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(02-07-2005)
Da
Nang mounts two big tourist festivals in July
Da
Nang will stage two large tourist festivals in July.
The Ba Na Tourism Festival kicked off yesterday and
runs through July 3 at the Ba Na-Suoi Mo Resort, some
40km west of downtown Da Nang. The Da Nang Culture and
Tourism festival, which will run July 8-10 in Hoa Cuong
Ward, is the city’s largest tourism event of the year.
The cultural event will feature traditional craft villages,
folk games and fashion shows.
Cathay
Pacific doubles flights on Hong Kong-HCM City route
Hong
Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways launched the second
daily service of its HCM City-Hong Kong route yesterday.
The new service operates an Airbus 330 aircraft with
an evening departure from HCM City. The airline believes
that Vietnamese passengers use Hong Kong as their gateway
to China, Australia, Europe and North America. "HCM
City was our first Vietnamese destination and is now
one of the key emerging markets for Hong Kong’s growth
as an Asian aviation hub," said the manager of
Cathay Pacific Viet Nam, Henry Chan.
Circular
basket boats provide unique tour in Nha Trang
Twenty-eight
oarswomen in Mieu Islet near Nha Trang offer a basket
boat tour of their local fishing village. The oarswomen
are part of a home-grown tourist operation, where one
business owner pays the other women US$2-4 per day.
The women have taught themselves to invite foreign tourists
aboard in English, and some can tell short anecdotes
about their village’s fisheries and shrimp farms. Tourists
will be fascinated by both the local colour and the
unique ride provided by the circular basket boats.
O
Canada! Expats gather to celebrate Canada Day in HCM
City
The
Canadian community of HCM City joined Canadians around
the world in their July 1 celebration of Canada Day.
Expatriate Canadians gathered at the Caravelle Hotel
for traditional favourites such as roast prime rib with
gravy, cheese corn muffins and pumpkin pie. They also
celebrated with a parade, fireworks, a picnic and a
face painting competition.
Swiss
producer shoots film about Viet Nam’s scenic beauties
A
Swiss producer is making a film about Viet Nam’s tourist
attractions. Nicolet Video Productions will be shooting
the film in the northern and central provinces until
July 4. The film will feature scenery in Ha Noi and
Ha Long Bay as well as landscapes and ethnic minority
communities in the northern mountainous provinces. The
producer also plans to shoot the Huong River area and
traditional life in the ancient city of Hue. The film
will be screened in Switzerland and other European countries
later this year.
Luxury
resort on Con Dao to feature rattan bungaloes, craft
village
Urban
Design Company (UDS) of Japan will join forces with
the National Oil Services Company (OSC) of Viet Nam
to develop a luxury resort on the Hon Cau Islet of the
Con Dao Archipelago. The partnership plans to build
a US$25 million resort with bamboo and rattan guest
houses as well as a traditional craft village. OSC director
Nguyen Van Toan said that if the project is approved
work will begin in the fourth quarter of this year and
the resort will open in 2007. — VNS
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