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PANO - Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved a festival named “Book Road” to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Book Road Festival is designed as an open and wide garden of books along Mac Thi Buoi Street, near flower street of Nguyen Hue from January 31st to February 6th. This first Book Road Festival during the Lunar New Year, is hoped to create a new space for entertainment for the locals and to promote the reading culture as well as to popularise the City’s tourism. Along with the Flower Street Festival under the theme “New Height”, the Book Road Festival is expected to be a cultural and poetic space. Translated by Mai Huong … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to host Book Road Festival

The project, funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea, aims to build a smart tourism information system; develop an urban cultural tourism center, and expand the city’s walking zone network. In addition, smart lighting and surveillance camera systems will be installed along the banks of the Huong (Perfume) River together with the building of public administration capacity in tourism development and urban management. The project will provide technical solutions to accumulate tourism-related data and increase visitors’ access to necessary information. The project also covers the improvement of the urban environment by installing smart lights, public wifi network coverage, and cultural integrated areas. The project is significant since it both serves the people’s life and improves the quality of tourism services to become a spearheaded economic sector of the province. Hue is a top tourist destination in the Central region of Vietnam. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about RoK supports Hue to build into a smart cultural and tourism city

Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai  (C) visits a display booth at the exhibition. The event attracts 160 display booths featuring the city’s key agricultural products , high-quality OCOP products and eco-friendly goods. The exhibition is a chance for farmers and participating units to introduce and promote their products; exchange and share experience in production, consumption, and trade of goods, and information on new technologies in the agricultural sector. The exhibition is divided into four areas, including outstanding agricultural products, OCOP and key products of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, products of startups and activities supporting farmers in digital transformation and participation in the digital economy. Vice Chairman of the HCMC People's Committee Vo Van Hoan (R) meets representatives of participating units in the event. The exhibition also includes a seminar on seeking measures to develop OCOP … [Read more...] about HCMC’s farm produce exhibition opens in Thu Duc City

Thailand's sports delegation took a tour around Hà Nội on the hop-on hop-off bus on May 18, 2022, during the SEA Games 31. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội welcomed 700,000 domestic tourists and 31,448 foreigners who visited or participated in events at the recently concluded SEA Games 31, according to the municipal Department of Tourism. As of May 23, the closing day of the regional sporting event, 18 hotels in Hà Nội had accommodated more than 5,600 Vietnamese and foreign delegates, referees, athletes, and reporters. In addition, other accommodation facilities stood ready to welcome tourists travelling to Hà Nội during the Games. Việt Nam has lifted nearly all COVID-19 restrictions, with no mandatory quarantine, negative COVID-19 tests, or vaccine certificate proofs required for foreign arrivals as pre-pandemic visa policies also reinstated from mid-March. The Department of Tourism asked agencies to roll out new tourism products at the capital … [Read more...] about Hà Nội greets nearly 31,500 foreign tourists during SEA Games 31

Buses at the Mien Tay Station in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoang Hai The HCM City transport industry has sought Government support to help recover from the double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and skyrocketing fuel prices. Le Trung Tinh, chairman of the city Intercity Passenger Transport and Tourism Association, said the high prices of petroleum products have made it difficult for transport businesses, leading to a fresh crisis post-pandemic. Fuel prices account for 30-50 per cent of transport costs, and so the hike in prices has created massive challenges for the industry, he said. The Government and National Assembly should consider reducing tariffs on petroleum products such as environmental protection, special consumption and value-added taxes, he said. “Petrol prices have surged and been forecast to rise to VND35,000 - 40,000 per litre. If it does, passenger transport firms will find it challenging to survive.” A spokesperson for Tu Vien, a firm that operates on … [Read more...] about Transport sector beseeches support amid soaring fuel costs

Hanoi welcomed 700,000 domestic tourists and 31,448 foreigners who visited or participated in events of the recently concluded SEA Games 31, the municipal Department of Tourism announced on May 24. Thai athletes competing at SEA Games 31 tour the Temple of Literature in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) As of May 23, 18 hotels in Hanoi had accommodated more than 5,600 Vietnamese and foreign delegates, referees, athletes and reporters. In addition, other accommodation facilities stood ready to welcome tourists travelling to Hanoi during the Games. The Department of Tourism asked relevant agencies to roll out new tourism products at the capital city’s famous attractions such as the Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian zone, Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Bat Trang pottery village. Images of Hanoi and preparations for SEA Games 31 were promoted on the department’s portal and websites on Hanoi tourism as well as TV channels and social media. Director of the department Dang … [Read more...] about Hanoi greets nearly 31,500 foreign tourists during SEA Games 31