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The Hoang Sa Annals, containing historical documents and evidence regarding Vietnam ’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, made its debut in the central city of Da Nang on Jan. 9. The over-200-page book is divided into four parts: Hoang Sa – sovereignty of Vietnam , State management of the Hoang Sa archipelago, Hoang [...]
Police in the central city of Da Nang have arrested a notorious thief who was allegedly involved in 13 cases of thefts and burglaries targeting state agencies in six cities and provinces around Vietnam. On January 10, Da Nang police indicted Nguyen Tuan Vu, 35, from Vinh Phuc Northern Province on charges of “stealing assets” [...]
Central Da Nang City’s Sciences and Technology Department, in collaboration with German naturalist Ulrike Streicher, organised a photo exhibition on Monday featuring the biodiversity of Son Tra Natural Reserve. The travelling exhibit will be held in seven schools from now to the middle of March to raise awareness about environmental protection among students. Department [...]
A spokesman of the Vietnam Airlines, Le Hoang Dung, on January 9th, announced the additional schedule on domestic flights to serve passengers in the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. Accordingly, the national flag-carrier plans to carry out more night flights in rush hours during the festival and the earliest and latest flights will depart at [...]
The second super-car tour, “Car & Passion Second Year”, for Vietnamese and foreigners will start in Hanoi on April 30thand end in Da Dang on May 3rd. This year, around 30 cars will take part in the tour. The tour will cost each car VND 167-209 million, and the proceedings will be partly given to [...]
Over 600 television works by nearly 100 television production units have been sent to the 31st National Television Festival, which will be held from December 18-21 in the central city of Da Nang, announced the event’s organising board at a press conference on December 12 in Hanoi. The works reflect the country’s political, socio-economic and [...]
A workshop on “Assessing 2011 achievements and planning for 2012 activities on child helmet wearing” was held in Hanoi on December 12 by the Ministry of Transportation in conjunction with UNICEF Vietnam and the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation. In Vietnam’s three biggest cities, only 16.2% of children in Hanoi wear helmets when on a motorbike, [...]
2012 will be observed as the Tourism Year for the seven central coastal provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Quang Ngai and Quang Nam. To prepare for this important year, tour operators in the region have come up with many innovations to develop tourism and create a link with [...]
The Vinpearl Joint Stock Company is planning to invest 5 billion USD in building a luxury resort and recreation complex next to Hai Van Pass in the central city of Da Nang. An agreement in principle on the project was signed by leaders of the company and the municipal People’s Committee on Oct. 19. Under [...]
Sea and island resources are being used for immediate benefits that do not ensure stable development, according to tourism experts. “The country’s sea and island tourism products are uninspiring and poor, mostly due to the kinds of investment projects,” said Ha Van Sieu, director of the Institute for Tourism Development Research under the Viet Nam [...]