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HCM City to host large int’l tourism exhibition
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The 8th International Tourism Exhibition (ITE HCMC 2012) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 13-15, a municipal official has said.
La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said a press briefing on September. 6 that as many as 500 businesses from 30 countries across the world are expected to join the exhibition.
As the largest tourism event in Vietnam and a typical function in the Mekong Subregion, ITE HCMC 2012 aims to introduce the latest tourism products and strengthen the neighbourliness and friendship between Vietnam and countries in the region.
Activities in the event are also to benefit domestic and foreign tourism promotion organisations, travel agencies and experts operating in the field.
It will also help popularise destinations in Vietnam and abroad as well as the programme “Four countries, one destination”, which involves Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
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Sep
08
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HCM City to host large int’l tourism exhibition
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The 8th International Tourism Exhibition (ITE HCMC 2012) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 13-15, a municipal official has said.
La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said a press briefing on September. 6 that as many as 500 businesses from 30 countries across the world are expected to join the exhibition.
As the largest tourism event in Vietnam and a typical function in the Mekong Subregion, ITE HCMC 2012 aims to introduce the latest tourism products and strengthen the neighbourliness and friendship between Vietnam and countries in the region.
Activities in the event are also to benefit domestic and foreign tourism promotion organisations, travel agencies and experts operating in the field.
It will also help popularise destinations in Vietnam and abroad as well as the programme “Four countries, one destination”, which involves Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
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Sep
08
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Dien Bien Province focuses on developing community-based tourism
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(TITC) From 2004 to 2010, Dien Bien Province has invested in community-based tourism development in eight cultural villages of Dien Bien District and Dien Bien Phu City.
Men village
Many families have voluntarily donated their land with total nearly 7,000m2 for construction of welfare establishment, cultural house…; actively improved their houses, restored traditional handicraft production, participated in offering tourist services.
After seven years of implementation, the villages have welcomed over 65,000 tourist arrivals, including 6,000 international ones and earned 7 billion VND.
In order to promote community-based tourism development in Dien Bien, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has submitted for approval the project of developing cultural ethnic villages period 2010-2015. In particular, the province will select another 10 villages of Hmong, Thai, Lao, Kho Mu ... ethnic people, located on the province's key tourist routes in Tuan Giao, Dien Bien, Muong Cha districts and Dien Bien Phu City for developing into tourist attractions.
The ethnic villages are expected to attract from 10 to 15% of the total number of tourists to Dien Bien annually after the project is completed.
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Simultaneous investment to boost craft village tourism
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08/09/2012 10:21:06
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Step back in time at Hoi An Town
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08/09/2012 10:17:23
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HCM City's Monkey Island offers kids a real experience
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08/09/2012 10:12:11
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Real life of delta via Duong Sen’s brush
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08/09/2012 10:06:45
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H-Artistry returns to Vietnam
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08/09/2012 10:00:07
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German conductor wields baton at Opera House
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08/09/2012 09:55:45
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Artist works with bamboo paper
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08/09/2012 09:51:10
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New history museum to be built
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08/09/2012 09:49:39
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Art performance highlights sea and islands
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08/09/2012 09:47:24
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