The International Hon Dau Island Resort has emerged as a major tourist destination in Hai Phong City of late. Spread across 65ha of Do Son coast, the resort is capable of accommodating 5,000 guests at any given time and includes a 7ha artificial white sand beach, the largest in Southeast Asia. The premises additionally play host to a 17ha eco-park on top of Dau Lo mountain consisting of a small zoo, a crocodile lake, a waterfall and cottages scattered amidst a pine-tree forest, all within easy reach via battery-powered car. As for entertainment, the water-park, golf/driving range, kayaking centre, natural beach and spa offer abundant opportunities for leisure. "Spending time in the eco-park over a weekend is an excellent means of breaking away from city life," said 27-year-old Nguyen Mai Thi, a local resident. "The resort lies relatively close to the city centre. It takes only 30 minutes by bus or motorbike along a 25km route to reach it," she added. From its specially … [Read more...] about Island resort set to become major Hai Phong attraction
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Ho Chi Minh City ‘sidewalk-clearing’ icon Doan Ngoc Hai resigns from all positions
Doan Ngoc Hai, deputy chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, has handed in his letter of resignation from all positions, keeping his promise that he would resign if he could not bring order to the district’s sidewalks and saying officials backed the intest groups benefiting from footpath occupation. An official from the People’s Committee of District 1 has confirmed Hai’s resignation on Monday. In his letter which he submitted before a meeting among District 1 leaders, Hai said the reason for his resignation was because he had “failed to deliver on his promises to the people," seeing the sidewalks of downtown Ho Chi Minh City once again being occupied and encroached by parked vehicles and street vendors. “Between January and October 2017, my efforts to restore order to the streets of District 1 had generated a positive impact on a national scale, being held in high regard by the prime minister,” Hai wrote in the letter. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City ‘sidewalk-clearing’ icon Doan Ngoc Hai resigns from all positions
Ho Chi Minh City ‘sidewalk-clearing’ icon Doan Ngoc Hai resigns
Doan Ngoc Hai, deputy chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, has handed in his letter of resignation, keeping his promise that he would resign if he could not bring order to the district’s sidewalks and saying officials backed the intest groups benefiting from footpath occupation. An official from the People’s Committee of District 1 has confirmed Hai’s resignation on Monday. In his letter which he submitted before a meeting among District 1 leaders, Hai said the reason for his resignation was because he had “failed to deliver on his promises to the people," seeing the sidewalks of downtown Ho Chi Minh City once again being occupied and encroached by parked vehicles and street vendors. “Between January and October 2017, my efforts to restore order to the streets of District 1 had generated a positive impact on a national scale, being held in high regard by the prime minister,” Hai wrote in the letter. “However, my actions had … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City ‘sidewalk-clearing’ icon Doan Ngoc Hai resigns
Hai Phong: pollution attacks aquatic cultivating areas
Industrial production and new urban area projects have been squeezing into the land areas which were initially reserved for aquatic farming, forcing farmers to leave empty-handed.Leaving ponds because of the pollution Industrial production and new urban area projects have been squeezing into the land areas which were initially reserved for aquatic farming, forcing farmers to leave empty-handed Two aquatic farming enterprises in Do Son and Kien Thuy districts in Hai Phong City have left a large area of land idle since 2008, because they cannot continue farming once the water gets polluted. Farmers have given up the ponds; therefore, they do not have materials to provide to the enterprises. As a result, the enterprises usually have to borrow money from banks to maintain production. However, as the loans are limited, the enterprises have been regularly late in paying salaries to workers. Hoang Dinh My, Deputy Director of the Do Son Aquaculture Enterprise, said that in the past, there … [Read more...] about Hai Phong: pollution attacks aquatic cultivating areas
Hai Phong: Father forces his son to eat feces
A cruel domestic violence case has been reported in the port city of Hai Phong. An 11-year-old boy has been tortured and even forced to eat human feces by his father.Bui Xuan Thuan's wounds. The boy, Bui Xuan Thuan, lost his mother when he was six. Being abandoned by his father, Bui Xuan Phong, 33, the boy lived with his grandmother. After getting married the third time, the father unexpectedly took his son home. Living with his father and step mother, the boy was beaten by electric wires and forced to eat feces . Thuan's paternal grandmother, Nguyen Thi Dun, 61, from An Duong district, Hai Phong city, said that Thuan was beaten by his father very often. She tried to dissuade his son but Phong neglected. This man said that was the way he taught his son and threatened to stab her if she kept putting him off. Phong's neighbors tried to stop him from beating his son but they failed. The case was broken out when Thuan's teacher detected serious wounds on the boy's arms on October … [Read more...] about Hai Phong: Father forces his son to eat feces