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Danang-Hong Kong tourism links are being expanded
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Representatives of Hong Kong’s travel agencies and newspapers are making a fact-finding tour of Danang city from October 8-12 to seek ways to boost tourism between Vietnam’s central city and Hong Kong.
They are traveling to major tourism destinations such as the Danang Golf Club, Mongomerie Links, and Island Gold Club, as well as the Cham Museum, Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) and various tourism resorts.
They are scheduled to take part in a seminar on business opportunities with travel agencies in Danang that want to eye the Hong Kong market.
Vietnam’s national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, ran its first maiden flight on the Hong Kong-Danang route on September 30 and it expects to officially launch direct flights between the two destinations in the future.
Two other similar flights also took place on October 4 and 7./.
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Oct
09
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Cat Bi airport is approval
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The Prime Minister has approved a plan to upgrade Cat Bi International Airport in the northern port city of Hai Phong to receive Boeing B747, Boeing B777 and Airbus A321 aircraft.
Under the 5 trillion VND (240 million USD) plan which was announced on October 7, the international terminal will act as a standby for Noi Bai International Airport and also as an airfield for both civilian and military purposes.
By 2015, it will become a 4E level international airport under regulations from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
By that time, total volume of passengers will reach 2 million per year, along with 20,000 tonnes of cargo.
By 2025, annual passenger numbers are expected to hit 8 million, with 250 tonnes of cargo.
According to the plan, in the period up to 2015, a two-storey passenger terminal with the capacity to serve from 4 to 5 million passengers per year will be built, and land for upgrading the capacity to serve from 7 to 8 million passengers per year will be prepared.
After the new terminal is put into operation, the old one will become a low-cost carrier or cargo terminal, or be used for other purposes.
A business and service zone is also planned covering an area of about 4,000 sq. m., with room to expand to 12,000 sq. m. based on actual demand.
Currently, Cat Bi Airport services five Ho Chi Minh City-Hai Phong flights and one Da Nang-Hai Phong flight everyday./.
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Oct
09
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Hue, Hai Phong tourism is increasing
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In the first nine months of 2012, more than 550,000 foreign tourists visited Vietnam’s central coastal city of Hue, a year-on-year increase of nearly 11 percent, reported the Vietnam News Agency.
Accommodation income in the city reached nearly VND1 trillion, up 25.6 percent.
Since early this year, business in Hue focused on attracting tourists from Asia, especially from Thailand and China. Currently, Thailand tops the list of foreign tourist markets of Hue.
Thailand and China often organise caravan tour groups to Hue. Over the last nine months, China organised International long-road Caravan groups with 30 self-driving cars and 150 members, including reporters, international tourists, and businessmen crossing China, Laos and Thailand to Hue. This is the largest International Caravan group to Hue since early this year.
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Hue by sea also increased. Besides an air route through Phu Bai Airport and a trans-Asia road route, in 2102, Thua Thien-Hue Province greeted a total of 25 cruise ships arriving at Chan May Port with nearly 4,000 tourists.
The Hai Phong Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism said that in the first nine months this year, the city’s tourism sector greeted and provided services for more than 418,400 foreign tourists. Total tourism earnings reached more than VND1.3 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 5.4 percent.
Over the past few months, Haiphong welcomed four foreign cruise ships carrying 786 tourists from the US, France, England, Australia, Canada and the Republic of Korea. Travel agencies arranged tours taking the tourists to Hanoi and some tourism destinations to the countryside./.
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Pac Bo becomes national special relic site
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09/10/2012 08:26:47
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Hanoi hosts Asianbeatvn Momiji Festival 2012
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09/10/2012 08:23:47
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Preserving Hanoi by promoting the community role
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09/10/2012 08:22:11
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An exhibition names “The Beauty of Life”in HCMC
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09/10/2012 08:18:41
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A beauty color of Bac Ha market
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09/10/2012 08:14:15
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Checking out central region by Hong Kong travel agencies
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08/10/2012 08:51:33
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The recognization of national treasures
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08/10/2012 08:47:13
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The Thien Hue, an attractive destination of foreign tourists
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08/10/2012 08:43:04
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The country’s first ever International Maritime Tourism Fair will be organized in Khanh Hoa
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08/10/2012 08:41:11
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