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A ceremony to honour the originator of “xam” singing, a genre of
music and performance once popular in rural northern Vietnam, was held in Hanoi
on April 2.
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Saigontourist Travel Service Company and Vietnam Airlines last
week conducted a charity program in Sendai, Japan – an area badly-hit by 2011’s
natural disasters – and donated 500,000 yen to victims of the devastation.
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Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of
Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel
booking site Agoda.com.
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Singapore Airlines will offer discounted fares of 20-60 per cent
for travel from April 5 to May 30 from HCM City to Indonesia, the Philippines,
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About 70,000 visitors attended the Quan The Am (Avalokitecvara)
Boddhisattva Festival that took place in the central city of Da Nang from March
28-30.
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Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of
Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel
booking site Agoda.com.
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Diverse activities will be held in Phu Tho from April 13-19 to
commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings – the founders of the Vietnamese
nation.
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The Cat Ba Tourism 2013 opened on March 31 with an art
performance in Cat Hai island district of northern Hai Phong port city.
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In order to implement the National Tourism Promotion Programme,
Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) participated in 20th Moscow
International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT 2013) from 20 – 23 March,
2013.
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While booking hotel rooms through online travel agents (OTA) is a
growing tendency in the world, which has gradually replaced the traditional
ways, the OTAs in Vietnam are still facing big challenges when trying to change
Vietnamese tourists’ habits.
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While the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) highly
appreciated the achievements and set ambitious plans on tourism development,
travel firms feel depressed about the future.
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A book entitled Italian Travellers in Viet Nam was launched on
March 27 in Ha Noi. The book in Vietnamese and Italian languages was compiled by
Mario Sica, an Italian diplomat in Viet Nam (1965-68), who married his
Vietnamese tutor.
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Rural villages, floating markets and top-class tailors are all
highlights of a trip to Vietnam, says Tori Mayo.
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Visit Hang Bac Street this week and you'll be immersed in yellow
cloth lanterns, colourful flags and white daisy stands.
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Tourism remains an advantage of the central region in luring
investors, but the regional localities need to increase mutual cooperation for
better tourism promotion and investment attraction, said a local economist.
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