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Greater prices don't deter vacationers

Popular tourist locations across the nation were flooded with travellers throughout the Reunification Day and Worldwide Work Day holidays, no matter greater prices.Da Nang received 30,000 site visitors on April 29, the outlet day's a yearly worldwide fireworks contest, leading to tourist sites to become overrun. Site visitors to Ba Na Hillsides needed to wait hrs for his or her use board cable cars up.Resorts in Pork Tien, Pork Thuan Nam, and Tien Thanh in Binh Thuan Province were full, as the amount of

Travel firms urge tax extension, lower rates

HCM CITY — The HCM City Tourism Association has advised the federal government to increase the deadline for tax obligations and cut lending rates of interest for local travel firms which have been hit hard by falling interest in tour reservations.Nguyen Thi Khanh, vice chairwoman from the association which now signifies 130 tourist companies, hotels and restaurants within the city, stated nearly all its people have predicted their business situations would deteriorate.This season, the domestic tourism

Ministry wants waterway tourism safety

HCMC – The number of life jackets on tourist boats accommodating guests overnight must be twice the number of passengers on board, according to the draft of a circular to be issued by the Ministry of Transport.

European debt woes rattle travel firms

European debt woes rattle travel firms

HCMC – Local travel firms are keeping a close watch on what is happening in a crisis-hit Europe with concerns that their huge inbound market may be affected in the coming time though arrivals from Europe have yet to decline.

City gets tough on robberies of foreign tourists

City gets tough on robberies of foreign tourists

HCMC – The number of robberies inflicted on foreign tourists has fallen sharply in the past two months after the city took a number of preventive measures in response to feedback from travel agencies.

Enjoy homeland festival with Saigontourist

Enjoy homeland festival with Saigontourist

Saigontourist introduces ‘My Homeland Festival’ at Van Thanh Tourist Area in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on February 10, 11 and 12.

Perfect weekend getaway at Suoi Da

Perfect weekend getaway at Suoi Da

If you are after a serene location to escape the noisy atmosphere of the city then Suoi Da (rocky stream) on Dinh Mountain is the perfect venue to relax in its beautiful landscape and pure atmosphere.

People flock to tourist sites on New Year days

Most tourist sites in Ho Chi Minh City have hosted a wide range of activities with a view to bringing joy and happiness to visitors during the New Year.

Touring a flooded Hoi An

Touring a flooded Hoi An

The ancient town of Hoi An is a low-lying area in the central province of Quang Nam, so it is always flooded by incessant rain. Every year, when the rainy season comes and floodwaters from the upstream of the Thu River flow downstream into Hoi An, the town’s authorities and residents worry about a fall of tourist arrivals.

Tourist project to link eight provinces

The largest tourist development project in Viet Nam will start in eight northwestern mountain provinces next year.

From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of