VIETNAM TODAY

The U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang will accelerate infrastructure development and create new tourism products to attract more travelers, according to Hoang Van Tuan, the park’s director.

Many large peach trees have been displayed for rent in Hanoi for decorations for the Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

People in a commune in the central province of Nghe An are busy making sugarcane honey for the Tet Lunar New Year.

Vietnam has continously improved institutions and incentives to attract and better manage domestic and foreign investment resources.

With its potential and advantages, the northwestern province of Dien Bien is striving to turn tourism into an economic spearhead.

Lotte Duty Free and Modetour - tourism service businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Seoul on January 26 to strengthen joint marketing efforts toward promoting the tourism market in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur held a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration programme for the Vietnamese community in Malaysia on January 26.

Police in the central province of Nghe An announced that they have arrested and prosecuted two local people for violating regulations on the protection of endangered and rare animals and trading prohibited goods.

Airlines in Vietnam have expanded their fleets to address the surge in demand during the Tet Lunar New Year Holiday.

The elevated section of Nhon-Hanoi Station metro route has been slated to enter use in June this year.

Representatives from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam recently visited the Hoang Lien centre for wildlife rescue, conservation and development in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to work on the care for suspectedly smuggled wallabies.

At least three young men have been killed and two others suffered serious injuries after their two motorbikes collided in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa on Friday evening.

Around 200 livestock in Vietnam’s northern mountainous localities have died due to the on-going bitter cold front.

A Singapore court sentenced a South African man to two years in jail on Friday for smuggling rhino horns, the heaviest sentence ever handed down in the city-state for trafficking wildlife parts.

Many streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter have now become colourful markets which display lots of decoration items for the traditional Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

Dozens of objects from the American War have badly deteriorated while displayed outdoors at the Thua Thien-Hue History Museum.

Hanoi has attracted more than US$41.1 billion in foreign direct investment to rank second in the country behind only Ho Chi Minh City in terms of FDI, according to the Foreign Investment Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam attended the 22nd meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions held in Finland from January 22 to 25.

A pedestrian tunnel in Hanoi has become a popular place for residents to do exercise as the temperature falls to between 8-11 degrees centigrade.