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At the reception (Source: hochiminhcity.gov.vn) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City welcomes foreign investors, including those from Austria, to engage in major development projects, a municipal official has said. At a reception for Mariana Kühnel, Deputy Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, on November 22, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen highlighted the strong developments of Vietnam-Austria economic ties. Currently, Austria ranks 30th among 106 countries and territories investing in HCM City, he said, adding that the investment value, however, has yet to match the strength and potential of both sides. The official urged the Austrian chamber to cooperate and share its experience with HCM City in technological solutions, the improvement of living standards of people, high-tech medicine, flood control and water supply. He spoke highly of Austria’s projects providing medical equipment and technologies … [Read more...] about HCM City welcomes Austrian investors in major development projects

Jointly held by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the city’s Department of Tourism, the three-day event brings together more than 700 foreign tour operators from with 40 countries and territories, including the US, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Bui Ta Hoang Vu said the fair is an important event to promote Vietnamese tourism among international friends and enhance cooperation in developing the tourism industry among countries. A performance opening the 13th International Travel Expo HCM City Apart from an array of networking events, it hosts a series of high-powered seminars on different topics, including those relating to major tourism markets in 2017 and the development of MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism in HCM City. Business matching event, online pre-appointment, and buyer-seller meetings … [Read more...] about Thirteenth Int’l Travel Expo HCM City underway

The 2018 Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup This year’s event will mark the 5th consecutive time that Vietnam has hosted the prestigious World Union of Billiards (UMB) tournament. In this year’s competition, 149 billiards players from 17 different countries will compete with a total of EUR106,000 of prize money on offer. The overall winner of the tournament will walk away with EUR16,000. In total, Vietnam will send 29 players to this year’s event. They include world number three Quyet Chien, world number 11 Quoc Nguyen, world number 13 Dinh Nai, world number 23 Minh Cam, and world number 31 Anh Vu. At last year’s event, Tran Quyet Chien became the first Vietnamese billiards player to win the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup. Chien defeated his fellow countryman Ngo Dinh Nai in the final round with a score of 40/39.  Rounding off the top three was Nguyen Quoc Nguyen who finished in third place. … [Read more...] about HCM City set to host three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup

Cheap and low-quality tours have negatively affected the tourism sector, so Quang Ninh Province’s Halong City has proposed and adopted effective solutions to improve the management of travel activities and tour operations. A cruise ship comes to Halong Bay. Quang Ninh Province’s Halong City has proposed effective solutions to improve the management of travel activities and tour operations The authority of Halong City, in its Document 8244, proposed the Quang Ninh government approve and adopt a plan to review the earnings of firms with a high tax risk, such as hotels, restaurants, food stalls and tourism service suppliers, as soon as possible, VietnamPlus news site reported. The competent agencies were asked to establish working teams and appoint staff members to regularly supervise catering and lodging service facilities to collect information for determining tax levels, besides asking these service facilities to submit their monthly and quarterly operation reports … [Read more...] about Ha Long presents solutions to block cheap, low-quality tours

Mr. Liem expressed his delight at the thriving traditional cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic, which has been expanded to politics, economy, trade, science-technology, and many other spheres. He noted the two countries are preparing a number of joint activities to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2020, including a plan to open a direct air route from Hanoi to Prague in early next year. HCMC wishes to enhance connections with the Czech Republic in the fields matching the latter’s strength and the former’s demand, thus turning bilateral cooperation potential into concrete projects, the official said. Pointing out several challenges HCMC is facing like environmental protection, flooding, climate change, waste treatment and air quality, the vice chairman said the city is ready to work with the Czech Republic to bolster environmental partnerships, especially in the areas the European country has advantages such as reducing CO2 … [Read more...] about HCMC, Czech Republic look to boost environmental cooperation