Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said that the management on Uber and Grab must ensure a healthy competition environment for traditional taxi companies. — Photo vietnamnet.vn Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said Viet Nam should learn from the European Union (EU) to manage the operation of companies such as Uber and Grab to ensure fair competition with traditional taxi firms. At a conference of the General Directorate for Road of Viet Nam on Tuesday, The said the management of Uber and Grab remained controversial worldwide. However, in December, the EU’s top court ruled that Uber should be classified as a transport service and regulated like other taxi operators despite Uber’s argument that it was simply a digital app acting as an intermediary between drivers and passengers. “We should learn from the EU to manage this service,” The said, urging relevant management authorities to raise proposals to manage Uber and Grab following the established … [Read more...] about Learn from EU to manage Uber, Grab: Minister
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Work on external information service reviewed
Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong speaking at the conference Participants at the event reviewed results of the information dissemination on external affairs, national seas and islands, and border demarcation and landmark planting in 2017. They all agreed that the central agencies and ministries and sectors paid due attention to enhancing their leadership on the work; collaborated well with the Naval Service Command, the Border Guard Command, and the Coast Guard Command, and mobilized all forces to successfully fulfill their missions. They noted that several press agencies, including the People’s Army Newspaper (PAN), were major organs in the work. Concluding the conference, Mr. Thuong reaffirmed the important role of the external affairs information service in the new context, and urged relevant agencies to continue embracing higher levels’ instructions and resolutions as well as fostering their … [Read more...] about Work on external information service reviewed
Tightening festival organization and management
(Cinet)- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) organized a conference in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang city to review the organisation and management of festivals in 2012 and set directions for 2013.Festivals across the country in 2012 were well organised and improved a quality of tourism services.The delegates pointed out a few shortcomings in festival management, including traffic congestion, gambling and superstitious activities. They also discussed some measures to organise festivals in 2013 in a sound and economical manner; including realising Party and State guidance documents on festivals, abolishing superstitions, planning detailed plan on ensuring tourists’ safety and separating traffic lanes for ease traffic jams and accidents during the festive days.According to Pham Van Thuy, director of the Popular Culture Department at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, some comments at an online ministry conference summarised a festival management in 2012 … [Read more...] about Tightening festival organization and management
Notice on conclusions of Deputy Minister Ho Anh Tuan at the online conference on management work for waterway tourism activities
(Cinet) – The MOCST promulgated Notice No. 1793/TB-BVHTTDL announcing the steering ideas of Deputy Minister Ho Anh Tuan at the online conference on management work for waterway tourism activities taken place in early June. At the conference, having listened to reports by leaders of Administration of Tourism, Vietnam Department of Interior Waterway, Vietnam Register of Shipping, Department of Waterway Police on management situations in relation to waterway tourism activities and speech ideas made by the involved members at three major places, the Deputy Minister of the MOCST agreed with the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport and concluded: General assessment on the management work for waterway tourism activities: In respect of restrictions: The unprompted and ragged development of service transport for waterway tourism has an influence on the quality of tourism service, prestige and image of Vietnam tourism industry. The state management work at some … [Read more...] about Notice on conclusions of Deputy Minister Ho Anh Tuan at the online conference on management work for waterway tourism activities
Conference boosts Vietnam-Russia tourism cooperation and development
(Cinet)- On September 12, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in association with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a Vietnam-Russia tourism cooperation and development conference. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The event aimed to realise the cooperation plan on tourism development in the 2013-2015 period between Russia and Vietnam. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan asked for closer cooperation between the tourism managing organisations, local authorities, diplomatic representatives, businesses as well as the people of the two countries. Both sides need to create favourable conditions for travel agencies to cooperate and design more attractive tourism programmes, he said, pledging better preferential treatment for the travel agencies to operate effectively. The conference also introduced the tourism market in Russia, promotion plans and policies as well as approach methods to lure more visitors from … [Read more...] about Conference boosts Vietnam-Russia tourism cooperation and development
The conference “the organization and activities of Vietnam museum – real conditions and solutions”
(Cinet)- On 26 October, in Vietnam Historic Museum (Hanoi), the conference on “the organization and activities of Vietnam tourisms – real conditions and solutions” with the participation of scientists and managers in the field of museum nationwide was taken place. The main content of the conference was around the draft of circular to regulate on the organization and activities of the museums which is now being drafted by the Department of Cultural Heritages. This is the legal document which have been waited for by those who work for museum industry, because up to now, documents related to activities of field are rare, and not updated so can not catch up with the real condition. One of the contents are paid due attention by the representatives is the regulation related to service activities in the museum. According to the officials in the museum industry, this content will have the meaning “unbind” for them, when many museums … [Read more...] about The conference “the organization and activities of Vietnam museum – real conditions and solutions”
Online conference on nation-wide waterway tourist activities
(Cinet)- On June 1st, 2011, the MOCST and Ministry of Transport held the online tourist activities at three main places: Ha Noi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh. In the last few years, the tourist transport business activities by interior waterway has gradually developed, satisfied travellers’ demands, provided special tourist products and promised to further develop. Nevertheless, the waterway tourist activities comprise tourist transport, stay and restaurant as particular activities acquiring specific and concrete regulations with the high quality on vehicle registration, service standard…So far there haven’t had proper regulations and standards. The co-ordination work among the state management agencies on the waterway tourist activities hasn’t met the requirements, particularly not implemented strictly at many locals. The service points at bay, river, lake…haven’t absolutely dealed with the status that customers are being withstood price force when … [Read more...] about Online conference on nation-wide waterway tourist activities
The conference “Holding information service serving the management and scientific research and production” in Ca Mau
(Cinet)- Within two days 21 and 22 recently, in Ca Mau city, the National Library already cooperated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau Province hold the conference “ Holding information service serving the management, scientific research and production”. The conference had the participation of nearly 200 representatives from libraries nationwide. Here all representatives together discussed and shared experience on building and supplying information services serving directly economic growth and social development. 30 reports of speeches being presented at the conference supplied experience in profession, competent knowledge, especially the exploitation capacity and processing information database from the information network in the library industry, gradually orienting the establishment of e-libraries. Besides, all speeches already introduced the experience of diversification of competent knowledge for the library staff on the field of … [Read more...] about The conference “Holding information service serving the management and scientific research and production” in Ca Mau
The consulting conference on the supervision and assessment frame of implementing the law on prevention and anti family violence
(Cinet)- Within two days 9 and 10 September, in Hue city, the MOCST already held the consulting conference on the supervision and assessment frame of implementing the law on prevention and anti family violence. The conference is located in frame of the cooperation program between the Government of Vietnam and the United Nation about sexual equality. At the conference, representatives worked out many opinions about achieved results and inadequacies in the activity of prevention and anti violence currently. Besides, representatives also worked out assessments on the current tool about the supervision and assessment of the implementation of the prevention and anti family violence. According to the Professor, Doctor Nguyen Huu Minh, the project expert, Vietnam has made many efforts to prevent and combat actions of family violence. In the role of the state management on the prevention and anti family violence, the MOCST is now having a plan to set up a … [Read more...] about The consulting conference on the supervision and assessment frame of implementing the law on prevention and anti family violence
Conference to collect travel companies’opinions on state management in tourism
(Cinet)- On December 05, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference to collect travel companies’ opinions on state management in tourism and the State Steering Committee meeting on tourism 2012 in Northern area.Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, who is also Head of the State Steering Committee for Tourism and Hoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Minister Ho Anh Tuan, General Director of VNAT Nguyen Van Tuan, Vietnam Tourism Association President Nguyen Huu Tho and the press agencies attended the event.At the conference, travel companies proposed ways to improve the quality of Vietnam’s tourism such as the issuance of visas for tourists, transport, ensure the safety of tourists, international circulation permit, especially to promote strong trademarks of the Vietnamese tourism sector . MOCST also announced draft of tourism stimulus program associated with the promotion of the development of the service … [Read more...] about Conference to collect travel companies’opinions on state management in tourism