Deputy Director General of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Hung receives the representative of Aviareps Group

(TITC) – On July 26th 2013, in Ha Noi, Deputy Director General of VNAT Nguyen Quoc Hung had a meeting with Mr. Harry Betist, General Manager Tourism of the Netherlands Office of Aviareps in Amsterdam.
Aviareps was founded in Germany in 1994 with the aim of meeting the growing demands of the aviation and tourism representation market. Today, the Aviareps Group is the world’s leading tourism and airline sales and marketing company with more 40 offices in 30 nations around the world. In addition, the Aviareps Group has a rapidly growing trade & retail promotion division and commercial activities worldwide.

At the meeting, Mr. Harry Betist highly valued the development of Viet Nam tourism and expected that in the coming time Aviareps would have a chance to cooperate with the VNAT in tourism promotion on the world; and help private business sector of Viet Nam in cooperation with the private business sector abroad.

Deputy Director General Nguyen Quoc Hung welcomed Mr. Harry Betist’s visit to Viet Nam. He said VNAT always pay attention to tourism promotion in the region and around the world, especially in the source markets such as Germany, France, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Australia…Every year, VNAT often attends the tourism fairs, exhibitions such as ITB in Germany, MITT in Russia; organizes roadshows to promote Viet Nam tourism; invites famtrips, presstrips to Viet Nam…

Deputy Director General Nguyen Quoc Hung directed the functional Departments of VNAT continue to work with representative of Aviareps Group in detail and hoped that in the coming time VNAT and Aviareps Group will have a chance to cooperate in pushing Vietnam tourism promotion.

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Golden Week attracting tourists to Hue

(TITC) - Responding to Tourism Stimulus Program 2013 of Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC) in cooperation with Thua Thien Hue Tourism Association will continue to organize the second turn of “Golden Week of Tourism” 2013 from 2nd September to 8th September 2013 and the third turn from 24th December to 30th December 2013. Previously, the first turn of the Golden Week took place from 21st April to 27th April with many positive results.

Like as the first turn, tourists visiting Hue in the second turn of “Golden Week of Tourism” will be received many incentives and promotions such as: free of charge for electric bus from Hue Imperial City (Dai Noi) to Hue Royal Antiquities Museum; offered half admission for court music performance in Duyet Thi Duong Theatre; while paying admission to visit sites of Hue Imperial City, Hue Royal Antiquities Museum, Khai Dinh Tomb and Minh Mang Tomb, tourists will be free of charge to visit more sites including Tu Duc Tomb, Thieu Tri Tomb, Hon Chen Temple; free of charge for tour guide service in Hue Imperial City for groups of 15 persons and over; free of charge for Hue chamber music performance in Truong Sinh Palace and great music performance in The Mieu Temple – Hue Imperial City…

Beside the above promotions, in the third turn of the Golden Week, tourists to Hue also have opportunities to receive other valuable prizes such as: a special gift for the 2,000,000th tourist to Hue monuments, gifts for the 1,999,999th and 2,000,001st tourists, souvenir gift for the tourist group of the 2,000,000th tourist; free admission to visit Hue Imperial City; 20% discount of ticket for “Royal Night” program… In addition, HMCC gives gifts for three travel agencies with the most tourist’s number coming to Hue monuments in 2013.

According to HMCC, until 19th July, the centre has welcomed nearly 1.143 million tourist arrivals visiting Hue monuments, including 541,768 international arrivals; turnover from selling tickets reached over VND 74 billions (70.73% of the year’s plan).

“Golden Week of Tourism” 2013 is an opportunity to introduce tourism services in the tourist attractions of Hue Ancient Capital and also promote tourist products and the unique and prestigious tourism brand of Thua Thien – Hue Province

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Cultural festival highlights Mu Cang Chai terraced fields

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will hold a culture, sports and tourism week highlighting terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai district from September 26-29 to mark 55 years since President Ho Chi Minh visited the province.

The event offers a chance for ethnic groups in Mu Cang Chai in particular and Yen Bai province in general to look back on their revolutionary tradition and heroic spirit during struggles against the French colonists and American imperialists.

It also aims to promote Mu Cang Chai terraced field, recognised as a national scenic site, as well as the unique cultural identities of the Mong ethnic group to both domestic and foreign tourists.

A string of activities will be held, including a sport festival, a photo exhibition themed “Mu Cang Chai – golden stairs”, a mountainous market, and contests of making Day cake (round cake from glutinous rice) and rice field ploughing. Tours to the district’s communes will be offered during the event.

Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful all the year round. Visitors in March are treated to the sight of glittering ponds. Locals transplant rice seedlings from April to May. After that, all hills are covered by an everlasting green. The fields start to turn yellow with ripe rice from early September.

The fields are visible from virtually everywhere in the district as they expand over 2,200ha, including around 500ha in Che Cu Nha, La Pan Tan and De Xu Phinh communes. The terraced fields in these villages were recognised as a national heritage in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Rice fields are not only a source of food and income for the Mong; they are an intrinsic part of their culture and of Mu Cang Chai, which is itself a quiet district on the bank of the Nam River.

In addition to terraced fields, Mu Cang Chai was blessed with beautiful flora and fauna and outstanding geographic features, including vast mountain ranges with high peaks which have protected the people for ages.

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Hanoi’s move to support tourists

Hanoi officially launched a tourist support division on August 1 to solve as quickly as possible incidents reported by tourists, and provide them with necessary information about the capital city.

The move comes as the municipal tourism sector discovered that tourists have been the target of theft, fraud and overcharging, especially in Dong Da, Hoan Kiem and Ba Dinh districts, which has tarnished the image of the capital city in the eyes of foreigners.
Visitors now can directly call the division’s two hotlines, including 04.39261515 and 0946791955, which are available all the day.
The municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism then will coordinate with those of the police of the city and districts, the municipal transport department and the Hanoi Taxi Association to deal with any violations, especially those related to transport, service quality and taxi fares.
In the time to come, the department will continue opening new information kiosks to promote Hanoi’s tourism as well as provide tourists with necessary information.
Hanoi welcomed 1.2 million international arrivals and 9 million domestic tourists in the first half of this, representing year-on-year increases of 15 percent and 8 percent respectively.

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