Theme Park

Kid theme park opened in Ho Chi Minh City

Children aged 3 -15 will have a chance to ‘work’ at a bank or police station at a newly-opened theme park in Ho Chi Minh City

Biggest film studio kicks off in Long An

Long An is set to have Vietnam’s biggest film studio once the Happyland film studio project is completed in 2014

Authorities want fantasy theme project axed

Authorities in Vung Tau have asked People's Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province to revoke the license granted to a huge tourism project in the southern coastal city after nearly four years of delay, according to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

Disney, Cameron to create theme-park "Avatar"

Moviegoers pining for a return to the lush moon of Pandora in James Cameron's film "Avatar" will finally get their chance -- first-hand

Investors ink colossal entertainment park deal

Khang Thong Group, the developer of Southeast Asia's biggest theme park in the southern province of Long An, signed on Friday an agreement with partners from the UK, the US and Germany to develop facilities for the 338-ha amusement park.

Mickey Mouse and Asterix escape French tax hike -- for now

Asterix the Gallic warrior and his big-eared American friend Mickey Mouse can breathe easier after lawmakers torpedoed French government plans to more than triple the tax on theme park entrance fees

Book on Michael Jackson's death tells truth: Joe

Joe Jackson introduced the new book "What really happened to Michael Jackson" to Vietnamese press while in Long An to build a hotel

Large theme park construction set for next February

HCMC - Khang Thong Group and its offshoot Phu An Infrastructure Development and Construction Co. are pushing for a plan to start building its multipurpose property project in the Mekong Delta province of Long An in mid-February.

Growing Asian middle class fuels theme park boom

Asia has become the new frontier for large-scale outdoor entertainment complexes thanks to growing affluence in large emerging economies

Hanoi firm to build $2 bln theme park near HCMC

Khang Thong Corp’s Happyland will also have luxury hotels, a water park, film studio, villas, and others

From Politics

NA talks about changes to work law

Employees harvest whitened-leg shrimps in the Hung Bien Ocean Items Co Ltd within the central province of Quang Binh. The draft amended Work Code, that was talked about through the NA yesterday, is anticipated to make sure workers' proper privileges including salaries, overtime and maternity leave. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung HN — The Nation's Set up talked about a variety of concerns associated with work issues throughout a session which was

PM greets mind of Lao inspectorate

HN — Pm Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday confirmed that Viet Nam always supported co-operation between its relevant agencies and also the Inspection Commission from the Lao Individuals Revolutionary Party Central Committee and also the Government Inspectorate of Laos. Dung made the statement while finding the commission mind, Inspector-General Bounthong Chitmany.Dung stated co-operation would concentrate on training human assets within the sector in addition to swapping encounters within the combat and protection