Conversations on Vietnam Development
VietNamNet Bridge – Enjoy vegetarian dishes on any day of the month to maintain a healthy body and soul.
1. Loving Hut Restaurants
– Loving Hut World Vegetarian, number 192/4, Quan Thanh street, Ba Đinh district, phone: 0462737 403. Tiếp tục đọc “25 vegetarian restaurants in Hanoi”
Prime Minister has recently approved a program on development of tourism infrastructure in the period 2016 – 2020 to help the tourism industry become a key economic sector.
Under Decision 1861/QĐ-TTg, the VND30 trillion (US$1.32 billion) program will focus on building and upgrading tourism and transport infrastructure at provinces with key tourist destinations listed in the “Strategy on Vietnam’s tourism development until 2020, vision to 2030” approved by the Government.
The program will give priority to poor provinces, whose budget cannot afford the investment. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam to spend US$1.32 billion for tourism infrastructure till 2020”
VietNamNet Bridge – The number of tourists to the Mekong Delta has increased significantly as many tourism programmes have been successful over the last year, according to provincial authorities.
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| The number of tourists to the Mekong Delta has increased, but more and better tourism products are expected to further promote tourism in the area. — VNA/ VNS Photo |
Many attractions in the Mekong Delta have maintained their high traffic since the beginning of the year.
The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Dong Thap Province reported that the province welcomed 110,000 arrivals in October, up 25 per cent year-on-year. This brought the number of arrivals to 2.5 million in the first 10 months, up 24 per cent year-on-year. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta to improve tourism services”
Ben Tre has enormous potentials in not only agriculture but also tourism. Making full use of the favourable ecosystem, Ben Tre tourism has been developing in a more professional and sustainable manner, making it the local spearhead economic sector.
Ben Tre – home to small islets amid wide rivers of Tien, Co Chien and Ham Luong – is renowned for its rich historic values and orchards, especially coconuts.
Thai Thanh Huyen, a visitor to Ben Tre expressed her delight when visiting the province, saying that she has been familiar with Ben Tre province through various songs. She wants my kids to know more about the locality as a home to coconut candy and large rivers, she added. Tiếp tục đọc “Coconut fairyland strives to attract tourists”
Farmers in Nhat Tan Ward, Hanoi, are busy with harvesting their daisies, with the promise of lucrative returns.
Some local households said the flower grew a lot in Nhat Tan and were ignored as worthless. Only when people flocked to take photos of the fields, did people in Nhat Tan start cultivating them.
VietNamNet Bridge – More than 300 restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels and shopping centres are offering free restrooms for tourists in the downtown area as part of an effort to boost hospitality in the central city.
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| A cafe offer a free restroom for tourists and local people. — VNS Photos Cong Thanh |
Nguyen Xuan Binh, deputy director of the city’s tourism department, said the campaign was launched in 2015 at 100 restaurants and cafés downtown. He said the city would continue to encourage restaurant and café owners in the city to offer free restrooms for visitors in the coming years.
He said the department also offered a smart phone application called Comfort as Home to help tourists locate free restrooms in the city. Tiếp tục đọc “Da Nang cafes, restaurants offer free restrooms for tourists”
TTO – Sở Du lịch TP Đà Nẵng đã quyết định cho nhân rộng dự án “Comfort as home” của Nguyễn Hồng Sơn.
Ông Nguyễn Hồng Sơn và logo dự án “Comfort as home” – Ảnh: B.D.
Cuối tháng 10, sau gần 2 năm triển khai dự án “Comfort as home” – kêu gọi các nhà hàng, khách sạn, cơ sở lưu trú… mở cửa nhà vệ sinh phục vụ miễn phí du khách và nhận được phản hồi tích cực, Sở Du lịch TP Đà Nẵng đã quyết định cho nhân rộng.
TP Đà Nẵng mỗi năm đón hàng triệu lượt du khách, tuy nhiên số nhà vệ sinh công cộng toàn TP chỉ đếm trên đầu ngón tay.
Nhưng đừng lo, đã có gần 300 nhà vệ sinh khác ở các quận Hải Châu, Ngũ Hành Sơn, Sơn Trà tươm tất, sạch sẽ rộng cửa để du khách vào sử dụng miễn phí. Tiếp tục đọc “Nhân rộng mô hình nhà vệ sinh miễn phí của Nguyễn Hồng Sơn”
Situated at the foot of the Long Bien Bridge in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Long Bien fruit and vegetable market is known as the largest wholesale market in Hanoi and northern Vietnam as a whole.
The 27,000-square-meter market is open daily from 11 p.m. until the small hours of next morning as people rush there to buy and sell fruits and vegetables. The market is where vegetables and fruits are distributed to retailers and street vendors.
The colorful and bustling sight of the night market captures the attention of foreign visitors to the capital.
Many local residents in neighboring provinces also flock to the market to earn a living by providing transport services for traders at the market.
 Tiếp tục đọc “Long Bien – a bustling night fruit market in Hanoi” |
VietNamNet Bridge – With pristine beauty and blue sea and fine white sand, in recent years “Tam Binh” has become an attractive destination, especially in hot summer days.
If you love the pristine beauty of the blue sea, without much human impact, “Tam Binh” is the right destination for you.
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English: Vietnam’s last chance: Sustainable tourism
Xe máy trên đường phố Hanoi, Vietnam June 30, 2016. Source: Reuters/Kham
Ba mươi năm sau khi Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam ban hành chính sách “đổi mới”, mở cửa cho nền kinh tế quốc doanh và tập trung vào thị trường toàn cầu thì các chỉ số kinh tế của đất nước đã được cải thiện đáng kể. Theo số liệu của Ngân hàng Thế giới, GDP bình quân đầu người của Việt Nam đã tăng từ 437,13 USD năm 1986 lên 2,185.69 USD vào năm 2016. Tỷ lệ nghèo đói cũng giảm đáng kể, từ 60% năm 1993 xuống còn 14% năm 2016. Tuy nhiên người Việt Nam đang phải trả phí cho những tiến bộ kinh tế này bằng việc đánh đổi các nguồn tài nguyên thiên nhiên, các bờ biển rộng lớn của quốc gia đang phải chịu ảnh hưởng nặng nề. Tiếp tục đọc “Cơ hội cuối cùng cho Việt Nam – Du lịch bền vững”
Love cycling? Keen on travelling? Eager to learn about ethnic groups?
A 100km cycling tour through the northern province of Cao Bang may satisfy all these desires.
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| Threshing: Tourists take part in the harvest. |
The Centre for Rural Economic Development (CRED) recently held an experimental bike tour linking Quang Uyen and Trung Khanh districts in Cao Bang. Odf the 21 taking part, 18 were foreign professionals — and the rest Vietnamese.
“This is the first tour of the Viet Nam Responsible Tourism network in Cao Bang Province,” said Cao Dai Hung, manager of a project titled Improving the Livelihood of Ethnic Minorities through Community-Based Tourism. Tiếp tục đọc “Cycle tours promote country tourism”
VietNamNet Bridge – A series of projects worth a total 61 trillion VND (2.7 billion USD) will be built in the Van Don Special Administrative – Economic Unit, the northern province of Quang Ninh in 2018, according to Deputy Head of the management board of Quang Ninh economic zone Hoang Trung Kien.
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| A graphic image of the Sonasea Dragon Bay project (Photo: cafef.vn) |
Tiếp tục đọc “Tourism projects worth 2.7 billion USD launched in Quang Ninh”
VietNamNet Bridge – On the tourist routes of central Viet Nam, Hoi An ancient town offers a change of pace from the normal hustle and bustle of cities. The small town boasts mossy old churches, temples and wooden houses dotted along small lanes shadowed with green and flowery climbing vines.
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| Drifting: Riding a coracle is among the most popular activities. |
While many visitors stroll the ancient town, enjoy local cuisine and purchase souvenirs, they may miss out on seeing life in the traquil villages in the area, where locals plant vegetables and fish. Thanks to a crop of local tour companies, tourists may participate in homestays to join villagers in their work. Tiếp tục đọc “Tours offer glimpse of Hoi An countryside”
Let’s take a look at some art galleries in town: Tiếp tục đọc “Hội An offers great art galleries”
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