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International tourism expo opens in HCM City
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500 businesses from more than 30 countries and territories are participating in the 2012 International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC), which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Hong said the event, the largest professional one, is an opportunity for travel and tourism businesses from the participating countries to seek partners and establish long-term cooperation, contributing to sustainable tourism development in the region and the world.
Themed “Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-Myanmar, Four Countries, One Destination”, the event comprises a series of new activities for the four countries such as the first Meeting of their Tourism Ministers, a meeting for senior tourism officials and a conference on tourism market in four Lower Mekong cities of Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh, Vientiane and Yangon.
A highlight of the expo is the International Hosted Buyer Programme, which aims to ce ment the implementation of global and regional integration in advancing both inbound and outbound market interests of the show players, attracting 180 key global buyers from 33 major markets that include ASEAN countries, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, North America, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
Organised for the first time in 2005, ITE HCMC is designed to promote not only the tourism market within the region but also major tourist destinations around the world./.
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Sep
14
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Postponing terraced field festival in Mu Cang Chai
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The Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee has officially decided to suspend the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival 2012 after the recent landslide in La Pan Tan and Pu Luong Communes.
Earlier, preparations for the festival scheduled for September 14 to 20 were completed.
Chairman of Mu Cang Chai Commue Giang A Tong said that some programmes of the festival will be postponed and re-organised on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the commune on October 18./.
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Sep
14
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Hoi An launches car-free campaign
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The central city of Hoi An on Sept. 9 launched its first Car Free Day campaign, coinciding with its annual Nature Day in which over 5,000 people participated.
The ancient city was the first city in Vietnam to host a Car Free Day in an effort to make the environment in the tourism hub cleaner.
Participants rode on bicycles and pedicabs around the city's old quarter to raise awareness about environmental protection among local people and tourists.
"The campaign shows how committed local people are to environmental protection. The city has successfully organised a pedestrian street in the old quarter since 2002 and hosted the Nature Day for the past three years," said Hoi An City's People's Committee Deputy Chairman Nguyen Van Dung.
"We are honoured to be the first city in Viet Nam to join the Asian network of Car Free Day programmes. We also hope that the campaign will encourage people to use more environmentally friendly vehicles like bicycles and battery-powered bicycles and to walk more," Dung said.
The Car Free Day, which was debuted in La Rosshelle in France in 1997, has attracted the participation of 2,268 cities in 40 countries.
The city also set up 13 sites where people can change used nylon bags for new reusable bags in an action to say no to plastic bags.
A painting contest for children was held at An Hoi bridge as part of the response to Car Free Day./.
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Wonderful Vietnam moments on Russian news
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14/09/2012 08:34:56
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Vietnam proposes setting up Southeast Asian heritage network
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14/09/2012 08:33:17
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VietJet Air increases services
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13/09/2012 11:10:24
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Iphone photo 'art' controversy clicks in
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13/09/2012 11:05:12
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Dim Socheata, go-getting green super hero
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13/09/2012 11:03:15
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Phnom Penh City Hall Organizes a Workshop on Gender Issue
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13/09/2012 11:00:33
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Preah Vihear Province Holds a Meeting on Disaster Management
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13/09/2012 10:54:26
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Bangkok Airways to start flying to Vientiane
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13/09/2012 10:31:54
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Citizen Seng
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13/09/2012 10:25:57
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