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(VOV) -A Spanish-funded project on sustainable tourism development in Vietnam’s highland regions has been a great success, a conference was told in Hanoi on May 21.

Keywords: Tourism Development Head Nguyen Van Tuan Tourism Development Research The Spanish Government Cat Ba Island National Administration project

“I was also cheated by taxi drivers,” says tourism official

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge - "I myself was repeatedly cheated by taxi drivers. I was overcharged three times higher than the normal price," said Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), in an interview on the online newswire VNExpress.

Keywords: taxi Drivers repeatedly Nguyen Manh Cuong thoroughly Traveling Cyclo

Tourism bodies want to keep visa waiver

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago 1 duplicate news

The HCM City Tourism Association continues to petition the Government to retain the visa waiver scheme for nationals of seven countries — and in fact to expand it — and not to hike visa fees.

Keywords: The Viet Nam National Administration Arrivals Revenue want petition retain expand

The way of saying ‘sorry’

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SaigonTimes English 2 week(s) ago

The reaction is so swift, when the top leader of the national tourism body conveys his apology to an Australian female tourist who was robbed of VND1.3 million by a rickshaw rider in Hanoi last week. In the encounter, head of Vietnam National Administration Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Van Tuan and Hanoi tourism officials return the sum to the woman and offer her a gift in a gesture of saying ‘sorry’ for the vexation she has endured, while tough-hand punishment has...

Keywords: Sorry mend heaps The Vnat voice An Australian image

Over 2.4 mil int’l visitors to Vietnam in four months

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Hanoi Times English 2 week(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), there have been nearly 614,000 international arrivals to the country this month. In the first four months of this year, the nation has received over 2.4 million international tourists, or 94.7% of last year’s figure, according to the General Statistics Office.

Keywords: The General Statistics Office Arrivals The Vietnam National Administration figure justify left The Hanoitimes

VN officials apologize to ripped-off Aussie tourist

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Báo Đầu Tư English 3 week(s) ago

Head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan on Apr 25 apologized in person to the Australian tourist who was overcharged by 20 times the usual fee for a 5-kmxich lo (three-wheeled cyclo) ride.

Keywords: apologize ride Cyclo Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan rip Aussie Hang Trong

Vietnam apologizes to Aussie ripped off by cyclo driver

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

Ilona Schultz, an Australian tourist (L), talking with Nguyen Van Tuan, chief of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (talking), who visited her to return the VND1.3 million she overpaid a cyclo driver for five-kilometer ride in Hanoi on April 23.

Keywords: Cyclo ride An Australian Talking Chieu apologize The Vietnam National Administration

Over 2.4 million foreign tourists visit VN

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 week(s) ago 1 related news

2.414 million foreign tourists are estimated to have vacationed in Vietnam during the first four months of 2013, down by 5.3% compared to the same period last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Keywords: Russians last down The Vietnam National Administration Asean In April alone

Decrease in number of international tourists to Vietnam

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SaiGon GP English 3 week(s) ago 1 related news

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism estimates that around 614,000 international tourists arrived in the country in April, a year-on-year decline of 2.4 percent; while in the first four months of the year 2.4 million visitors arrived in Vietnam, a decline of 5.3 percent against the same period last year.
Foreign visitors in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: B. Long)

Keywords: decline In April Vietnam A center Holidaymakers last slump

Tourism official offers an apology to Australian tourist

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VietnamNet English 3 week(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge – The chief of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) – Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan – on April 25 met with Mrs. Ilona Schultz, an Australian visitor who had to pay VND1.3 million ($75) for a 5km trip on a cyclo. Tuan said sorry to the visitor and presented her a small gift to show the goodwill.

Keywords: Cyclo Pham Van Chieu Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Goodwill travel come back The Australian

VN officials apologize to ripped-off Aussie tourist

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 week(s) ago

Keywords: ride Cyclo Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan apologize The Australian The Vietnam National Administration Aussie

International Travel Mart to open soon

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Hanoi Times English 1 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Viet Nam International Travel Mart has been taking place in April 18-21 in Ha Noi to strengthen Viet Nam’s tourism industry to international friends.

Keywords: travel In April strengthen justify Friends convert The National Tourism Year