Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (Source: Metropole) Hanoi – Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has been awarded a five-star rating - the top level of recognition from Forbes Travel Guide in its independent assessment of luxury hotels, restaurants and spas. This is the second consecutive year Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has had its name in the rankings. In Forbes Travel Guide’s review for 2021, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi was praised as “a supremely beautiful hotel, inside and out”. Every corner is a compelling photo opportunity, especially in the gleaming historic wing and all-white inner courtyard, the review said. According to the review, Metropole Hanoi has a strong sense of pride in its Vietnamese heritage. Its staff dons an eye-catching array of ao dai costumes, walls glow with local art and ceramics, and detailed explanations of Vietnamese culture are sprinkled throughout the luxury hotel. Situated at 15 Ngo Quyen street in Hanoi since its opening in 1901, Sofitel … [Read more...] about Metropole Hanoi gets five-star rating from Forbes Travel Guide again
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In Hoi An, water buffaloes act as friendly tour guides
In Vietnam, water buffaloes have long been considered a symbol of hard work for its indispensable role in traditional wet rice civilization. Many buffaloes in Hoi An City, located in the central province of Quang Nam, live a king’s life. There, they do not have to plod through paddy fields pulling plows. Instead, their beauty is their main job. The prettier they are, the more money they earn. Life changing In the late days of the Year of the Rat in 2020, a group of American tourists booked a buffalo-riding tour operated by Jack Tran Tours Hoi An Company. Having no earlier experiences with the animals, some of them hesitated to give a try at first. But they expressed their surprise and excitement about the buffaloes’ friendliness, professionalism and, especially, beauty when the tour ended. Buffalo-riding is an unmissable activity for tourists in Hoi An, Quang Nam, Vietnam. Photo: B.D. / Tuoi Tre Le Nhien, a farmer in Hoi An City’s Cam Chau … [Read more...] about In Hoi An, water buffaloes act as friendly tour guides
Vietnam’s An Giang Province bans mobile karaoke, food delivery to quarantine wards
A province-wide ban on mobile karaoke services as well as food shipment to quarantine centers has been ordered by the leader of An Giang Province in southern Vietnam after the locale logged five new cases of COVID-19 transmission. The direction was stated on Tuesday by Nguyen Thanh Binh, chairman of the An Giang People’s Committee, during his visit to COVID-19 prevention facilities, including control posts along the bank of the Binh Di River in Long Binh Town and the quarantine wards at Luong The Vinh High School in An Phu Town. The fight against COVID-19 in the province is facing considerable threats as volatile developments of the epidemic have been reported in Cambodia, which adjoins An Giang, district-level officials reported during Binh’s visit. Officials visit the Binh Di River, a pathway that border jumpers from Cambodia frequently use, in An Giang Province , southern Vietnam, March 2, 2021. Photo: Buu Dau / Tuoi Tre Tran Hoa Hop, chairman of the An … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s An Giang Province bans mobile karaoke, food delivery to quarantine wards
Long-standing supermarket brand Big C renamed in Vietnam
Twelve outlets of Big C, the long-standing supermarket brand run by Thailand’s Central Group, has had its brand identity changed after 22 years in Vietnam. According to the announcement of Central Retail, which is Central Group’s retail subsidiary, seven Big C supermarkets inside apartment buildings were renamed Tops Market, while five Big C hypermarkets were changed to GO! Among that, three Big C supermarkets inside apartment complexes in Ho Chi Minh City, including Big C An Phu, Big C Thao Dien, and Big C Au Co, were the first to have been relabeled. Four Big C supermarkets of the same type in Hanoi, including Big C The Garden, Big C Ha Dong, Big C Nguyen Xien, and Big C Le Trong Tan are set to follow suit by the third quarter of this year. Meanwhile, all five Big C hypermarkets have been rebranded since the end of December last year. The brand identity change took place nearly five years behind the Thai retail giant’s schedule as the firm had originally planned to do so … [Read more...] about Long-standing supermarket brand Big C renamed in Vietnam
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — March 4
Read what is in the news today: Politics — Vietnam is slated to repatriate 390 Vietnamese citizens stuck in Myanmar on a Vietnam Airlines flight on Thursday, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar. This is the fifth repatriation flight Vietnam has carried out since May 12, 2020. Society — Vietnam reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday evening, including five community infections in northern Hai Duong Province and two imported cases in southern Kien Giang Province. The national patient tally stood at 2,482, with 1,898 recoveries and 35 virus-related deaths as of Thursday morning. — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam have issued a press release urging the Vietnamese government and the public to keep vigilance on the H5N8 human infection upon the detection of seven farm workers infected with the influenza A (H5N8) at a chicken farm in Russia, the Ministry of Health said on … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — March 4