Ho chi minh city visit

UNESCO World Heritage Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA)   HCM City (VNA) - Travel agents in Ho Chi Minh City are offering a huge range of domestic and outbound tours for the upcoming Reunification Day holiday on April 30 and Labour Day on May 1, and many of them are fully booked. According to travel firms, the five-day holiday is a good opportunity for them to develop new domestic and outbound tours to sustain demand through this summer. Tran Thi Bao Thu, marketing and communications director of Fiditour, said her company was focused on tours to popular beach towns and islands such as Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Da Nang, and Ha Long. This time of the year is ideal to visit these places with many activities being organised there to attract tourists. Most outbound tours to neighbouring countries and territories such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan have been fully booked, she said. Vietravel has many tour packages to new tourist destinations like Binh Lieu in Quang Ninh province … [Read more...] about Travel demand during upcoming holidays surges

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is paying an official visit to Belarus from December 12 to 14 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Belarusian leaders are set to discuss ways to step up their countries’ traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation during an official trip to the European nation from December 12 to 14. The first official visit to Belarus by Chairwoman Ngan is made at the invitation of Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the NA of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko. Great strides in bilateral relations In 2019, the two countries’ relations have enjoyed strong developments with cooperation enhanced in all spheres. Their existing cooperation mechanisms consist of an inter-governmental committee on economic, trade and scientific-technological cooperation; an inter-governmental committee on military … [Read more...] about NA leader’s visit to advance Vietnam-Belarus traditional ties

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her entourage arrived at Minsk International Airport on December 12 morning, beginning a three-day official visit to Belarus. National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan The trip is made at the invitation of Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the NA of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko. Welcoming the Vietnamese delegation at the airport were Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic Isachenko Anatoly Mikhailovich, other officials of the Council, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Belarus Pham Hai. The visiting delegation includes Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu, Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau, and NA Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc, among others. The first official trip to Belarus by Chairwoman Ngan aims to enhance the traditional … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top legislator begins official visit to Belarus

A booth displaying industrial parts at the 2019 Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair, which is being held along with the Vietnam International Machinery Fair in HCM City from December 11 to 14 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The 2019 Vietnam International Machinery Fair and 2019 Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11, offering opportunities for companies in the manufacturing and supporting industries to compare notes and explore business opportunities. Pham Thanh Kien, Director of the city Department of Industry and Trade, said the two fairs feature 300 exhibitors from 12 countries and territories, including the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, the US, UK, China, Germany and Vietnam. Thirty percent of the 460 booths are displaying supporting industry products produced by Vietnamese companies and metal products and metalworking solutions, 25 percent are showcasing automation solutions and motion control systems, industrial materials and … [Read more...] about Int’l machinery, supporting industry fairs open in HCM City

Tran Le Sy Liem, 23, is still missing while the body of an unnamed 22-year-old female student was retrieved around 50 m from where they went missing. The two victims are among four people who got swept away. The other two, both male students, were rescued by locals. The four were a group of 16 recently graduated students from a university in Ho Chi Minh City visiting the Hon Gam Beach in Van Ninh District, the central province of Khanh Hoa, for a holiday. Local authorities are still searching for Liem. Khanh Hoa has several popular beach destinations, but drowning deaths are not uncommon in its beaches. Three drowned from a boat overturned in Van Phong Bay in June this year and two Russian tourists drowned after swimming into deep waters in the resort town of Nha Trang in February. … [Read more...] about One student drowns, another missing in central Vietnam beach accident