The transport ministries of Vietnam and Cambodia have signed a memorandum on building an expressway connecting Ho Chi Minh City with the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The transport ministries of Vietnam and Cambodia have signed a memorandum on building an expressway connecting Ho Chi Minh City with the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The two ministries will work closely to study and implement the expressway’s construction, according to the Department of International Cooperation under Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport. Current plans call for the expressway to run a total of 195 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh, crossing the border at Moc Bai in southern Tay Ninh Province and Bavet in southeastern Cambodia. The US$650 million Ho Chi Minh City – Moc Bai Expressway will feature six-lanes spanning 65 kilometers, running about 4 kilometers north of National Route 22. Japanese experts are also working with Cambodian officials to complete a feasibility … [Read more...] about Future expressway to connect Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh
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First Vietnam tourist team to cycle from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok
Twelve members of the cycling club Land Saigon will start their 1,000km journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok on March 6, and they will be certified as the first Vietnamese traveler team to bike to Thailand. The seven-day journey will have four stops in Cambodia, including Neak Luong, Phnom Penh, Pursat, and Sisophon, before arriving in Sa Kaeo, Nakornayok, and Bangkok in Thailand. The ride is a trip, not a competition, and the participants will be provided with a feast by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), which has expressed interest in the event. The trip can be used as a model for the promotion of trans-national tourism by cycling among regional nations, according to TAT. In Bangkok, the team will be awarded a certificate as the first Vietnamese traveler team to cycle to Thailand. To prepare for the trip, 12 members of the club ‘ignored’ the recent Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday to train every day. Amateur cyclist Tran Tam Quang, 75, is the eldest … [Read more...] about First Vietnam tourist team to cycle from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok
Strengthen co-operation between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh
On Dec. 16, a delegation of Ho Chi Minh City, led by member of Political Bureau and HCM City's Party Secretary Nguyen Minh Triet, paid an official friendship visit to Phnom Penh City of Cambodia. During the visit, the two sides will discuss measures to strengthen friendship and social economic co-operation between the two countries in general and two cities in particular including co-operative programs signed in the memorandum of understanding between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh in Oct. 2004. The visit to Phnom Penh by a delegation of Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to conclude on Dec. 19. BTA … [Read more...] about Strengthen co-operation between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh
Senior officials from Ho Chi Minh City visit Cambodia
A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Nguyen Van Dua, vice standing secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, is visiting Cambodia from November 19-23. The Vietnamese officials paid a floral tribute to a memorial dedicated to fallen Vietnamese soldiers in Cambodia and visited the headquarters of the Overseas Vietnamese Association and presented gifts there. The delegation held a working session with Map Sarin, vice secretary of People's Party Central Committee of Cambodia on November 19, and with Say Chum, head of the CPPCC Standing Committee cum First Vice President of the Cambodian Senate, on November 20. In the capital Phnom Penh, Mr. Dua stated that people of Ho Chi Minh City are glad to see the great achievements of the people of Cambodia in the field of construction and development. In particular, Cambodia's position is increasing in ASEAN and the international arena as betrayed in the ASEAN Summit hosted by Cambodia, he added. Nguyen Van Dua confirmed that HCMC … [Read more...] about Senior officials from Ho Chi Minh City visit Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh City hosts international expo
Ho Chi Minh City will host an international tourism exposition targeting customers at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention centre fro September 13 to 15. The municipal Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, the event’s organizer will work with aviation companies to invite 120 travel agents from North and South Europe, South Africa, Turkey, Russian, China, the US and India, that are interested in Vietnamese destinations. They will also invite 100 travel agents from Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam to participate in the event. During the exposition, a foreign conference will be held, bringing together the mayors of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Vientiane ( Laos), Yangon (Myanmar), Bangkok (Thailand), Kunming (Yunnan- China), Jeju and Busan (Korea). The conference will be within the framework of a tourism cooperation program in the Greater Mekong Sub- region (GMS). … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City hosts international expo