Vietnam participates in Int’l Tourism Show
Last updated: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:27:13 GMT
A number of Vietnamese enterprises participated in the 38th International Tourism Show in Paris, with over 100,000 visitors from hundreds of countries and territories worldwide taking part.
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Boating and more in Ben Tre
Last updated: Tuesday, 26 March 2013 9:44 PM - GMT+0700
Phung Island is the long strip of green in the Tien River below the arch of Rach Mieu Bridge. Like most of Ben Tre Province, it’s dotted with houses and covered with coconut trees.
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Making our way up Mount Fansipan
Last updated: Monday, 25 March 2013 2:51 PM - GMT+0700
Mount Fansipan is only half as tall as Mount Everest. Yet this mountain, perched at the eastern edge of the Himalayan range in Vietnam’s uppermost Lao Cai province, is hardly an easy climb.
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A nation steeped in history
Last updated: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:52:01 +0700
To mark Bangladesh's National Day, Viet Nam News introduces a piece of
writing exploring the country's unique cultural tourism by Ziaul Haque
Howlader, deputy manager of Bangladesh Tourism Corporation.
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Pagoda bonded to poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Last updated: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:44:16 GMT
Located in My Loc commune, southern Long An province, the 200 year-old Ton Thanh Pagoda is specially bonded to Nguyen Dinh Chieu, a great poet and patriotic scholar as he lived and created the most celebrated works in Vietnamese literature there.
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Central coast told to enhance tourism
Last updated: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:06:46 GMT
The central coastal region of Vietnam should enhance its sea tourism potential and natural resources to attract investment and development, said Nguyen Ba Thanh, Head of the Central Coastal Regional Coordination Board cum Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee, said on March 22.
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Co Co River getting cleared
Last updated: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:13:41 +0700
Central Quang Nam Province has approved VND625 billion (US$29.7 million) to dredge and clean 27km of the Co Co River.
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Vietnam joins int’l tourism exhibition in Moscow
Last updated: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:33:59 GMT
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and more than 10 Vietnamese travel and entertainment companies are showcasing their products and services at the on-going 20th Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT) in Russia.
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Tourism development in Mekong Sub-region discussed
Last updated: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:14:57 GMT
Tourism officials from four Southeast Asian countries - Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam - gathered at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21 to discuss connectivity measures to develop the industry in the Mekong Sub-region.
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Festival honours timeless love
Last updated: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:50:12 GMT
Thousands of people from all corners of the country flocked to the northern province of Hung Yen on March 21 to attend a festival commemorating Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung, who have been honoured by generations for their immortal love.
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