Hanoi has once again shown its determination to clear the vendors who solicit a welcome to foreign travelers and ask them to buy souvenirs, thus smearing the image of Hanoi’s tourism in the eyes of travelers.
Five more types of flowers grown in the central highlands city of Da Lat and surrounding areas will bear the brand “Da Lat flower”, the name that has earned a firm niche in local and foreign markets for flower growers in the locality. They are daisy, rose, carnation, auspicious and gladiolus.
Australia will provide up to 15 million AUD to Vietnam to help it tackle the impacts of climate change. This was revealed at a ceremony announcing Australian-funded projects to implement the Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Programme in Vietnam by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi on August 23.
The authorities of Lam Dong province joined environment police and the Wildlife Conservation Society to inspect 23 restaurants in the province on August 21. Inspectors checked restaurants in Da Lat and Bao Loc cities, Duc Trong, Lac Duong, Bao Lam and Da Houoai districts.
A lot of hydropower plant projects have been implemented in Sa Pa town, a well-known tourism site, threatening to put the wonderful landscape into oblivion. Five hydropower plant projects would be considered a small number if noting that there are 123 hydropower plants in the whole northern province of Lao Cai.
In a move to deal with the lack of parking lots, Hanoi will take thousands of metres of land in Thong Nhat Park to build parking facilities. Hanoi Department for Planning and Architecture has proposed a plan to build a car park with a steel frame structure in Thong Nhat Park.
As soon as the school year ended, we decided to reward ourselves with a relaxing trip but it turned out more of a war with the weather but it was worth it for a great holiday. After probing our list of destinations we finally chose Thung Nai, a new tourist area in Cao Phong District, about 25 kilometers from Hoa Binh City and 110 kilometers from Hanoi.
Viet Nam hopes to receive support from the international community in the fight against climate change, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said. He was speaking at a reception for the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra K. Pachauri, in Ha Noi on Friday.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Quang Ninh People's Committee held an international conference on preserving and promoting the values of the World Natural Heritage Site in Ha Long Bay. To transform Ha Long Bay into an international brand, the preservation, restoration and exploitation of the site needs a new framework to ensure the site remains a natural wonder of the world and an endless treasure for Quang Ninh.
Hundreds of hectares of natural reforest in Tien Lang commune of Tien Yen district in Quang Ninh province, the most beautiful forest in the locality, has been devastated simply because people need charcoal to do cooking.