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People walk up the stairs to pagodas on Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – More than 1 million tourists visited the northern province of Quang Ninh between February 2 and 14, a record number of visitors during a Lunar New Year holiday (Tet). Notably, about 600,000 people toured local places of worship, according to the provincial People’s Committee. A sudden increase was recorded in the number of visitors to the complex of Yen Tu monuments and landscapes when it attracted about 200,000 people from February 5 to 14, up 20 percent from the same period last year. Entrance fee revenue approximated 6 billion VND (258,000 USD), up 22 percent year on year. Pham Van Duoc, deputy head of the management board for the Yen Tu relic site and national forest, attributed the sharp rise to the opening of a road from the Tay Yen Tu (Western Yen Tu) spiritual-ecological tourist area in neighbouring Bac Giang province to the complex in Quang Ninh. That … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh welcomes record number of visitors during Tet

Bennett Neo (right), general director of Sabeco, deliver free flight and bus tickets meant for workers to representatives of industrial and processing zones in HCM City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces. — Photo courtesy of Sabeco The Sai Gon Alcohol, Beer and Beverages Corporation (Sabeco) plans to provide 1,000 free air and bus tickets each before the Tet (Lunar New Year) to outstanding workers in industrial zones and processing zones in HCM City and the neighbouring provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai. This follows a similar programme late last year which was greatly appreciated. Bennett Neo, general director of Sabeco, said this year the 1,000 air tickets would be for flights from HCM City to Ha Noi, Vinh and Dong Hoi, and Quy Nhon cities, and the bus tickets would be to the provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Kien Giang, and Ca Mau. It is meant to inspire workers who made outstanding contributions during the year, he added SABECO … [Read more...] about Tet spirit: Sabeco gifts air, bus tickets to 2,000 outstanding workers

Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong is 42 and she fears what middle age will do to her face. Like many of her friends, she sees cosmetic surgery as a way to extend her youthful looks. Phuong originally planned to undergo a face-lift procedure and nose job at a beauty clinic in Saigon's District 10 next month that would cost her more than VND80 million ($3,438). But she's changed her decision, fearing for her life after a series of plastic surgeries went fatally wrong at private clinics in Vietnam's southern metropolis. "I want to look younger and more beautiful as the Lunar New Year is coming near. But I'm afraid of dying and I don't dare to risk my life," the grocery store owner said.   "They (beauty clinic consultant staff) guaranteed that the surgery would be 100 percent successful and advised me to keep an optimistic mind. "But these recent deaths and accidents from plastic surgery in private clinics have really scared me. It seems that going under the plastic surgeon's knife in Vietnam is … [Read more...] about For better or worse: botched plastic surgeries scare Vietnamese women

It will cost Sabeco over VND5 billion ($217,000), and the company will identify the workers together with the managements of industrial parks in HCMC and the neighboring provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai. A charter flight each will fly from HCMC to Hanoi and the central towns of Vinh, Dong Hoi and Quy Nhon. The 1,000 people going by bus will go to the central provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa, the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Lam Dong and the southern provinces of Kien Giang and Ca Mau. Hoang Dao Hiep, deputy general director of Sabeco, said this would be the second year the company and the Youth Union provide transportation for the best-performing workers for Lunar New Year. This year it is on a larger scale, and the process to select the workers too started earlier -- at the beginning of December. Tet (The Lunar New Year) falls in late January 2020. Last year too the company had chartered four aircraft.  Sabeco is owned 53.59 … [Read more...] about Sabeco to charter aircraft to transport outstanding workers home for New Year

Thousands of workers at the Vissan Joint Stock Company in HCM City will receive an additional month’s salary and an additional bonus as a reward for business performance to celebrate Tết (Lunar New Year). — Photo nld.com.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY — Trade unions in HCM City are offering their labourers Tết bonuses, gifts, year-end parties and tickets for buses and trains for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday. At the Saigon 3 Garment Joint Stock Company, workers are busy this season but they are happy about working there. In October the company announced that employees would receive a Tết bonus equal to three months of salary. Phạm Văn Có, chairman of the Saigon 3 Garment Joint Stock Company’s trade union, said the company’s board of directors and trade union were determined to please their workers during Tết. “Their hard work throughout the year contributed to our business performance, so they … [Read more...] about City trade unions ensure happy Tết for labourers