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
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Tra Vinh hosts festival
Travellers Notes (02-04-2005) Tra Vinh hosts festival The third festival featuring cultural characteristics of the ethnic minority Khmer will kick off in the Mekong province of Tra Vinh on April 6. The 5-day event will show off the traditions of the Khmer community and offer visitors an opportunity to take part in folk games and enjoy Khmer specialities and folk music to be performed by troupes from 11 southern provinces. The festival also includes a boat race on Long Binh River. Thousands go to Singapore Some 20,000 HCM City residents flocked to the Unique Singapore festival in the city on March 27. The festival was organised by the Singapore Tourism Board to showcase the island country as a destination for Vietnamese tourists. One of the attractions was a replica of Singapore's Jurong Bird Park. Shanghai Airlines adds flights To meet tourist demand, Shanghai Airlines has increased its number of weekly flights to HCM City from two to five. The carrier, with Vietnamese travel agencies … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh hosts festival
Tra Vinh: Ba Dong beach
Today tourist businessemen and local people have invested into the development of the resort with a wide range of facilities such as bathing facilities, restaurants, hotels,leisure centres, souvenir shops, etc. From the hotels and restaurants hiding themselves among the poplars rustling in sea wind, tourists can look beyond at the far sea,where fleets of fishing boats are sailing industriously to bring back inexhaustible resources to enrich the country. In this resort, tourists can savour many types of fresh seafood at surprisingly cheap prices. From Ba Dong, tourists can also join excursions to learn about the history of the early settlement and the tradition of heroically fighting against foreign invaders in the "Iron Truong Long Hoa Ward" and in "Duyen Hai District as a glorious guerrilla base" with legendary victories as well as war vestiges such as Con Tau Dock, where weapons carried from the North on Ho Chi Minh sea-route were received, Giong Gieng Base of Tra Vinh Provincial … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh: Ba Dong beach
Vinh Long offers special Tet treat
VINH LONG — Travel companies in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long have launched many tours for this Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, targeting 2,000 foreign and more than 50,000 local visitors. Under the Welcome Tet in Vinh Long programme organised by the Cuu Long Tourist Joint Stock Company, tourists will join local residents to prepare the year-end meals, making banh tet (cylindrical glutinous rice cakes) and take part in many folk games and other activities. Tourists will also enjoy the art of brewing Vietnamese tea and riding bicycles along the island that teems with orchards and waterways. The Vinh Sang Tourist Farm this year has co-operated with travel companies in HCM City to visitors to stay in local homes during the Tet festival. Besides taking part in the daily life of local people, visitors will have chance to visit orchards, enjoy tropical fruit and traditional music and learn how to cook local special dishes. To prepare for the Tet travel season, … [Read more...] about Vinh Long offers special Tet treat
Omni Parker Hotel and accounts of Uncle Ho
NDO - During the official visit of the high-level delegation of the Vietnam National Assembly, Van Nghiep Chuc, a reporter from Nhan Dan newspaper joined bilateral activities in Boston, Massachusetts and visited the Omni Parker Hotel's basement where President Ho Chi Minh once worked as a baker. >>Special meeting with the first US artist to paint Uncle Ho's portrait The story of a special young Vietnamese man The Omni Parker Hotel is located on a busy street of Boston's central area. An introduction of the hotel is framed and hung in the basement's corridor, including many photos and articles about the daily life of Boston people in the past, including that Ho Chi Minh worked as a baker at the hotel from 1911 to 1913 and used the marble table top pictured in the photo which is still used in the hotel's bakery today. A black and white photo of Van Ba (Ho Chi Minh's name at the time) is above the marble table and next to it is a letter from Vietnamese Ambassador to the US … [Read more...] about Omni Parker Hotel and accounts of Uncle Ho