Pictures of a foreign tourist crying after being robbed in Ho Chi Minh City went viral and officially endangered Vietnam’s global image as an ideal destination. On March 11, 2016, Friday, a European woman and her friend were walking and reading a map along Luong Huu Khanh Street in District 1 when two men riding […]
Vietnam recently issued a visa exemption policy for visitors from six European countries specifically United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Belarus good for 15 days effective from July 1, 2015 to July 30, 2016 and expectedly has resulted in more foreign tourists visiting the country. This government resolution was decided upon in order to […]
Since information and communications technology is very crucial in today’s every day undertakings, the Vietnamese government acknowledged this and therefore teamed up with Microsoft in order to deliver the best possible IT solutions. In 2015 therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the city’s Department of Information and Communication joined forces with the […]
Two European philanthropists walked 7,000 kilometres from their continent to Asia in order to raise funds for Vietnamese children in need. Simon Niggli from Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher from Austria began their long and extraordinary adventure in January 18, 2015 and have already travelled through 19 countries. Their journey is a personal mission to help […]
In order for tourism authorities to have a reference for their research and overall design plans for development, the European Union-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme (EU-ESRT) recently launched a technical report and a map of its tourism products in the Central Coast of Vietnam. The map was specifically created for the three […]
A Vietnamese local and a Briton were awarded a Medal of Labor for discovering caves in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Vietnam’s State President Truong Tan Sang awarded the prestigious medal to Briton Howard Limbert and Vietnamese Ho Khanh for helping to uncover a number of caves including the world-famous Son Doon Cave. Limbert […]