Posted by vietnam on 28 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Politics
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has expressed his hope that the Netherlands will share experience in responding to climate change with Vietnam, especially in dealing with rising sea levels in Ho Chi Minh City and coastal localities. At a reception for the newly-appointed Netherlands’ Ambassador Jozef Willem Scheffers in Hanoi on March 26, PM Dung [...]
Posted by vietnam on 23 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Society
Irish and Vietnamese artists will perform together in Hanoi at the end of the month to raise funds for the disabled and Agent Orange victims. Athena Tergis, Mick Moloney, John Murphy and Frank Crocker will present the sounds of Ireland on a range of instruments including the fiddle, flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, guitar and concertina. [...]
Posted by vietnam on 10 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Travel
The south central Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee has approved a programme for the 2009 Sea Festival, which will be held in the coastal city of Nha Trang from June 6-12. The programme includes 70 different events in culture, art, sports, economics and science including a Cau Ngu festival (fish worshipping ceremony). There will also [...]
Posted by vietnam on 28 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Politics
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 29-31, making him the first State-level foreign guest to the country on the first days of its traditional new year. Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov. (photo: bnr.bg) Georgi Parvanov will be the first Bulgarian head of state to visit Vietnam since 1979. He [...]
Posted by vietnam on 24 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Business
Representatives from foreign consulates and several domestic and foreign businesses met in southern Binh Duong province to mark the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet). According to Nguyen Hoang Son, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Binh Duong posted a GDP growth rate of 14.8 percent and attracted more than 2 billion USD of [...]
Posted by vietnam on 24 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Business
The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) and five domestic travel agents attended the annual Northern European Tourism Fair (MATKA EXPO 2009) in Helsinki, Finland, from January 15-18. The fair attracted more than 1,700 travel agents from 76 countries and territories, up 40 percent compared to 2007. Around 86,000 people visited and booked tours during the four-day [...]
Posted by vietnam on 21 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Pictures
Residents in Moc Chau plateau in the northern mountainous province of Son La are confronting the most serious cold spell so far this year. Hoarfrost falls every morning. The gap between temperature at night and during day is between five and six degrees celsius. On these days, firewood burned the whole day in each household [...]
Posted by vietnam on 21 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Travel
Many cases of foreign travelers swindled by illegal taxis at Noi Bai airport have been reported recently. Travel firms have voiced concern that the existence of illegal taxis may seriously threaten the image of Vietnam’s tourism. VND 6 million ($352) to go from Noi Bai to Hanoi’s centre Cheating cases reportedly occurred in mid-2005. Foreign [...]
Posted by vietnam on 21 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Travel
A new resort named Hon Tam Eco Green Resort will open next Tuesday in Khanh Hoa Province’s Nha Trang City to cash in on a surge in travel demand during the country’s biggest festive season. A new resort named Hon Tam Eco Green Resort will open next Tuesday in Khanh Hoa Province’s Nha Trang City. [...]
Posted by vietnam on 21 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Featured, Travel
While the number of travelers and turnover of the tourism industry have been decreasing dramatically, travel firms hope that the spring tours before, on, and after Tet will help stimulate the demand, bringing a new momentum to the industry in 2009 The destinations On the afternoon of January 20, Thac Da resort in Ba Vi [...]
