Sep
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Luxury Travel Ltd, Vietnam First Luxury Tour Operator and DMC, To Launch
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Luxury Travel Ltd ’s hand-picked Vietnam Luxury Villa collection features a range of exclusive properties that offer the personalized services of a luxury resort coupled with the independence of renting a private villa.
Luxury Travel Ltd. (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) has served the luxury travel industry for many years, and their staff has acquired first-hand knowledge about the luxury travel market in Vietnam. They have visited their recommended destinations, and have personally checked out the finest villas designed for discriminating travelers.
“This unique collection of luxury villas was carefully chosen to represent the absolute best Vietnam has to offer. Focusing on destination, location, style and size our selection offers choices from exotic modern beachside villas to the casual elegance of a Vietnam villa amid rice fields. Luxury Travel Ltd's Vietnam’s Villas collection has the perfect property to suit your personal tastes and travel style and family holidays.” Said David Nguyen, Sales and Marketing Manager of Luxury Travel Ltd.
Vietnam-based Luxury Travel Ltd (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) is a long established Asian specialist in the art of travel and serves today’s most sophisticated travelers with luxury privately guided and fully bespoke holidays in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Luxury Travel excels in designing tailor-made tours and providing unique travel experiences to fulfill the most sophisticated traveler’s expectations. Luxury Travel Ltd. has won numerous travel awards for excellent performance, including the most recent award: Best Luxury Tour Operator.
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Sep
13
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Vietnam-Japan Meeting 2012 to take place in Tokyo, Fukuoka
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The Vietnam-Japan Meeting 2012 will take place in Tokyo and Fukuoka city, Japan, from September 13-18.
The event is among a series of activities to celebrate the 40 th anniversary of the two countries’ bilateral diplomatic ties. It is expected to beef up the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership, especially in trade and economic cooperation. In addition, it will be an opportunity for Vietnam to promote the image of its people, land and potentials as well as enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples.
During the programme, a forum on promoting investment in industrial zones and coastal economic zones is scheduled to take place on Sept. 13. It is expected to draw more than 400 policy makers, investors and major businesses from across Japan .
The talks on Vietnam-Japan cooperation in vocational training and human resources development will be held on Sept. 14 with the participation of leaders from Japan ’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and representatives from six colleges and vocational training schools of Vietnam . It aims to assess demands and potentials and put forth measures for bilateral cooperation in the field.
The Vietnam Festival will be held from Sept. 15 and 16 with many outdoor activities, including “ao dai” show and art performances.
Japan is currently Vietnam ’s leading foreign investor and third largest export market. Two-way trade hit 21.2 billion USD in 2011, and is expected to reach 40 billion USD by 2020.
In the first five months of this year, Japanese investors poured 3.68 billion USD into Vietnam , accounting for 61 percent of the nation’s total foreign investment.
Japan is also the largest single provider of official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam , with 24 billion USD since 1992.
Japanese tourists presently make up 10 percent of foreign arrivals to Vietnam.
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Sep
13
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UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’ title for Buddhist Woodblocks
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A grand ceremony will be held on October 7 to pray for national peace and prosperity, and to receive the UNESCO certificate declaring the ancient Buddhist Sutra Woodblocks at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Bac Giang Province as ‘Memory of the World’.
The event aims to honor the collection of valuable woodblocks of an ancient oriental cultural and traditional heritage.
The ancient woodblocks were made in the early 14th century by monks at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang.
The blocks tell a history of woodblock carvings in Vietnam; the development and ideology of Truc Lam Zen Buddhism-founded by King Tran Nhan Tong in the 11th century; science and technology; literature and the arts; and the philosophy, sociology and linguistics of earlier civilizations.
On the occasion, a historical site relating to the Yen The up-rising (1883-1913) will be recognized as a special national relic.
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Pe Luong – a destination to experience Thai culture
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13/09/2012 09:36:00
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ASEAN nations promote tourism in city
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13/09/2012 09:34:48
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Exhibition features Trang An tourism complex
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13/09/2012 09:19:58
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Poland helps train conservation personnel
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13/09/2012 09:18:27
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Vietnam wins prizes at int’l puppetry festival
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13/09/2012 09:17:12
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Cham cultural festival in Ninh Thuan
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13/09/2012 09:14:23
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City beefs up waterway transit system
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13/09/2012 09:03:06
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Duc Hung to showcase his nicest ao dai in the US
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13/09/2012 08:49:54
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Hoi An launches car-free campaign
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13/09/2012 08:47:27
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