“Viet Hai in Cat Ba District, Hai Phong City is a potential tourism village of Vietnam travel in a near future,” said Colonel Phuong Minh Quang, Second Commissioner of the Border Guard.
Sustainable model
In implementation of the policy of the High Command of Border Guard on helping local people to develop economy and ensure national defence and security in border and island communes, the Hai Phong Command of Border Guard applied a tourism-oriented economic development in Viet Hai commune, Cat Hai district from now to 2015.
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By: Jose Maurette Garces
Danang has a coastline of 30 kilometres long, famous for many beautiful seashores stretching from the north to the south. It makes a perfect location for a beach break on your Vietnam holidays. They are calm seas with green water and nice temperatures throughout the whole year.
My Khe Beach, with around 900 meters in length, is the most crowded of Danang beaches and very popular amongst the locals. It is located about 6 km east of Danang city and about 24km north of Hoian. It is a stretch of smooth sand with an average width between 50m and 70m.
Hoian is well known for its culinary delights, so visitors are recommended to work up an appetite before hitting the streets.
By My Tran in Quang Ninh
I arrived at Halong Bay in Quang Ninh Province on a weekend morning in early August without sunlight and without rain. Halong was blanketed in mist. Before me in that vaporous moody place, an endless fleet of tour boats appeared, proving that the world heritage bay is always attractive regardless of bad weather.
Together some friends and I bought tickets at the wharf to join a group in one of the old wooden cruisers that picked up anchor at 7 a.m. The mist started to melt and the limestone islands became clearer.
Unlike previous years, Vietnamese travellers tend to go in group like family or company and resorts are the most preferred destinations. As Thailand is in chaos, many people choose domestic Vietnam tours and they are willing to pay higher for staying at seaside resorts. Favourite destinations include Ha Long, Cat Ba, Hoian, Nha Trang, Dalat, Muine and Phu Quoc.
Explaining this trend, Mr Dao Hong Thuong, Tour Operator of Vietsky International Travel, said children are on summer holiday and more families plan to go on holiday thanks to their higher living conditions and better services quality of resorts.
A cycling tour in the northern province of Ninh Binh was one of Rett Townsley’s favourite activities while travelling around Vietnam.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to develop tourism as a key economic sector in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.
The plan, which extends to 2020, will aid in the country’s economic transformation and help reduce hunger and poverty, according to the ministry.
If you are so hungry you could eat a horse, Bac Ha Market in the north-western province of Lao Cai is the place for you. And you have it straight from the horse’s mouth.
Giang Seo Sau, a 65-year-old resident of Lao Cai’s Bac Ha District, is known for his expertise in cooking thắng cố (horse meat soup).
He says the dish appeared in the area nearly 200 years ago when the H’mong people settled down in the district, and to this day, the specialty of the ethnic mountainous people is said to be the most delicious at Bac Ha.
One of the nation’s largest rainforests in Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh has become a hot destination for adventure and nature lovers, complete with wildlife treks and homestays in the communes of Thai and Muong ethnic groups.
Eight Vietnam tour operators plan to transform the tourism landscape with two key concepts: sustainability and responsibility