Tag: Vietnam
2008 summer travel: luxury tours attract tourists
Travel companies have launched many summer tours to meet the increasing travel demand. At present, many tours are fully reserved from now to July. Abundant tour program Among foreign travel tours, Thailand is always the top choice because of the cheap tour price of 280 USD...
Small earthquake strikes Hanoi
A small earthquake, believed to be aftershocks of a 7.8 magnitude quake in China, hit Hanoi at 01.35pm on May 12, causing waves of panic among employees and visitors at high-rise buildings. The 45-second aftershocks...
10,000 Dead in China Quake, More Feared
UPDATE: 6:04 p.m. EDT May 12, Death toll reaches 10,000Chinese authorities estimate 10,000 deaths in Sichuan province alone. The earthquake was felt as far as away as Vietnam."The report came as Premier...
Viet Nam to host 2009 ASEAN Tourism Forum
The 2009 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2009) and ASEAN Tourism Ministers' Meeting will take place in Ha Noi from January 5-12, 2009.
The event will include a meeting of tourism working groups with experts
and senior...
Israeli traditional folk music to be performed in...
Oy Division, one of the very few bands in Israel performing old traditional Jewish music, will give two performances in Hanoi on May 12 and 13.This is the highlight of the celebration of 15th anniversary of...
Vietnam, Canada sign environmental management deal
The Canadian embassy on May 5 announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the governments of Canada and Vietnam relating to a US$15 million project on Provincial-level Environmental Governance in Vietnam.
The project highlights Canada’s commitments to...
Spanish conductor to perform in Hanoi
Spanish conductor Carlos Cuesta will lead the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra on May 9.The concert is one of many cultural activities on the occasion of Europe Days in Vietnam.The conductor has selected a number of compositions, including some rare Spanish pieces and first...
The Indiana primary - 40 years ago
Forty years ago, as a reporter for the student newspaper, I was in Indiana along with a group of University of Tennessee students who were canvassing for his election. On our way back to Knoxville on a Sunday...
Global Food Crisis: Thailand Wants Rice Cartel, U...
The prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, is pushing an idea to create a cartel of rice exporting nations. The cartel, he believes, will set prices and level competition.Last week Vietnam, the world's number two rice exporter, underbid Thailand and won a...
Thirty-Three Years Ago Today, Saigon Fell To Comm...
Thirty-three years ago today, communist North Vietnamese troops entered Saigon and seized control of the government that was once the democratic South Vietnam.The Fall of Saigon (in Vietnamese: Sự kiện 30 tháng 4 - or the “April 30 Incident” is also...
The Vietnam-US Adoption Program To Be Abolished T...
The adoption agreement between Vietnam and the United States is due to be abolished by the Vietnamese government on July 1, 2008. This agreement was up for renewal two months later at the start of September. The...
Vietnam invites Indonesia researchers to examine ...
"Vietnamese researchers invite Indonesian colleagues to conduct a joint research to decipher engraved signs or symbols on hundreds of big stones in Sapa city, Lao Cai province, Vietnam, a Vietnamese researcher said."We would like to invite Indonesian researchers to jointly...
Vietnam Airlines to add more flights on April 30 ...
The Vietnam national flag carrier (Vietnam Airlines) said on April 23 it will add 12 more Flights on routes from Hanoi and Ho chi minh city to popular tourist destinations such as Danang Nha trang...
Int’l fireworks contest 2008: over 7,000 rooms ...
Restaurants and hotels in the central city of Danang are ready with more than 7,000 good-quality rooms to welcome tourists to the international fireworks contest 2008 held in the city on March 27-28, said Duong Thi...
Flower power of Dalat - Dalat tour guide
alat is indeed a pearl of Vietnam's central highlands. For Vietnamese people it is a city synonymous with romance. Thanks to a year-round average temperature of 18 degrees it is also considered the City of Eternal...
