Community-based tourism, unique lifestyles and traditional cultural values offer major potential for development in the centre of Viet Nam and its Central Highlands, 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed relevant ministries and agencies to strengthen drug prevention and control to ensure reduction in supply, use and attendant evils.

 The Hanoi Department of Transport has considered collecting tolls for private vehicles travelling into the inner-city areas which often face traffic jams.

 Alliance Anti-Traffic (AAT) founded by French man Georges Blanchard has rescued around 2,500 trafficked Vietnamese women.

 Many shop owners in Hanoi are hiring topless male waiters or hairdressers as a PR stunt to attract customers.

 Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will investigate a 13,000 square-metre villa owned by the family of the provincial Director of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Sy Quy.

 A contemporary art centre was inaugurated in Hanoi on June 6, becoming the city’s the largest-scale and most unique art centre.

 Hundreds of households in Gio My Commune, Quang Tri Province are facing the risks of deadly illnesses as their underground water is contaminated.

 Experts have warned about a slowdown in the luxury apartment sector in Ho Chi Minh City as rental prices are dropping because of excessive supply.

 The central province of Khanh Hoa is considering allowing a local private firm to preserve and operate its Hon Mun Nature Reserve, one of the most famous tourist destinations in the province.

 Nguyen Ngoc Giao, deputy head of the HCM City Department of Transport’s road traffic board has spuriously claimed that taxi phone apps have led to an increase in the number of vehicles in the city.

 The Dam Sen Water Park in HCM City has just sent apologies to their customers after their recent show featuring female dancers in bikinis caused public outcry.

 Vietnam has been named among the Top 6 most-attractive retail markets in the world this year by A.T. Kearney in its Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), following India, China, Malaysia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 Airline passengers in HCM City can use helicopter service to get to Tan Son Nhat International Airport which is provided by the Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company (VNH South).

 Vietnam property company, FLC Group, which aims to start a new airline that could take to the skies for the first time early next year, is working with Airbus to lease about seven aircraft by 2018, the company's chairman said on Saturday.

 An Australian tourist died of myocardial infarction on June 10 while he and his family were on holiday in Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long City.

Generations of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands have used gongs to convey their innermost sentiments and communicate with their deities.

Ly Hoang Nam and partner Yuichi Ito were placed second in the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which concluded on June 11.

 Vietnam’s real estate market attracted over 600 million USD in foreign direct investment in the first five months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

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