Hue seeks ways to attract more tourists; Tourism sector scores positive growth in first half; Six Senses Con Dao among world’s best ecolodges; Festival featuring four countries’ arts to open next month

On July 9 the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee presented a certificate of merit to Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, a driver of Vinasun Taxi, who returned $10,000 in cash and two iPads to foreign tourists.

"The scale of operations of HCM City tourism is growing, but the management apparatus is getting smaller. Therefore, the city is bound to have the Department of Tourism for better management," HCM City’s Vice Chair said.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – With support from Vietnamese and Thai authorities, all of the 701 tourists stranded in Bangkok over the weekend are now back in HCM City.

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From June 28 to July 3, tourists to Da Nang will have the opportunity to experience many interesting activities such as non-motorized paragliding, art football, coracle shaking in the sea, quick eating and quick drinking, etc.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A car from Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, carrying more than 20 tourists, turned over on Highway 8A in Khamkot District, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos at 8.30am on June 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "The smile of visitors is the future of Vietnam tourism," said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, who has ratified the plan to set up tourism police.

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Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has directed the relevant departments to assess the political, economic and security impacts after the visa waiver for tourists from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia and four Nordic countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will set up two hotlines and an office to receive information about fraud and overcharging against tourists.

Market survey firms, which believe that more and more high income tourists would come to Hanoi, have all predicted that more 5-star hotels would be available in the city by 2015.

"I myself was repeatedly cheated by taxi drivers. I was overcharged three times higher than the normal price," said the Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first farm producing the famed weasel coffee in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has opened its doors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being a developing country, Vietnam has the 3G telecom infrastructure conditions equal to that of developed countries in the world.

Pottery artworks simulating the British icon – Big Ben, the Sydney Opera of Australia, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ... are unique products of the pottery village of 400 years old, which is located in the middle of Hoi An. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – I have been settled in Ha Noi for two months now and my adaptation is progressing well. Every day though I live a new adventure filled with a lack of linguistic understanding

 Wanderlust, the UK's leading travel magazine, has declared Hoi An the world's top city destination in its latest Readers' Travel Awards.