Viet Nam News HCM City - Malaysia-based cruise liner Dream Cruises is set to operate a new vessel capable of carrying 3,500 passengers to Việt Nam from November, according to the HCM City-based travel firm Viet Excursions. The cruise liner is offering two-, five-, and seven-day tours of Việt Nam. It will make more than 10 trips to ports in the southern province of Bà Riạ - Vũng Tàu, the central cities of Đà Nẵng and Nha Trang, and the northern city of Hạ Long between November and March next year. Besides Việt Nam, it will also bring passengers from Malaysia and Singapore to China. Phan Xuân Anh, chairman of Viet Excursions, said Dream Cruises is a new cruise liner whose passengers are mainly Chinese-speaking high income earners. The new ship is almost finished and will be launched in October. Viet Excursions regularly serves tourists coming aboard American and European cruise lines. Anh said the number of tourists has risen by 10 per cent this year. - VNS … [Read more...] about Malaysian cruiseliner to offer Việt Nam tours
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Korean tour guides learn about Viet Nam
Ninety-three people from the Republic of Korea has passed a course on Viet Nam held by the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the International Centre for English and Education. This is the first ever training course, which lasted for 15 days, for Korean native speakers. Learners were later granted certificates to work as Korean-language tourist guides, helping ease the shortage of Korean-language tourist guides and reduce the number of illegal guides. According to the VNAT, about 40,000-50,000 tourists from the Republic of Korea visit Viet Nam a year. However, there were just 30 Korean-language tourist guides. In 2007, VNAT inspectors fined and expelled 40 illegal tourist guides, including 16 from the Republic of Korean. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Korean tour guides learn about Viet Nam
Viet Nam Medi-Pharm Expo 2013 opens in HN
The 20th Viet Nam International Hospital, Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Viet Nam Medi-Pharm Expo 2013) opened in Ha Noi on May 8 with the participation of 450 stalls of 350 domestic and foreign businesses from 30 countries and territories, displaying herbal medicines, drugs, medical equipment and technology, and packaging technology and machinery. Other special exhibitions on international hospitals in Vietnam, dental clinics and China Medi-Pharm 2013 will be held. The event is expected to offer opportunities for domestic pharmacy groups to access modern technology, expand international cooperation, and seek new markets and providing free health check-ups. It will include seminars on legal policies and assistance for production and business of pharmaceutical products and medical equipment in Viet Nam; market surveys and tours to pharmaceutical production sites and hospitals in Ha Noi. From May 8-11, the Expo organizing board will co-sponsor the Viet Nam Red … [Read more...] about Viet Nam Medi-Pharm Expo 2013 opens in HN
Viet Nam hosts 3.5 million foreign tourists
Viet Nam in the past ten months welcomed 3.5 million foreign tourists, a year-on-year increase of 17.8 percent, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Some 332,000 foreigners visited the country in October alone. Viet Nam has become more attractive for big spenders as it saw sharp increases in the number of tourists coming from countries and territories known for high consumer spending levels such as Russia with a rise of 56 percent, Italy - up 45 percent, the Netherlands - 44 percent, Hong Kong - 43.7 percent, New Zealand and France - both 43 percent. In October, the country drummed up visitors with a series of fairs, exhibitions and tourist promotion programmes held in big cities. The Viet Nam Tourism Administration also looked into possible launch of tours linking Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia by land, paving way to develop tourism activities between Viet Nam and these countries. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Viet Nam hosts 3.5 million foreign tourists
Trans-Viet Nam cycling tour for AO victims passes through Da Nang
A friendship exchange meeting was held recently in the Da Nang Swimming and Diving Club's building to welcome the Viet Nam-Korea Friendship Cycling Tour for Agent Orange (AO) victims.The event was organised by the Da Nang People's Committee and the Da Nang Association of Agent Orange Victims. The tour's 20-member group included three Vietnamese and three South Korean AO victims.They started their ride in Ho Chi Minh City on 1 November, and they will finish their 1,750km journey in Ha Noi on 26 November after travelling through 19 cities and provinces in the country. The tour is a meaningful activity to mark the 20th anniversary (22 December 1992 - 22 December 2012) of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK). From Thanh Nien Newspaper … [Read more...] about Trans-Viet Nam cycling tour for AO victims passes through Da Nang