The festival is held annually to commemorate Kings of the Tran Dynasty (1225-1400) and Tran Hung Dao, or Tran Quoc Tuan, a royal prince, statesman and military commander who helped Vietnam, then Dai Viet, repel two out of three major Mongol invasions in the late 13th century. … [Read more...] about Pandemic prompts cancelation of major Lunar New Year festival
Mekong delta 3 days 2 nights
Flamboyant flower festival to dazzle Hai Phong
According to the municipal People’s Committee’s action programme on tourism development from 2017–2020 with a vision through 2030, the city hopes to receive 8 million tourists and earn 3.5 trillion VND (154 million USD) with expected annual average growth rates of between 8.2 percent and 8.9 percent. … [Read more...] about Flamboyant flower festival to dazzle Hai Phong
VN-Index loses 30 points as most stocks sink
Losers outstripped winners by 395 to 78 on the southern bourse. Trade volume improved by 16% to 821.4 million shares while the value reached VND17.5 trillion, up 11% from the session earlier. There were over 39 million shares worth VND1.2 trillion traded in block deals. … [Read more...] about VN-Index loses 30 points as most stocks sink
Vingroup to launch Vietnam’s first powerful authentication cloud service
Previously, Vingroup announced VinCSS FIDO2 Ecosystem including different key types (hard key/soft key), authentication servers/services, and different types of cloud services (public/private/on-premise), programming and utility libraries, consulting, integration and support services and FIDO2 technology integrated products (phones, smart cars, and internet of things). VinCSS FIDO2 has achieved four international FIDO2 certificates and has one product recommended by Microsoft for use on its Azure AD platform. … [Read more...] about Vingroup to launch Vietnam’s first powerful authentication cloud service
Ha Long authorities vow to punish cheating tour operators
Ha Long People's Committee said they had read a complaint from Facebooker Linh Mai about poor service at OYO Hai Anh VIP Hotel. Mai said the hotel cancelled her booking without notification and there were signs that Hai Anh 10 cruise had increased prices illegally. On May 19, Mai's family booked two rooms from May 29 to 31. However, on May 29, Mai called the hotel and suddenly was told that her booking has been cancelled and no one wanted to take responsibility. On the following day, the family visited Ha Long Bay on the Hai An 10 cruise but complained that the prices were too high and the tour time had been cut short by an hour. They only had 30 minutes to visit Dau Go Cave. Vu Hong Son, vice chairman of Ha Long People's Committee, said after receiving the news, they had asked the Department of Culture and Information to work with the city police and related agency to investigate the accusations and report back by June 6. According to Son, even though Mai said they had reached an … [Read more...] about Ha Long authorities vow to punish cheating tour operators