Viet Nam News TRÀ VINH – Three ethnic Khmer handicraft villages in Trà Vinh Province’s Trà Cú District have expanded over the last four years due to high demand and support from local authorities. Two of the handicraft villages are in Đại An and Hàm Giang communes, as well as the sedge mat weaving village in Hàm Tân Commune. The Đại An handicraft village uses bamboo to make tables, chairs, baskets, fish catching tools and other houseware items as well as souvenirs and decorative items for houses, entertainment places and resorts. The Hàm Giang handicraft village also uses bamboo to produce high-class beds, tables, chairs and other houseware items, all in high demand by restaurants and tourism sites. To improve transport to the three villages, the province spent more than VNĐ9.6 billion (US$410,000) to build nine concrete roads with a total length of 8.2km, according to the province’s Department of … [Read more...] about Ethnic Khmer handicraft villages expand in Trà Vinh
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Numerous promotions up for grabs at Saigon-Vinh Long Hotel
Numerous promotions up for grabs at Saigon-Vinh Long HotelBy Anh Tien The four-star Saigon-Vinh Long Hotel is seen from the Co Chien River - PHOTO: ANH TIEN HCMC - The Saigon-Vinh Long Hotel under Saigontourist Holding Company, the only four-star hotel in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, is offering a host of promotions. Room rate promotion The room rate is VND900,000 per room per night for walk-in guests and VND750,000 for travel agents, including a 10% VAT, welcome drink, breakfast, tea, coffee, drinking water, access to swimming pool and fitness center, and wifi. The promotion is applicable to bookings from now to November 10, and stays from now until December 20. Wedding service promotion Customers booking a wedding party from now to December 31 with each 10-seater table costing VND2.5 million or above will receive extra promotions. Bookings must be made between now to November 10. Event promotions Those customers organizing events at the hotel can ask for a … [Read more...] about Numerous promotions up for grabs at Saigon-Vinh Long Hotel
Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Tra Vinh develops tourism into a spearhead economic sector
A Khmer Pagodas in Tra VinhDeputy Chairman of the provincial People Committee Tran Anh Dung said that the goal of developing Tra Vinh tourism is based on investment socialization. In addition, the locality will mobilize capital from other sources to build technical infrastructure, train skilled human resources, support private economic components and the collective economy in developing tourism products and types to meet the demand of tourists. Tra Vinh now has 10 historical relic and architectural sites, national intangible cultural heritage and one national treasure, along with 142 Khmer pagodas with unique ancient architecture in 9 districts, towns and city in the province. With its potential and advantages for tourism development, the province now calls on investment incentives in some projects such as Ba Om Pond national tourist site, hot mineral springs, mangrove forest tourism area, Ba Dong tourism area, restaurants, hotels, and handicraft producing establishments. It strives … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh develops tourism into a spearhead economic sector