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Ho Chi Minh City needs a promotion center for MICE (meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition) tourism, which will play a leading role in the development of this important type of tourism in the future.

In a study on MICE tourism in the city, the Hotel Management Division under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has mentioned the role of such a center to host conferences and exhibitions.

Instead of carrying out unhealthy competitions to scramble for travelers and following the principle of “every man for himself”, companies of Vietnam tour, accommodation service, transport, meal and entertainment service providers have been told to join forces for the sake of the development of Vietnam’s tourism.

Every man for himself

The traditional Tet holiday will come only in three months, but air tickets for Tet flights are nearly running out.

Thuy Linh, a teacher in Tan Binh district of Ho Chi Minh City, said that she has been hunting for air tickets for the last month. Linh said that she and her 4-member family plans to return to Hai Duong province to celebrate the 2012 Tet. She successfully booked a ticket for the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City flight in August 2011. Meanwhile, she still cannot book the tickets for the Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi flight.

With the rugged beauty of rocks, the glorious rush of water together with bamboo clusters and reeds, Suoi Da or Rock Stream - a stream that begins at Dinh Mountain in Tan Thanh District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province - is suggested as a fascinating weekend getaway for adventurous tourists.

Hoi An Town in the central province of Quang Nam has a total of 1,017 ancient heritage buildings, 103 of which are badly in need of repairs from which 40 are already becoming fast crumbling ruins.

The Hoi An Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Center has asked the People’s Committee to order immediate closure of four private heritage homes that are badly in need of repairs in Hoi An Town to ensure tourist safety.

Up to November 11th, 2011, those texting to 147 to vote for Halong Bay as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World, will have a chance to win from VND 10 million to 30 million.

It is a new campaign, launched by the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, to promote and encourage everyone to vote for the Halong as the voting draws to an end.

Vietnam skyscraper appears on CNN Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City has ranked fifth among 20 most iconic skyscrapers in the world along with the Empire State Building in New York and Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

CNNgo.com, the ultimate insider guide to the top travel, entertainment and lifestyle experiences in Asia Pacific, didn’t take into account the height of a building for its selection, saying “buildings that are great, not because they are tall, but because of what they represent.”

If a nation is endowed with a 3,200-kilometer coastline, it stands to reason that it has many beaches. Many. Beaches that have different features and match different tastes.

And among this assortment, the central region can claim to have the most beautiful beaches and resorts that dot the S-shaped coastline.

Five years ago, the Forbes magazine had this to say about the Da Nang beach: “The beach is one of Asia’s prettiest and most historic, with yellow sand stretching for almost 20 miles and traditional round woven boats one of the best ways to ride the waves.”

Every visitor to Can Tho will inevitably spend at least a morning at Cai Rang floating market, a vibrant, colourful and revealing symbol of the Mekong Delta’s largest city.

Life at Cai Rang floating market rises before the sun. By 5am the market is up and running. It is essentially a floating, wholesale greengrocer’s. Traders come from across the Mekong’s network of waterways and canals to buy and sell fruit and vegetables.

In people’s thoughts, touring in Hanoi means visiting ancient streets, watching water puppetry, visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Museum of Ethnology. The itinerary has not changed over the last many years.

It is estimated that 40 percent of travelers o­nly stay in Hanoi as a transit point before leaving for other tourism sites.

Having dinner, watching water puppetry, and that’s all