Flower and garden festival 2019

Hotel News Newly opened Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh rolls out festive offers By Minh Tuan Thursday,  Dec 5, 2019,14:27 (GMT+7) Newly opened Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh rolls out festive offersBy Minh Tuan The Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh is located on Bai Dai Beach, with white sand and crystal clear water - PHOTOS: COURTESY OF MÖVENPICK RESORT CAM RANH HCMC - The Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh, a newly opened integrated family resort with world-class facilities in Khanh Hoa Province, has launched a number of promotions this festive season. The resort is offering attractive room rates starting from VND4 million per room per night including breakfast and an exclusive New Year Celebration package at VND1,755,000 per person. The package includes pre-dinner cocktail with a wide selection of canapes and beverages, gala dinner, and count down party with night snacks, beverages and various entertainments to … [Read more...] about Newly opened Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh rolls out festive offers

Hotel News Saigontourist’s hotels offer Christmas and New Year promotions By Anh Nguyen Thursday,  Dec 5, 2019,16:55 (GMT+7) Saigontourist’s hotels offer Christmas and New Year promotionsBy Anh Nguyen The Rex Hotel Saigon will host Christmas party and New Year’s Eve gala dinner at its Rooftop Garden Bar - PHOTO: COURTESY OF SAIGONTOURIST HCMC - Rex Hotel Saigon and Majestic Saigon, two five-star hotels under Saigontourist Holding Company, have rolled out Christmas and New Year promotions. Hotel Majestic Saigon The Hotel Majestic Saigon is offering grilled turkey for Christmas, which will be served with vegetables and four kinds of sauce especially made by the hotel’s head chef. Each turkey costs VND2.399 million net. Orders should be placed 24 hours in advance, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.  The hotel will host Christmas gala buffet dinner at Prima AB from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on December 24. … [Read more...] about Saigontourist’s hotels offer Christmas and New Year promotions

VUFO President Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga speaks at the congress. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) has played a core role in people-to-people diplomacy, said VUFO President, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga while opening the union’s sixth congress in Hanoi on December 5. The congress aimed to review its operation during the 2013-2018 period and put forth orientations and tasks for 2019-2024. It saw the attendance of 46 ambassadors, charge d'affaires and representatives of foreign embassies in Vietnam, along with representatives of 30 international and non-governmental organisations in Vietnam, among others. Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent baskets of flowers to the event. Nga laid stress on new requirements of people-to-people diplomacy work as well as the VUFO – a core force in the mission. She … [Read more...] about VUFO plays core role in people-to-people diplomacy: official

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned Wednesday in a new report on children, food and nutrition globally. The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, Food and Nutrition finds that globally at least one in three children under five – or over 200 million – is either undernourished or overweight. Almost two in three children between six months and two years of age are not fed food that supports their rapidly growing bodies and brains. This puts them at risk of poor brain development, weak learning, low immunity, increased infections and, in many cases, death. “Despite all the technological, cultural and social advances of the last few decades, we have lost sight of this most basic fact: if children eat poorly, they live poorly,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF executive director. “Millions of children across the world subsist on an unhealthy diet because … [Read more...] about Poor diets damaging global and Vietnamese children’s health: UNICEF

  Vietjet's fligh attendants and passengers pose for a photo on board. Photo courtesy of Vietjet HCM CITY -- Vietjet will add nearly 1,200 flights to meet the increasing demand during the Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday and the 2020 festive season. The airline expects to provide nearly 2.5 million tickets in all international and domestic flights from January 11 to February 9, 2020 (December 17 to January 9 of the Year of the Rat), the Vietjet announced on Thursday. It also adds 1,120 flights on the New Year 2020 holiday, from December 28, 2019 to January 5, 2020, the airline said.  On Wednesday, Prime Minister of Thailand congratulated Vietjet on its new international service connecting HCM City with Pattaya via U-Tapao International Airport on the occasion of the second passenger terminal opening ceremony at U-Tapao International Airport Rayong Pattaya.  This is the first scheduled service between Thailand and Việt Nam via U-Tapao … [Read more...] about Vietjet provides 2.5 million tickets for upcoming Tết holiday