Resorts

A corner of Phu Quoc island (Photo: VNA)   HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The robust growth of hotels and resorts on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has resulted in a shortage of workers in the tourism industry. Pham Cong Son, CEO of The Shells resort, said that businesses for many years have been seriously concerned about the shortage. The severe shortage of senior managers at five-star hotels is partly due to the less-than-ideal living conditions on the island, Son said at a recent round-table meeting held by Tuoi Tre newspaper on Phu Quoc Island. To retain workers, businesses have to offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as good accommodations. However, a high turnover rate remains a headache for hotels and resorts.   Nguyen Huu Tuynh, a representative of Premier Residences Phu Quoc Emerald Bay, said his company had recently visited Can Tho city to recruit employees because of the staff shortage. The company plans to hold a job fair … [Read more...] about Phu Quoc faces serious staff shortage in tourism industry

A plan to build an airport with an estimated cost of over US$260 million in the south-central resort city of Phan Thiet has won in-principle approval from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The Phan Thiet airport will be located in Thien Nghiep Commune in Phan Thiet, the capital city of Binh Thuan Province. The terminal, which will be used for both civil and military purposes, will be constructed under the BOT (build-operate-transfer) scheme, economic newswire VnEconomy said in an article last month. The Prime Minister has assigned the administration of Binh Thuan Province to cooperate with relevant agencies to develop feasibility studies on the project, according to the Vietnamese-language website. The airport is expected to span 360.33 hectares in its initial phase, ending by 2020, and will be expanded to 543 hectares by 2030. In its first phase, the terminal is projected to serve 500,000 passengers and handle 10,000 metric tons of goods a year. It is hoped that it will receive one … [Read more...] about Vietnam PM OK’s plan to build $263mn airport in Phan Thiet

Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar (L) at a working session with Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Xuan Phong (Source: Lao Cai newspaper) Lao Cai (VNA) – Sound relations between Vietnam and Israel will be a favourable condition for the two governments and business communities to expand investment cooperation and exchanges in all fields in Vietnam, including Lao Cai province, Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar said at a working session with Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Xuan Phong on November 19. Eshcar shared his good impression on Lao Cai during his previous trip to the province in August 2019 when the Israeli Embassy coordinated with the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the provincial People’s Committee to organise a folk music programme. He said voluntary activities in Lao Cai’s popular resort town of Sa Pa are reaping initial outcomes, and participating youths will serve as … [Read more...] about Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam visits Lao Cai province

Located in the ecological tourism site of Son Binh commune in Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province, Rong May Glass Bridge has started to emerge as a popular tourist destination since opening to the public. The site is renowned as the country’s highest glass bridge and can be found on the Hoang Lien Son mountain pass in Tam Dien district situated at an altitude of approximately 2,800 metres above sea level. The bridge is part of Thac Trang, known as the White Falls, tourism project of Son Binh commune. The tourism site is equipped with a system of elevators that run up 300 metres and are connected to a 60 metre-long glass bridge that leads to a resort located on top of the mountain’s peak. In order to reach the foot of the elevator, visitors must travel by car to an altitude of roughly 300 metres. Following this guests must walk for 70 metres into the tunnel that goes into the mountain. Visitors can then enjoy the thrilling experience of walking on a bridge … [Read more...] about Visitors flock to Rong May Glass Bridge in Lai Chau

Officially, foreigners have always been able to visit the Nam Du Archipelago, a relatively unheralded set of islands off the southern coast of Vietnam. However, as discussed on one of the world’s most popular travel sites, getting there has not always been that easy By Jon Aspin A little over twelve months ago, a journalistic cohort of mine shed light on a quandary that had emerged on TripAdvisor. A thread, dated April 6, 2016 had caught his attention; it was called, ‘Nam Du Island Ferry “Sold Out” Forever.’ In it, the original poster – username: ‘sampears0n’ from Dublin, Ireland – expressed his dismay at being told that ferries to Nam Du, which board from the Mekong Delta port town of Rach Gia, were off-limits to foreigners, or more vaguely; ‘sold out forever.’ Perplexed, Sam had not been alone, and several others chimed in online to share their frustration. Unfortunately, unaware to anyone not keeping track of … [Read more...] about ​Ferries to Nam Du Islands in Vietnam no longer ‘sold out forever’