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Khanh Hoa province considers to install cameras to prevent crime
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The People’s Committee in the central province of Khanh Hoa is considering installing cameras at strategic locations to protect foreign tourists from being victimized by petty thieves and pick-pocketers.
Province leaders held a meeting with police officials on October 11, in which they discussed various measures to prevent crime, especially against foreign tourists.
Senior lieutenant-colonel Nguyen Van Ngan, head of police in Nha Trang City, one of Vietnam's finest beach resorts, said that in the last two years many foreigners, in particular Russian holidaymakers who have recent flocked to the province, were robbed.
However, police rarely caught any of the criminals due to shortage of personnel and language difference. Moreover, tourist agents did not cooperate with the police in providing detailed information of their customers.
Ngan said that the police force in the province is preparing a plan to guarantee more safety for holidaymakers in Nha Trang City, which depends on tourism as its main economy. As per the plan, the aim is to protect all holidaymakers, for whose protection and security special teams will be set up.
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Oct
20
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Luxury cruise ship will be introduced by Royal Caribean
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The luxury cruise ship Voyager of the Seas of Royal Caribbean on Wednesday docked at Phu My Port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, and dozens of travel firms in HCMC were invited to visit the ship.
According to PSR Royal Caribbean Cruises Vietnam, the 15-deck Voyager of the Seas was built in 1999 with a total cost of US$65 million. The ship is 311 meters long, 48 meters wide and 63 meters high.
Including several entertainment and sport facilities, Voyager of the Seas can accommodate up to 3,138 passengers and 1,181 crewmembers on board. It takes the ship one day to sail from Phu My Port to Bangkok, Thailand.
According to Nguyen Minh Hieu, Assistant Manager of PSR Royal Caribbean Cruises Vietnam, the cruise operator wants to introduce the cruise ship to travel firms so that they can sell the cruise vacation to Vietnamese tourists.
With this ship, tourists can travel to Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan and many other destinations. However, as international seaports in Vietnam have yet to perform entry and exit procedures for tourists to travel abroad, tourists have to fly to Singapore, Hong Kong or China in order to begin the journey.
“We started to sell the cruise tour of Legend of the Seas, another ship of Royal Caribbean, to Vietnam tourists last year with around 1,000 customers, with very positive feedbacks. Therefore, we continue to introduce Voyager of the Seas in Vietnam,” he said.
According to Hieu, Voyager of the Seas offers several different tours, but Vietnamese tourists often buy tours lasting four to five days. With around VND20 million, inclusive of airfare from Vietnam to Singapore, tourists can begin a journey with Voyager of the Seas.
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Oct
20
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Hue host seminar discusses community tourism services
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A seminar on developing community-based tourism industry took place in Hue city on October 11. The event, as part of a broader project in firmly establishing tourism in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, is organised by the project’s management board in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The project is sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnamese Government. It is being carried out in Cao Bang, Bac Can, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces during the 2009-2013 period.
In Thua Thien-Hue, it is being deployed in A Luoi district with a series of activities concerning the promotion of tourism and the poor. It encourages the participation of local people in tourism activities and generates jobs for local people through building and introducing models of tourism connected to hunger elimination and poverty reduction.
Throughout the seminar, many proposals were brought forward to increase the efficiency of tourism that contributes to the development of the local community and economy. These included improving infrastructure and enhancing the quality of human resources.
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Concentrate on promoting Vietnam’s tourism in Australia
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20/10/2012 08:28:37
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Welcomes Hanoi Gift Show 2012
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20/10/2012 08:26:55
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Ha Giang prrovince and growth in tourism
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20/10/2012 08:24:59
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Welcomes Vietnam - China singing contest
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20/10/2012 08:21:34
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Vietnamese paintings get attraction from Malaysian audiences
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20/10/2012 08:14:27
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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology ranking at Tripadvisor
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20/10/2012 08:11:33
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Photographs of Japan will be displayed
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18/10/2012 08:35:38
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'Land and people' in Doan Xuan Tang’s paintings
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18/10/2012 08:34:22
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The festival of oxen and mud
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18/10/2012 08:32:16
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