People walk up the stairs to pagodas on Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – More than 1 million tourists visited the northern province of Quang Ninh between February 2 and 14, a record number of visitors during a Lunar New Year holiday (Tet). Notably, about 600,000 people toured local places of worship, according to the provincial People’s Committee. A sudden increase was recorded in the number of visitors to the complex of Yen Tu monuments and landscapes when it attracted about 200,000 people from February 5 to 14, up 20 percent from the same period last year. Entrance fee revenue approximated 6 billion VND (258,000 USD), up 22 percent year on year. Pham Van Duoc, deputy head of the management board for the Yen Tu relic site and national forest, attributed the sharp rise to the opening of a road from the Tay Yen Tu (Western Yen Tu) spiritual-ecological tourist area in neighbouring Bac Giang province to the complex in Quang Ninh. That … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh welcomes record number of visitors during Tet
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Quang Ninh hosts 15 millionth foreign tourist to Vietnam
James Kopenec, an US citizen, has become the 15 millionth foreign tourist visiting Vietnam, as he arrived in Ha Long City, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on December 19. Upon Kopenec’s arrival at the Ha Long international port, a special welcome ceremony was held for him and the other two lucky guests, who came out of the cruise before and after him – Annita De Vriesere from Belgium and Masahiko Nagaishi from Japan, respectively. Recently, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a decision to establish a state-owned tourism development fund, following his approval of a project to restructure local tourism to turn it into a spearhead economic sector and make Vietnam one of the nations with the most developed tourism sector in Southeast Asia. The project sets a target of 45 billion USD in tourism revenue by 2025. The sector is expected to serve 32 million foreign tourists and more than 130 million domestic visitors, contribute more than 10 percent to GDP … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh hosts 15 millionth foreign tourist to Vietnam
Final round of regional singing contest to be take place in Quảng Ninh
Contestant Ng Zhen Long Desmond (Singapore). Photo courtesy of the organiser HÀ NỘI The final round of the ASEAN+3 Song Contest 2019 will be held on July 26-28 in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, home of the Hạ Long Bay World Heritage Site. Hosted by Radio the Voice of Việt Nam (VOV), the contest is for professional singers aged 18-35 of regional countries with the aim of boosting mutual understanding and enhancing knowledge about the culture and tourism of the countries involved. The contest also encourages young talents in the music industry. Representive of Việt Nam, Trần Thị Hồng Nhung. Photo courtesy of the organiser The contest will draw the participation of 22 singers from 10 ASEAN member countries. Guest singers from China, Japan and South Korea will also perform. The finale will be broadcast live on radio channels VOV3 and VOV5 (English) and on television channels VTC1 and Vietnam … [Read more...] about Final round of regional singing contest to be take place in Quảng Ninh
Dialogue seeks ways to improve labour safety, hygiene
At the event (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) – The National Council on Labour Safety and Hygiene held a dialogue in the central province of Quang Nam on May 3, drawing more than 200 participants across the nation. The event, co-held by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), was part of activities in response to the national action month for labour safety and hygiene in 2019. Head of the national council’s secretariat and director of the labour safety department of the MoLISA Ha Tat Thang said that various issues were tabled for discussion during the dialogue, including criteria of trainers, content and time of training in labour safety and hygiene for employers, and standards of labour safety and hygiene towards the completion of policies in this field. Participants discussed issues that frequent arise in reality such as investigation of work accidents, punishment for violations of labour safety … [Read more...] about Dialogue seeks ways to improve labour safety, hygiene
District calls for land transaction ban to be lifted as property rush cools
A real estate agency in Van Ninh District, Khanh Hoa Province. The district said the management of land in the district had been strengthened.-Photo nld.com.vn Land use right transfers, conversion of land use purposes and land splits have been banned in the district since May to prevent a land fever caused by speculation of the district developing the Bac Van Phong Special Administrative – Economic Zone that would make land very profitable. At the time, the draft Law on Special Administrative – Economic Zones was being discussed and was expected to be passed, in which three special zones would be developed with preferential policies to attract investments, including Bac Van Phong (Khanh Hoa Province), Van Don (Quang Ninh Province) and Phu Quoc (Kien Giang Province). The National Assembly then decided to delay passing the law to the sixth meeting of the 14th National Assembly which is scheduled at the end of this year because the draft law needed more discussions and … [Read more...] about District calls for land transaction ban to be lifted as property rush cools