HCM CITY (VNS)— The supply of beer for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday is expected to be more than sufficient and prices will remain unchanged, according to traders in HCM City. A beer production line at Sai Gon-Dak Lak Beer Co in Buon Me Thuot. The supply of beer for the Tet holiday is expected to be more than sufficient and prices will remain unchanged. — VNA/VNS Photo Hong Ky Even though the holiday season has begun, beer prices have not gone up, as output has increased and demand has declined this year. A beverage trader in District 3's Nguyen Thong Street said the price of most beer such as Heineken, 333 and Tiger had not changed. Another trader in HCM City said she was not planning to buy large reserves of beer this year because of the abundant supply. Her only concern would be a lack of clients, she said. Because demand for beer has declined this year, supply is expected to be ample even during the peak season of Tet. Mai Le Xuan Huy, a beer … [Read more...] about Beer market readies for upcoming Tet holiday
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Vietnam Airlines adds nearly 900 flights during Tet holiday
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Airlines will add nearly 900 flights during the peak period of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays from January 15 to February 13, 2017 to meet the demand for travel during the holiday. The increased flights offer 185,000 more seats, bringing the total number of seats of all domestic flights during the holidays to more than 1.6 million, up 13 percent against normal days and 46 percent from the same period last year. The additional flights are on 10 domestic routes between cities with big demand for travel such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and major tourist destinations including Nha Trang, Hue and Phu Quoc. Of which, the Hanoi – HCM City route will have the most added flights with 327, followed by the HCM City – Da Nang route with 190 and the HCM City – Hue route with 136. More information on ticket-selling places is available online at https://www.vietnamairlines.com/vn/vi/additional-services/agency-info.-VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines adds nearly 900 flights during Tet holiday
With too many home exercises, students will have “working Tet holiday”
Vietnamese students expect a longer Tet holiday this year. However, this does mean that they would have much time to relax, because they have more home exercises for longer Tet holiday. Nam Anh, a student of the NT Primary School in Hanoi, frowned to his mother right after getting home. “I have so many home exercises to do this Tet,” he told the mother. The boy opened his school bag and showed the mother the exercises, mostly in mathematics and Vietnamese language. “He has to do tens of mathematics questions in the textbooks, and other tens of exercises in Vietnamese language. Besides, there are also some exercises relating to Vietnamese grammar,” said Hang, the mother of Nam Anh. A lot of students have complained that they would have to work hard on Tet holiday to deal with the “mount” of exercises the teachers ask them to do. All Vietnamese teachers give home exercises to their students on holidays, because they believe that this is the … [Read more...] about With too many home exercises, students will have “working Tet holiday”
Tourists flock to Da Nang, Da Lat during Tet holidays
Da Nang (VNA) – A large number of tourists flocked to Da Nang and Da Lat cities during the Tet (traditional Lunar New Year) holidays, according to local tourism agencies. According to the Da Nang Department of Tourism, during the Tet holidays, the city welcomed more than 260,000 tourists, up 17.3 percent from the same period of 2016. Of them, 103,000 are international visitors, a year-on-year surge of 30.6 percent. The increase is attributed to the time of the Tet holidays as it falls on the tourism season of neighbouring markets like China, the Republic of Korea and Japan as well as overseas Vietnamese. Some new international air routes, which have been launched during the Tet holidays, brought more international visitors to Da Nang. Besides, favourable weather condition and various performance activities have helped draw more tourists to the city. Travel firms in Da Nang served 38,000 tourists during this occasion. Meanwhile, Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam … [Read more...] about Tourists flock to Da Nang, Da Lat during Tet holidays
Expensive ornamental trees for Tet holiday
VietNamNet Bridge - The Lunar New Year is the chance for people to see the most special ornamental trees. Waterfall-shaped paper flower tree of nearly $5,000 This tree is over 4m high, with flowers from top to bottom, owned by Mrs. Tran Thi Deo, 54, years old, from Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city. It was planted over 50 years ago. Dao did not remember exactly when the tree was planted. This tree is also displayed in Can Tho City. It is special because it is in the shape of a spouse and the mother who embraces her child. The tree is about 70 years old, over 3m high.The owner offered for sale at VND200 million ($10,000). Currently, the apricot tree is on display in front of the People's Committee of Can Tho city. Mr. Bui Xuan Trang, from the northern mountain province of Son La, is the owner of two special peach branches, which are priced several thousands of US dollars.Trang said some customers offered VND200 million ($10,000) for the peach branches but he did not … [Read more...] about Expensive ornamental trees for Tet holiday