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Due to COVID-19, in the first five months of 2020, Haraco’s railway transport volume only reached 32% compared to the same period last year. To overcome difficulties and restore domestic travel nationwide, Haraco has cooperated with the UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club and travel agencies to build train tours to tourist sites in Quang Binh, Hue, Da Nang, Vinh and Lao Cai, as well as other tourist destinations connected by railway. To stimulate tourism, Haraco is also offering discounts up to 25% for collective ticket buyers, in addition to upgrading its wagons and services while organising trains with separate itineraries at the special request of travellers. Starting from July 8, Haraco will resume daily trains from Hanoi to Dong Hoi – the capital city of Quang Binh Province, and Lao Cai Province, instead of running only at weekends during the months most affected by COVID-19. In addition, from July 5, the company will run a pair of weekly passenger trains coded SE35/SE36 on the … [Read more...] about Hanoi stimulates tourism by rail promotion

Man arrested for spreading anti-State propaganda HCM City police said on June 13 that they had detained Le Huu Minh Tuan, a resident of central Quang Nam Province, for making, storing, spreading information, materials and items for the purpose of opposing the State … [Read more...] about Three arrested for posting anti-State propaganda

In spite of having each other several times on the line, Ms. Luyen gave me a tight hug when she saw me. She met with her fellow citizen after 63 years living on the foreign land. She asked me questions on our homeland in a smatter of Vietnamese. When she could not describe her thoughts in Vietnamese, she used French because since she left for Central Africa, she has lost touch with her family in Vietnam. And she said that she is the only Vietnamese person in Bangui and shared that at first she taught her children a little bit of Vietnamese language but they felt difficult to learn it and then she was gradually discouraged too. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese “Nem” in Central Africa

The AQI measured by AirVisual at 8am on June 26 ranks Ho Chi Minh City as the second most polluted city in the world with an index of 161, only behind the Indonesian capital of Jakarta that has an index rating of 195. Viewing the under-construction Thu Thiem 2 bridge which is located approximately 800 metres from the Bitexco building is a difficult task due to the smog. … [Read more...] about HCM City left gloomy amid heightened levels of air pollution

40-year-old Nguyen Xuan Truong, a member of the clay firecracker team of Quang Khai commune, emphasised that “The most difficult thing is throwing the firecrackers. To create a loud bang, a player must throw skillfully. The clay used to make firecrackers can be reused again and again for years. After each competition, you should pack the clay in a plastic bag and keep it somewhere cool.” … [Read more...] about Vietnamese folk games: sitting tug-of-war and clay firecracker hurling