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In pictures: Kate, the biggest festival of Cham people

 VietNamNet Bridge - Kate festive atmosphere is bustling throughout the Brahmin Cham villages in the two central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan.

The invitation from the wild islet

 VietNamNet Bridge – After about 45 minutes on the boat to the Cau islet in Binh Thuan Province, we felt the flavors of the sea through salty wind. Occasionally we saw several fishermen bathing nude.

Vietnam enjoys boom in Russian visitors

Russia is becoming a key market for the Vietnamese tourism sector following annual growth of around 50 per cent in recent years.

Propagandists see sentences reduced

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Supreme Court on Friday, Aug 16, announced reduced sentences for Dinh Nguyen Kha and Nguyen Phuong Uyen who had "conducted propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam".

Visiting national relic Thay Thim Temple

VietNamNet Bridge – Located in the Bau Cai Forest in Binh Thuan Province about 130 kilometers from HCMC, Thay Thim Temple was built in 1879 for worshiping a rich, kind hermit and his wife who are both respectfully called Thay and Thim.

An ideal weekend in La Gi

VietNamNet Bridge – Attractive not only due to its endless bending sand dunes in La Gi Town in Binh Thuan Province, the locality also lures tourists to its forest, mountain and river areas and of course its tales of legends.

Vietnam turns its wind power dream into reality

On May 29, the Bac Lieu wind power plant began providing electricity to the national grid from the 10 turbines with the total capacity of 16 MW. The Vietnamese wind power dream has become realistic.

Co Thach seven-color stone bank

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting Bình Thuan province, you should visit Co Thach tourist area, which is famous for the Hang temple, wild nature and the seven-color stone bank.

Trom trees offer barren breakthrough

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trom trees help cover bare land and hills in dry areas and are an important source of income for Vietnamese farmers.

Vietnam dominates int’l Windsurf Race

 Vietnamese windsurfers won first prizes in both the men’s and women’s categories at the 2013 International Windsurf Race that closed in the central province of Binh Thuan on February 23.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 19/2

 Prime Minister visits naval troops; President launches tree-planting festival; Binh Thuan asked to focus on agriculture; Independence Day greetings to Serbia and Lithuania

Titanium mining upsets tourism, wind power projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of tourism and wind power projects in Binh Thuan Province are now frozen because beneath the areas for development of these projects are titanium awaiting extraction.

Vietnam needs more high-end hotels

The current number of tourist accommodation facilities nationwide is only enough to serve 42.2mil local and foreign tourists this year, but Vietnam is still in need of more three- to five-star hotels to cater to the growing number of visitors,

Relics unravel Cham history

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many valuable artefacts from the Cham culture have been found in the southern central province of Binh Thuan. The new discoveries are important for ongoing research on the ancient culture,