VietNamNet Bridge – Travel agents will offer discounts of 10-50 per cent on domestic and foreign tours at HCM City Tourism Fair 2017 to be held from March 23-26 at Le Van Tam Park in District 1.

 Thousands of items featuring daily life and tradition of the Churu ethnic minority people are displayed at a museum in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

 The forest ranger department in the central coastal province of Thua Thien – Hue is set to expand mangrove forests along the Tam Giang lagoon aligning with eco-tourism development.

 A national steering committee will be set up to fix incidents related to cyber security following a newly-approved decision by the Prime Minister.

 Israeli President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin and his spouse on March 22 visited the northern province of Quang Ninh and the UNESCO-recognised world natural heritage of Ha Long Bay as part of their ongoing visit to Vietnam from March 19-25.

 Vietnamese and Cambodian naval forces have conducted their 46th joint annual joint patrol.

Educational institutions should keep a close watch on market demand and need to cooperate with the business community to make sure that their graduates can land a job, said Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha. 

Coffee productivity in the Central Highlands, the country’s key coffee growing area, has steadily declined over time, driven by climate change and plant diseases.

 The government of HCMC will open a weekend market downtown in the second quarter to create a new shopping and entertainment venue for city dwellers and tourists.

Subsidence has long occurred in the Mekong Delta, been worsening due to underground water overexploitation and threatened the livelihood of millions of farmers.

 The Hoi An authorities on March 21 inaugurated an embankment project along part of the Hoai River aiming to protect the UNESCO-recognised old town against erosion.

 The worshipping ritual dedicated to Au Co, the legendary mother of Vietnam, was recognised as national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a ceremony held in Phu Tho Province on March 21.

 Local automakers have it all to do as tariffs on imported CBU vehicles from ASEAN are cut.

 Shopping mall developers need to think carefully when trying to carve out a market share in Vietnam.

Luxury scooters are now the focus of motorbike manufacturers in Vietnam. High-end scooters, priced at VND50 million and higher, unexpectedly sold very well in 2016. 

 Vietnam spent up to $194 million on fruit and vegetable imports between January and March 15 this year, equal to around an average USD2.9 million per day.

 China’s Hangzhou Design and Planning Institute have been invited to participate in the planning scheme to develop the areas along the Red River.

 Local authorities in Vietnam have warned about the large import of meat from Brazil following a recent rotten meat scandal in the South American country.

 Strategic investors may be able to sell their shares in a State-owned enterprise (SOE) three years after the firm is equitised, according to the finance ministry.

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