Tourists enjoy performance at Sun World Ba Na Hills - a tourist attraction in the central city of Da Nang. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A key for Vietnam to attract more foreign tourists at this time is to change its visa policy, said Chris Farewell, a member of the Tourism Advisory Board (TAB). Chris told Dau tu ( Vietnam Investment Review) that expanding the list of eligible visa waivers with a maximum stay of up to 30-45 days will be a big drive for foreigners who are planning a trip to Vietnam. TAB also proposed that e-visa should be expanded to all countries and domain name changed so that foreigners can recognise and find more easily when surfing the internet, he said. While Thailand offers visa exemption to citizens from 65 countries and territories with a stay of 30-45 days or even up to 90 days in some cases, Vietnam has not introduced any travelling incentives for visitors after reopening its border in March last year. Resuming tourism activities earlier than … [Read more...] about Visa policy change needed to further attract foreign visitors: tourism authority
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Grilled snakehead fish street busy for God of Wealth Day
Many families on Tan Ky Tan Quy Street are busy grilling blotched snakehead fish for the God of Wealth Day. This year, the God of Wealth Day (the 10th of the Lunar New Year) falls on January 31. On Monday evening, Tan Ky Tan Quy Street in Tan Phu District was full of smoke from grilling blotched snakehead fish. Nguyen Trung, owner of a blotched snakehead fish shop, on the street said that his facility grilled around five tonnes of snakehead to meet demand. Each snake fish weighs 1-2 kilos. After being cleaned, sugarcane sticks will be skewered into the fish before being baked. The sugarcane helps the fish to become more tasty. Trung employed 30 people, including many relatives, to serve the fish processing against just 3-4 members of his family on ordinary days. Charcoal is used for grilling the fish. Sauce and herbs are used along with the fish. Each blotched snakehead fish shop has its own way of making sauce. … [Read more...] about Grilled snakehead fish street busy for God of Wealth Day