Tourism

The guidebook in Vietnamese and English has the names, addresses and phone numbers of 14 health facilities in the city, including the HCM City Heart Institute, Dermato-Venereology Hospital, HCM City Paediatrics Hospital, Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Hospital, Otalaryngology Hospital, University Medical Centre, Traditional Medicine Institute, Từ Dũ Hospital, Hoàn Mỹ Hospital, and the City International Hospital. … [Read more...] about HCM City issues medical tourism guide

“I graduated from the University of Food Technology but my job was unstable. As I was interested in Mong panpipes, I thought I would do something with that. I learned to cook and decided to start a tourism business. As my business is growing, I’m now helping other locals to develop community tourism,” A Chu said. … [Read more...] about Ethnic minority man makes community tourism new specialty of Son La

The website www.canthotourism.vn and the app “Can Tho Tourism”, available on Google’s CHPlay and the AppStore in English and Vietnamese, provide tourists with useful information on the city such as its history, culture, and attractions. With artificial intelligence (AI), 3D sightseeing, and virtual reality (VR), the app allows visitors and users to take virtual visit to sites and quickly make bookings, locate destinations, and navigate via its interactive map. It also recommends a list of prestigious accommodation providers, travel companies, restaurants, and shops, as well as diverse itineraries with a focus on relaxation, food, family activities, landscapes, and history, etc. Other useful information such as the weather, a 24/7 hotline, ATMs, exchange rates, hospitals, and gas stations are also available. News and arts and entertainment events also allow tourists to fully prepare before their trip. Along with helping tourists, the tourism portal and app also … [Read more...] about Can Tho launches tourism portal & app

Danang People's Committee have issued a plan to develop river tourism during the 2019-2021 period. They called for investments into ports, wharves and boats at tourism destinations. At first, they will upgrade Han River Port and Thu Thanh River Port. The city authorities will temporarily let businesses open services like picnics and call for investments to build new tour boats that can cruise overnight in Danang Bay. Son Tra Peninsula will invest in coral reef diving, and tours to traditional villages where tourists can shop and enjoy local food. Dao Dang Cong Trung, director of Danang Ocean Tour said this might be a breakthrough to boost the city's tourism sector and local authorities should have firms with administrative procedures to get permits to build boats more quickly. Hoi An is the best in exploiting river tourism in Quang Nam Province. However, Nguyen Van Son, vice chairman of Hoi An People's Committee, said the city's potential was still untapped. Hoi An and My Son … [Read more...] about Local authorities to tap central region’s river tourism potential

Competent agencies have started to hand over paper bags with the message “Hue relics say no to plastic bags” to visitors carrying plastic bags at tourist attractions. In the coming time, the province will work to halt the use of petrol engines at Dai Noi (Imperial Citadel) as sightseeing electric cars have been put into use. The provincial People’s Committee has also granted permission to extend electric car tours in the southern area of Huong river, as part of a project on the development of public passenger transport network in Thua Thien-Hue province by 2020, with a vision to 2030. Acting Director of the provincial Tourism Department Le Huu Minh said Thua Thien-Hue hopes to be the pioneer of the “saying no to plastic waste” campaign in tourism activities and development, in line with environmental protection and relic conservation. The province’s tourism sector will step up communications to raise public awareness and call for efforts to the … [Read more...] about Thua Thien-Hue strives to develop eco-friendly tourism

The Novaland Group and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have signed a major agreement on the “Development of the Mekong Delta’s Tourism Sector for Climate Change Adaptation”, which will deliver an overall strategy to unlock the full potential of the Delta’s 13 cities and provinces and Can Tho city as a tourism hub. … [Read more...] about Novaland & BCG to develop Mekong Delta tourism