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Nearly 30 years ago the French film director Jean Jacques Annaud
went to the southern city of Can Tho to shoot scenes for his film The Lover. He
was seduced by the beauty of the ancient house of Binh Thuy, and decided that it
would form a part of his movie.
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Saigontourist Travel Service Company and Dong Thap Tourist
Company have agreed to jointly promote the tour program “Dong Thap – Flooding
Season” to local and international tourists.
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Three hotels and three schools in HCMC, Dong Nai and Binh Thuan
on Wednesday signed an agreement for cooperation in improving the quality of
human resources.
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To promote the achievement of traditional craft festivals held
once every two years in odd years, the 5th Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2013
with the theme “Craft villages in tourism development” will take place from 27
April to 1 May, 2013 at the center of Hue City.
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The Kate Festival celebration of the Cham people will take place
at Po Sah Inu Tower in Phan Thiet City on October 15-16 with a series of
traditional rituals and festivities.
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Vietnam’s island ecosystem has been degrading because of the
spontaneous development of tourism with more and more accommodations rising
which discharge untreated waste water into the environment.
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Thirty valuable items representing Vietnam’s historic regions and
eras have been recognized as national treasures. According to a decision by
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the newly-recognized treasures are:
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Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airway will add two return flights
a week between HCM City and Hong Kong from October 31, taking the total number
of weekly flights between the two cities to 23.
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VietJetAir will open new domestic routes later this year as part
of its efforts to meet increasing demand from domestic and foreign passengers,
the low-cost carrier announced yesterday.
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This is a new land. Here sameness takes me home. Here smiles
crease faces; there I walk along the alleys meeting familiar sights.
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"Then" singing in Tuyen Quang and other northern Vietnamese
provinces is making necessary preparations to seek United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognition as an intangible world
cultural heritage in urgent need of protection.
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Two lakes of "great mystery" are located about 500 meters from
each other in the Phong Nha Cave. Experts could not reach the bottom of the
lakes, although they used modern diving equipment and wires to measure their
depth.
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The beauty of the terraced fields in Hoang Su Phi, Mu Cang Chai
and Bat Xat and Sa Pa is believed to be the special charm of the northern
mountainous that would attract any travelers.
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Con Son-Kiep Bac historical complex in the northern province of
Hai Duong has been recognised as a Special National Heritage and a ceremony to
welcome the title was held at the site on Oct. 1.
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On October 2nd, at the Vietnam National Administration of
Tourism’s headquarter, Deputy General Director Nguyen Manh Cuong gave the
Decision of Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Mr. Park
Iearak, Head of KTO’s representative office in Viet Nam.
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