Miss Việt Nam H’Hen Niê made it into the top five in the Miss Universe 2018 competition. — Photo toquoc.vn Viet Nam News 1. Beauties shine Vietnamese beauties were honoured in the world. For the first time, Miss Việt Nam H’Hen Niê made it into the top five in the Miss Universe 2018 competition. The top five is the furthest Việt Nam has ever achieved at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Nguyễn Phương Khánh was crowned Miss Earth 2018. She was the first woman from Việt Nam to win the prize since the pageant began in 2001. Nguyễn Hương Giang won at the Miss International Queen held in Thailand at one of the world’s top beauty pageants for transgender women. Việt Nam’s representative, Vương Ngọc Loan, beat 30 other contestants from around the world to take the crown in the final round of Mrs International 2018 held in Singapore. James … [Read more...] about Top 10 culture and tourism events of the year, voted by Việt Nam News
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Hotels and resorts must keep pace with change
In the communications sphere, one of the biggest travel innovations is that bloggers and social media influencers are becoming increasingly important. Platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and Facebook are popular among the new generation of traveler. This proliferation in technology paves the way for more and more young guests coming to hotels who know how to work with this new way of communication and share their travel experiences with friends and followers. However, when you use social media channels such as Instagram and Facebook, you need to know who your target market is and you need to understand this target market well. How guests discover flash sales and book their holidays nowadays is also an interesting area of travel innovation. Companies like Luxury Escapes and Secret Escapes, which offer heavily discounted luxury hotel stays and trips, are doing incredibly well. Luxury Escapes has 8 million members, primarily in Australia, while Secret Escapes and its subsidiaries … [Read more...] about Hotels and resorts must keep pace with change
What’s on April 30- May 6 (Daily updated)
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Hanoi- Contemporary Circus Show “Becalmed!” by Be Clown Until May 4 L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street A contemporary circus show by the French company Be Clown. Hanoi- Hard-Rock Night with Lysistrata May 3, 8pm, L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street The French rock band Lysistrata has toured all across Europe and has established a reputation. Their debut album, “The Thread”, is considered as “a multi-headed monster”, on which rock hits are succeeded by even more progressive, hypnotic melodies. Ticket price: VND 210 000 Hanoi- Beatbox-Acapella Performance by Berywam May 4, 8 pm, Ly Thai To Park Berywam, the champion of the 2016 French Beatbox Championships, represents France in competing in the 2018 Beatbox Battle World Championship. They can recreate everything – from classical music pieces … [Read more...] about What’s on April 30- May 6 (Daily updated)
Tourism booming but stock market takes little notice
A view of Ban Gioc fall in northern Cao Bang province. — Photo 24h.com.vn At the close on July 20 the share price of Tay Ninh Cable Car Tour Joint Stock Company (TCT) stood at VND67,000, slightly up for the year but with a gain of 40 per cent from a year ago. The company, founded in 2006, operates cable car systems for people and goods in Tay Ninh Province and is listed on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange. Market observers attributed the sharp increase in the Tay Ninh-based company’s share price to its excellent performance. Its gross margin in 2016 and 2017 was 80 per cent on average. The good results have continued in the first half of this year, with turnover and pre-tax profit being VND130 billion (US$5.73 million) and VND83 billion ($3.7 million), up 8 per cent and 1 per cent year-on-year. It has been paying dividends consistently of around 30 per cent. Hoi An Tourist Service Company saw its shares zoom in March-April from VND12,000 to VND62,000 before giving up some … [Read more...] about Tourism booming but stock market takes little notice
Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)
Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)