see massive canceling of inbound tours, but were afraid that arrivals in the year-end high season would be affected. Vo Anh Tai, director of Saigontourist Travel Service Company, told the...

Investment in Phu Quoc: the paradise still far away[Code: 3383]

VietNamNet Bridge – Five years have passed since the day Vietnam put forward the plan on building and developing Phu Quoc Island into a large global tourism and trade exchange centre. But it seems that nothing considerable has been accomplished yet. Only four projects operational To date, the island development programming remains controversial. A lot of projects have been registered, but investors have made no moves. Many big...

Super flu may lead to drop in tourism[Code: 3382]

VietNamNet Bridge - The tourism authority is calling on travel firms not to send tourists to areas affected by super flu, dealing another blow to the industry that is already reeling from the global financial crisis and higher oil prices. Last Monday, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism Deputy General Director Nguyen Manh Cuong signed Decree 347/TCDL-LH saying that all travel agencies should suspend tours to countries affected by the A H1N1 virus, which the World...

Zooming over Nha Trang Bay[Code: 3381]

Mai Linh Group has been test-flying motorized hang gliders at Do Island in Nha Trang Bay and will make them available to the public soon. The trikes, as they are commonly known, can reach an altitude of 3,000 meters but will be restricted to 150 meters, according to a regional executive of Ho Chi Minh City-based Mai Linh. Ho Minh Chau, Mai Linh’s general director for the south central region and the Central Highlands, said each test flight lasted less than 20 minutes. Similarly, they can...

Ha Long Bay prepares for next poll[Code: 3380]

VietNamNet Bridge – The New7Wonders will choose the 21 natural wonders for the next phase of the vote for new seven world natural wonders on July 21. Vietnamese agencies are taking action to get Ha Long Bay on the list. If Ha Long Bay could talk… The costly "game†with Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay rolls in NewOpenWorld poll Ha Long climbs to 2nd in world wonders voting group The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Tran Nhat Hoang, who oversees the ministry’s...

Saigontourist welcomes MICE tourists[Code: 3379]

This has brought the total number of its MICE tourists in the first six months of the year to 8,600, up 27 percent against the same period last year. MICE Tourism is an acronym for Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Exhibition. Saigontourist continues to take the lead in organizing MICE programmes and conducting special tours at the request of visitors. Earlier this month, it carried out a MICE programme for 130 tourists from Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Thailand,...

Cruising and boozing[Code: 3378]

The Saigon Hash House Harriers, an informal exercise and social club, “hash†through the countryside near Ho Chi Minh City. VietNamNet Bridge - There’s nothing quite like knocking back a few cold ones after a pleasant walk or run through the Vietnamese countryside. And that’s why the Saigon Hash House Harriers have become so popular. “Hashing,†a weekly jog first begun in 1938 by a group of British officers in Malaysia wanting to run off the weekend’s excesses,...


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