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VN pearls have the world as their oyster

VietNamNet Bridge – The entire audience at the fashion show, Silk Heritage, on August 2 at the Grand-Ho Tram Strip, were deeply impressed by the unique combination of pearls and traditional materials used in the collection "Hue khoi xu Nam Ky"

Tourists flock to Phu Quoc prison

 The historical relic site of Phu Quoc prison has so far this year welcomed over 75,000 visitors, including 3,400 international arrivals.

Tourist support centres to scupper scammers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has ordered local People's Committees to set up tourist support centres to help prevent tourism scams.

Over 3,700 turns of foreign tourists get VAT refund

 VietNamNet Bridge – By the end of May, over 3,700 turns of foreign arrivals got VAT refund worth VND 12 billion, statistics show.

An Bang, Bai Dai listed among world’s 100 best beaches

VietNamNet Bridge – An Bang beach in Hoi An and Bai Dai (Long Beach) in Phu Quoc were placed 86th and 93rd on the list of the 100 best beaches in the world, as announced recently by CNN Travel News.

Hotels play tricks to overcharge tourists in the last moment

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the current strict rules on hotel room rate setting, hoteliers still can play tricks to raise the hotel room rates in the last moment.

HCM City unveils series of events designed to tempt tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a cuisine festival at the Dam Sen Cultural Park in District 11 from May 16 to 19 and a fruit festival at the Suoi Tien Cultural Park

Hanoi moves to tackle increasing tourist scams

 VietNamNet Bridge – After reports of foreign tourists being overcharged by taxi drivers and hotel employees, the city plans to work harder to prevent scams,

Taxi driver fined VND20 million for overcharging foreign tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – A representative of the Hanoi-based Trung Viet Taxi firm has apologized to and returned the money to an Australian couple who had to pay nearly VND1 million ($47) for a 7km journey in Hanoi.

Hundreds of foreign tourists visit Hoang Sa exhibition

VietNamNet Bridge – On the opening day, April 29, the exhibition "Vietnam's Hoang Sa - The historical evidences" at the Da Nang City Museum welcomed hundreds of foreign visitors.

Travel firms failed to attract travelers for long holidays

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese keep indifferent to the tourism promotion programs launched by travel firms to lure customers for the two upcoming long holidays in April and May.

80 percent of Vietnamese still support eating dog meat

VietNamNet Bridge - The majority of Vietnamese people still support eating dog meat because this is a nutritious traditional food in the country.

French tourists threaten to boycott Vietnam for dog meat

In the western world, dogs and cats are pets and are considered friends. Many foreign tourists to Vietnam were very shocked seeing Vietnamese people killing dogs and eating dog meat.

Saigon’s world-famous sidewalk food seller

For nearly 20 years, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh ran her small restaurant on the sidewalk of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu apartment block on Hoang Sa Street, District 1, HCM City. Suddenly, one day she was known throughout the world.

Folk games attract tourists at Hanoi’s museum

On February 16, it was raining but many people took their children to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to play folk games. Many foreign tourists also came to learn Vietnamese culture.

Foreign tourists eye Hanoi as attractive destination

 VietNamNet – This is a result of a survey on more than 1,400 foreign tourists to the capital city, carried out by the Hanoi department of culture, sport and tourism with the goal of researching and perfecting statistical methods

Motorcycle taxi drivers tell interesting stories about foreign backpackers

VietNamNet Bridge - With their "iron horses," a group of motorcycle taxi drivers have taken foreign visitors to every corner of the country.