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Vietnamese tourism sector promoted in France
15/01/2012 09:06
Paris, Jan 14 (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy, in coordination with the France-Vietnam Friendship Organisation, on Jan 13 held a conference on tourism promotion in Paris to strengthen Vietnam-France cooperation in the sector.
Vietnam tourism industry hits yearly target
11/12/2011 07:23
Ho Chi Minh City was one of the most attractive destinations of Vietnam tour for foreign tourists. The city received nearly 3.1 million foreign arrivals in the reviewed period, up 8.4 percent over the same period last year.
Looking for Zen on a Scooter in Hanoi
06/11/2011 09:15
I'm sitting outside a local cafe in Hanoi's bustling street drinking my sugary watermelon juice. As the young chap out front slices open a coconut with his short machete, the clouds open up - sprayed with coconut mist and giant rain...
Why you should be drinking cheap wine
06/11/2011 07:31
If wine critics want to spend lavishly on the wine they like, leave them to their fun.
Mekong Delta children play in dangerous flood waters
06/11/2011 07:26
Many parents in the Mekong Delta region are too busy to stop their children playing in dangerous flood waters. Along the provincial roads hardest hit by the flood, children can be seen in boats, without proper supervision.
Rickety bridge proves risky local lifeline
02/11/2011 09:10
People in a village in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have used a dangerous pontoon bridge for 10 years.
Students fish to feed themselves
02/11/2011 09:02
Boarding students in Nhon Mai Secondary School in the central province of Nghe An have to fish after school hours to feed themselves.
Vegetarian hungers for change
01/11/2011 02:45
The first time I ate meat after having been vegetarian for over ten years was at the Vietnamese Embassy in Canberra. The Vietnamese Ambassador was hosting a reception for volunteers being sent to Vietnam as part of the Australian Government aid...
Nghe An road remains a mudbath
31/10/2011 10:11
A 20-km stretch of road in Tan Ky District, Nghe An Province, has remained covered in red mud for the past six months.
When the familiar becomes exotic
31/10/2011 07:50
Thai artist helps viewers discover ‘inner beauty’ of day-to-day Vietnam