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The first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit will take place at the Intercontinental Landmark72 hotel in Hanoi on December 5-6 in the framework of the Vietnam Economic Forum (ViEF) 2018. Held by the board for private economic development research (IV Board under the Government’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform), the online newspaper VnExpress and the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), the event is expected to draw 1,500 guests, who are managers, business operators and scholars. To enhance international cooperation and popularise local tourism, the organising board has invited leaders of renowned tourism and service groups like Australia’s Flight Centre, Virgin, Japan’s H.I.S and Singaporean Banyan Tree. The forum offers opportunities for domestic and foreign businesses to learn about Vietnam’s strategies to develop tourism, as well as the potential of and challenges facing the non-smoke industry. Various issues will be on the … [Read more...] about Hanoi to host first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit

Menacing macaques snatch bags of crisps, water bottles, cookies and crackers from uneasy tourists on Vietnam's Monkey Island, a popular attraction decried as cruel by activists calling for an end to animal tourism in Southeast Asia. Monkey Island in Nha Trang city is one of the countless animal tourism sites across Vietnam that raise the concerns of activists Tourists are encouraged to show the monkeys their empty hands if they don't want to be accosted by the aggressive macaques, who routinely steal snacks, hats, and even mobile phones from visitors, who nervously laugh and snap pictures. "They grabbed my biscuits and climbed on my body," Dinh Thi Hoa told AFP on the small island in Nha Phu bay in south-central Vietnam. "I didn't even have time to open my bag, the monkey took it from me and opened it!" she said, smiling, after a gang of macaques rifled through her rucksack. It is one of countless animal tourism sites across Vietnam where for just a few dollars … [Read more...] about Monkey business: Vietnam macaque island draws tourists — and criticism

Leading economic partner The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has entered its fourth year of development since the founding milestone of December 31, 2015, and is striving to realize its Vision to 2025 with initial encouraging results. The AEC has created a relatively synchronous production space, which helps promote the common advantage of the ASEAN region. Goods, services, capital, investment and skilled labor will be freely circulating within ASEAN without suffering any discrimination between the member states. Its intra-bloc economic cooperation efforts with partners have brought ASEAN member states stable economic growth, forecast to reach 4.9 percent in 2019, nearly double the world average. In the 24 years since Vietnam joined the bloc, its members have become the country’s leading economic and trade partners. Compared to 1996, when Vietnam began to participate in the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), trade between Vietnam and ASEAN has grown by more than 9.5 times from US$5.9 … [Read more...] about Vietnam looks ahead to 2020 Asean Chairmanship

A fashion show entitled ‘Bi An Chim Phuong’ (Mystery of the Phoenix), by acclaimed Vietnamese designer Minh Hanh, was held at Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in Moscow, Russia, on October 20. A Vietnamese Ao Dai design introduced at the fashion show The event featured 70 designs made from Vietnamese traditional silk and Ta Oi ethnic people’s brocade. The models’ catwalk was accompanied by Vietnamese traditional musical instrument performances by artist Nghiem Thi Thu. Visitors to the event could also explore the craft of brocade weaving of Ta Oi people through the demonstrations of a Ta Oi ethnic artisan. Addressing the event, Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia Nguyen Quynh Mai said that the fashion show, which is among the activities celebrating the Vietnam-Russia Cross Year 2019, spotlighted the essence of Vietnamese people’s spiritual life. She expressed her thank to the leading boards of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, the State Museum of … [Read more...] about Fashion show introduces Vietnam’s brocade weaving and silk in Russia

Seoul (VNA) – Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man said Vietnam always considers Republic of Korea (RoK) one of its most important partners, while paying a courtesy call to Speaker of the RoK National Assembly Moon Hee-sang in Seoul on September 27. Man expressed his wish that Speaker Moon would continue supporting the development of bilateral ties and assisting the Vietnamese community in the RoK, especially Vietnamese women marrying Korean citizens. He also wished that the RoK would continue supporting Vietnam and ASEAN’s stance in maintaining peace, stability, maritime freedom and safety in the East Sea, and settling disputes in the East Sea by peaceful means in line with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, fully implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, towards reaching an effective and practical Code of Conduct in the East Sea at an … [Read more...] about Front leader: Vietnam takes RoK as an important partner