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Vinpearl Land is no Disney but is still a fab day out

Vietnam still has a long way to go to match the Disney or Universal theme parks worldwide but in Vinpearl Land they have a fun and inexpensive alternative.

Tet book road features HCMC’s tradition, present and future

Besides displaying books, this year’s book street festival also showcases spectator activities that reflect Vietnam’s traditional culture

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

Preserving cultural hertiage

Heritage Tourism is the theme chosen for the year-long National Tourism Year 2012 programme. Thua Thieên-Hue Province has been preparing for the event that will open in Hue City on April 4 next year.

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

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From Business

Firms advised to focus on TPP

HN — Domestic businesses should positively build plans and methods to grow marketplaces in nations joining the Trans-Off-shore Partnership (TPP) Agreement.Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy director from the Secretary of state for Industry and Trade's Multilateral Trade Policy Department, made the suggestion in a conference in Ha Noi yesterday.The TPP pact, also called the Trans-Off-shore Proper Economic Partnership Agreement, is really a multilateral free trade deal that aims to help liberalise the financial systems

Blue chips lead share plunge

HN – Blue nick declines ongoing to tug shares lower around the HCM City Stock Market today.As much as 80 percent from the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity sank, which the 2nd biggest share PV Gas, HCM City Infrastructure Investment (CII), Sea Group (OGC) and Sacombank Investments (SBS) fell through the daily limit of 5 percent.Only mixer Masan Group (MSN), property developer Quoc Cuong Gia Lai (OQC) and Song Da Urban & Industrial Zone Investment and Development (SJS) bucked the