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At present, the district’s tourism development remains underdeveloped, particularly in terms of hotels and restaurants. Loc Yen village promises to be an attractive destination for tourists, but local residents still lack experience in tourism development. Under Tien Phuoc District’s goal, tourism is expected to be the key economic sector by 2030. The locality has called on tourism investment and built a tourism development plan, including the hotel and homestay service, specialties such as dry banana and essential cinnamon oil. The province will build roads leading to tourism sites, including Loc Yen Village. Quang Nam Tourism Association has also proposed mechanisms for Loc Yen Village’s tourism development, including those for start-ups. District authorities called also the province and travel firms for the village’s tourism product promotion. The village lies within a peaceful valley and is surrounded by many mountain ranges, such as Rung Cam, Da Ban, … [Read more...] about Quang Nam seeking ways to develop village tourism

Sydney (VNA) – The largest ever Lunar New Year festival will be held in Sydney city, New South Wales state of Australia, from January 25 to February 11, with exciting music performances and fairs planned for most popular tourist attractions and well-known squares. Speaking at a ceremony on January 21 to announce the festival’s programme, Councilor of Sydney city Robert Kok said as a multicultural community with people coming from China, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam, Sydney wants to bring all communities closer to welcome a New Year. He said the 2019 festival drew nearly 1.5 million visitors, raking in 28.56 million USD, contributing to promoting tourism and increasing revenue for the local economy. This year, over 1 million visitors across the world are expected to flock to Sydney to enjoy the largest annual celebration in Asia, he added. Artist Valerie Khoo, curator of the festival, said over 100 events will be organised across the city such as community … [Read more...] about Largest-ever Lunar New Year festival to be held in Sydney

Can Tho (VNA) - The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will be calling for investment in local logistic services, tourism, hi-tech agriculture and IT projects at its investment promotion conference slated for August 8-10. The information was released by Truong Quang Hoai Nam, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee at a meeting to review preparations for the conference on March 20. Nam underlined the significance of the event, saying that it aims to introduce the city’s socio-economic achievements and potential, as well as policies on investment attraction to domestic and international partners. The conference will be chaired by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Planning and Investment, the Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, and the Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee. It is expected to welcome 500 delegates, including 100 foreigners. A ceremony will be held in the framework of the conference to present investment scheme and investment … [Read more...] about Can Tho conference to promote investment in logistics, tourism, IT

With the countdown to the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, in its final days many streets throughout HCM City can be seen bearing incredible festive decorations including colourful national flags, bulbs, flowers, and numerous slogans. … [Read more...] about Tet decorations spring up on streets across HCM City

The inspectorate required the company to pay an additional of VNĐ125 billion (US$5.38 million) to the State budget to build technical infrastructure and housing in an urban area southwest of Road 70 in Nam Từ Liêm District. To build the project for the State, the company was given 14.5 hectares of land in exchange following an agreement. However, the investor only spent VNĐ400 billion ($17.2 million) to implement the project instead of VNĐ610 billion ($25.8 million) as the initial estimation. … [Read more...] about Gov’t Inspector orders HN strictly deal with Lã Vọng JSC’s violations