Phu Yen has first-five star resort

VietStar Resort & Spa in Phu Yen Province’s Tuy Hoa City has been certified to meet five-star requirements and become the first five-star resort in the south-central province.

VietStar Resort & Spa consists of Thom hill and Xep beach. Villas and bungalows are scattered in the area of Thom hill covering 43 hectares. Meanwhile, Xep beach has an area of 25 hectares.

The resort has 93 rooms, five restaurants, two bars, one night club and convention rooms having a seating capacity of 1,000 guests, a 40,000-square-meter golf course and many entertainment and fitness facilities.

Vung Tau airport to be relocated

Authorities from the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have agreed to relocate the current Vung Tau airport to Go Gang island of Long Son commune, Vung Tau city.

The agreement was reached at a meeting held by the provincial People’s Committee on October 8.

The current 172-ha airport, situated in Ward 9, Vung Tau city, mainly accommodates helicopters serving logistics, oil and gas services and pilot training.

According to Vung Tau’s urban planning till 2020, the existing airport will affect the city’s development space planning as well as the safety of residents living around it.

Local authorities said the construction of the new airport in Go Gang is in line with the approved planning, helping promote the provincial socio-economic growth while still maintaining defence and security tasks.

The province will urgently build a plan on relocating the Vung Tau airport to be submitted to the Government for approval.

Traditional craft village tourism festival held in Hanoi

The 2013 traditional craft village tourism festival in Hanoi and Red River Delta area opened at the Palace of Sports Apparel Horse in Hanoi on October 8.

Present among guests were Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi and leaders of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

At the opening ceremony, participants observed one minute’s silence in tribute to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s passing.

Representatives of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism received Asian Record’s certificates for three specialties of the capital: Pho (noodle soup served with beef and chicken), Bun cha (rice noodles served with grilled pork), and Bun thang (rice noodle soup served with chicken, fried egg strands, lean meat pie strands and mushroom).

The Vietnam Tourism Association launched an autumn-winter tourism campaign and gave a special art performance in praise of Hanoi’s thousand-year-old civilization.

Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee, said that the festival is part of activities in celebration of the 2013 National Tourism Year of the Red River Delta-Haiphong and the 59th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation Day.

The festival has 300 stalls put up by 139 units representing 37 out of 52 groups of craft industry from 19 cities and provinces, the Vietnam Craft Village Association, and the Vietnam Tourism Association.

The space is divided into five areas: craft village exhibition, travel agencies, airlines, food, folk games, and entertainment.

The festival also includes a city tour programme as a special tourism product of Hanoi.

It will last through to October 12.

Hue invests VND9 billion in restoring traditional craft villages

The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien- Hue province has decided to invest VND9 billion to restore and develop its traditional craft villages between 2014 and 2015.

Apart from creating jobs and improving labourers’ income for the local people, traditional craft villages help preserve Hue’s cultural identity and boost the provincial tourism industry.

In the next two years, the province will focus on enhancing production capacity of craft villages and small scale industries, improving product designs and creating new products to meet market demand.

The province will also offer management and business skill courses for production establishments and enterprises. Besides, it will promote marketing and plan to create 1,500 new jobs in rural areas.

In 2013, the Centre for Industrial Encouragement and Trade Promotion under the provincial Department of Industry and Trade has carried out 31 projects to foster industrial development in the locality, thus bringing jobs to about 2,500 labourers. Many incentives have been offered to enterprises and production units to help them expand production and business.

Thua Thien- Hue has over 200 traditional craft villages including 88 handicraft villages.

Source: SGT/SGGP/VNA/VNS/VOV/ND