Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hương, deputy head of the Việt Nam National Tourism Administration, said the initiative to form tourism cooperation and linkages between HCM City and 13 cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta would create opportunities for enterprises in the tourism industry to develop. … [Read more...] about HCM City, Mekong Delta boost regional tourism cooperation
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HCM City, Mekong Delta boost regional tourism cooperation
The tourism cooperation programme between HCM City and the Mekong Delta signed last year outlined collaboration in five areas: State management in tourism, development of new products, marketing and promotion activities, training of human resources, and investment in tourism. The cooperation had resulted in the forming of a regional tourism brand for HCM City and the Mekong Delta, said Phan Thị Thắng, deputy chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Committee. Marketing and communications activities were needed to promote the regional tourism brand and new inter-regional travel products, Thắng said at a meeting held in Đồng Tháp Province last week. As international travel had been disrupted due to the pandemic, she said it was vital to boost domestic travel to make up for some of the shortfall in tourism revenue. Domestic travel, which accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the total number of visitors to HCM City in 2019, remains the main source … [Read more...] about HCM City, Mekong Delta boost regional tourism cooperation
Hà Nội strives to become a green, smart and modern city
In 2021, the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee will submit to the Politburo and the Government for consideration and adjustment of the development planning of Hà Nội to 2030, with a vision to 2050, to create a development framework for the city, in accordance with the new Planning Law and review 10 years of implementation of the Capital Law to submit to the National Assembly for studying, amending and supplementing as well as adopting a new resolution for development strategy in the coming years. … [Read more...] about Hà Nội strives to become a green, smart and modern city
HCMC authorities develop various types of houses to meet growing demand
It has been forecast that during the next ten years from 2021 to 2030, the city’s population is expected to increase by 2 million persons. Therefore, city administrators will implement the project “ Building the housing development in HCMC for the 2021-2030 period to satisfy the increasing demand". … [Read more...] about HCMC authorities develop various types of houses to meet growing demand
It’s all just a ride in Vietnam
Back then, I had miles of empty space to safely practice. There have been hundreds of times I’ve cringed here in Vietnam watching parents helping their children, or worse, unattended kids, who were learning to ride horrifyingly close to the passing madhouse traffic. They’re wobbling, stumbling, jumping off, and trying again. It’s even worse sometimes when I see a six-year-old zapping around with a four-year-old giggling on the back on the tiny trainer bike with no apparent sense of danger. … [Read more...] about It’s all just a ride in Vietnam