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HCM City hotels hit by rising competition

VietNamNet Bridge – Both occupancy rate and revenue per available room (RevPAR) of hotels in HCM City fell slightly in the third quarter due to increase in room numbers and lower demand.

Autumn - the most beautiful days in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - The seasonal rains, cool winds, sweet scent of milky flowers, sunshine on yellow leaves, ... the fall has come to Hanoi, gentle and subtle.

Sparkle of Hanoi 5-star hotels begin to wane

 Industry experts have suggested that property developers should be careful when investing in Hanoi’s five-star hotel market due to oversupply, as average room rates and occupancy levels continue to decrease.

CNN: Vietnamese underground wonders

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam may be focused on building upwards, but what's happening underground is perhaps more exciting than the latest skyscraper -- think hidden caves large enough for 40-story buildings and wartime tunnels

Week-long culture event introduces ethnic traditions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Great Solidarity – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Week will take centre stage at the Culture-Tourism Village of Dong Mo, in Ha Noi's Son Tay Town from November 18-24.

Weekly antique market to open in HN

 VietNamNet Bridge – A weekly antique and handicraft market will open from this Sunday (November 3) at the Ha Noi Museum on Pham Hung Road.

There is a peaceful Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is not always noisy and bustling. It remains peaceful scenes and streets of no hurry.

Singers and bands from 15 countries to perform in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known bands and singers from 15 nations and territories in the Asia-Pacific region will get together for the ABU TV Song Festival on Saturday night.

Berlin artists bring creative spirit to Ha Noi's Zone 9

VietNamNet Bridge – To mark the official visit of Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin, artists will present an interactive German culture programme in the capital city's new art hub, Zone 9, this Sunday.

The beauty of time in French architecture in Ba Vi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Immersed in the quiet spaces are the remaining vestiges of French in Ba Vi, such as the colonel mansion, the collapsed church and the political prison.

Property market shows upward trend

VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth quarter of this year is expected to witness an increase in leasing activity across most sectors as well as increased investor enquiries from abroad,

Ha Noi raises a cold glass to Oktoberfest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Businessman Nguyen Van Thanh is excited to attend Oktoberfest - not in Munich, but in Ha Noi.

France’s Arties Quartet to perform in Hanoi

France’s Arties Quartet music band will give a classical concert at the French Cultural Centre L’Espace on October 31 to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between France and Vietnam.

Caravan tour to Bhutan debuts

 Vietnam’s ancient town of Hoi An has been voted as the second most favourite tourist destination in Asia after Japan’s Kyoto.

Photos recall streets of a vanished Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Images of old Ha Noi have drawn the old Dao Hung in. The hustle and bustle outside the Exhibition Hall on Hang Bai Street now seem a world away.

Hanoi launches online exams to recruit civil servants

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 3,800 candidates have registered to take online examinations to become civil servants of Ha Noi, starting on Monday.

Hanoi to have first Marriott hotel

 The hotel management company Marriott International is preparing to open what will be the first hotel to be managed by Marriot in Hanoi.

Kindergartens face tougher inspections

 VietNamNet Bridge – Education experts have insisted tighter inspection and management of private kindergartens is needed to shore up education quality.

Devoted collector unearths hidden gems

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bearing inside them a lively and thrilling beauty, a solemn philosophy, these stones have long been endowed with the spirit of heaven and earth.

French camera captures VN women

About 20 colour portraits of Vietnamese women by French photographer Rehahn Croquevielle will be on display at the Phan Dinh Phung Secondary School in Ha Noi on Sunday.