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Top must-see destinations in Ninh Binh for young travelers

Top must-see destinations in Ninh Binh for young travelers
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<p>Trang An Landscape Complex is a must-visit place for visitors to Ninh Binh due to its stunning landscapes of the winding rivers and majestic limestone mountains and mysterious caves. Visitors can row boats to savour scenic views and enjoy pure air here. Tam Coc is located inside Trang An Landscape Complex and considered as ‘Ha Long Bay on land’. Hoa Lu Ancient Capital is situated in Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu district. The relic site includes the temples of royal dynasties such as the Dinh and the Le. Mua cave is located in Khe Dau hamlet, Ninh Xuan commune. It attracts visitors to breathtaking natural scenery. Visitors have to conquer the 500 stone steps to the peak to savour scenic views of paddy fields. Bai Dinh pagoda is located at about 15km away from Ninh Binh city. It is the largest pagoda in Vietnam with a number of giant bronze Buddha statues and entices visitors to its stunning landscapes and tranquil atmosphere. An Tiem cave provides visitors with a romantic, pure and yet, beautiful scenery. Covering an area of 3,000 hectares, Van Long lagoon is the biggest wetland nature reserve site in the northern delta. Visitors can explore many rare species and take beautiful photos of the lagoon.</p>
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<td><em><span>Trang An Landscape Complex is a must-visit place for visitors to Ninh Binh due to its stunning landscapes of the winding rivers and majestic limestone mountains and mysterious caves. Visitors can row boats to savour scenic views and enjoy pure air here.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Tam Coc is located inside Trang An Landscape Complex and considered as ‘Ha Long Bay on land’. </span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Hoa Lu Ancient Capital is situated in Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu district. The relic site includes  the temples of royal dynasties such as the Dinh and the Le. </span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Mua cave is located in Khe Dau hamlet, Ninh Xuan commune. It attracts visitors to breathtaking natural scenery. Visitors have to conquer the 500 stone steps to the peak to savour scenic views of paddy fields.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Bai Dinh pagoda is located at about 15km away from Ninh Binh city. It is the largest pagoda in Vietnam with a number of giant bronze Buddha statues and entices visitors to its stunning landscapes and tranquil atmosphere. </span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>An Tiem cave provides visitors with a romantic, pure and yet, beautiful scenery. </span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Covering an area of 3,000 hectares, Van Long lagoon is the biggest wetland nature reserve site in the northern delta. Visitors can explore many rare species and take beautiful photos of the lagoon.</span></em></td>
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Top must-see destinations in Ninh Binh for young travelers

Top must-see destinations in Ninh Binh for young travelers Trang An Landscape Complex is a must-visit place for visitors to Ninh Binh due t...

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Thanh Hoa welcomes 300,000 visitors in early days of 2019

Thanh Hoa welcomes 300,000 visitors in early days of 2019
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<p>According to a report from Thanh Hoa province department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, from February 2, 2019 till now, the locality received some 300,000 visitors to different tourist attractions in the region.</p>
<p>The number of tourists to Thanh Hoa during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) and after Tet surged by nearly 37% of which, foreign arrivals reached 2,250 – up 15.4% against the same period last year.</p>
<p>Popular tourist attractions include Ho Dynasty Citadel, Lam Kinh Special National Relic Site, Song Son temple, Cua Dat and Phu Na pagoda, Pu Luong Natural Reverse, and Sam Son beach.</p>
<p>Local authorities has coordinated with tourist sites to ensure security, food safety and hygiene, fire prevention measures to avoid violations in the region.</p>
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<p>According to statistics, from January 25 to February 25, Tho Xuan airport welcomed 191,000 travelers. In 2019, the airport aims to transport 4 million passengers and open additional local and international air routes.</p>
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Avoiding Pakistan airspace, flight time to Europe takes one more hour

Avoiding Pakistan airspace, flight time to Europe takes one more hour

Avoiding Pakistan airspace, flight time to Europe takes one more hour The reason is that Vietnam Airlines flights have to fly over Mongolia...

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Top 5 check-in points for young people in Quang Nam

Top 5 check-in points for young people in Quang Nam
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<p>Located in Thu Bon river, Hoi An ancient town with its tranquil and peaceful atmosphere and local cuisine is attracting a large number of visitors. The delicacies served are unique and tasteful. Tam Thanh mural village – the first mural village in Vietnam attracts young travelers and availing them opportunities to take impressive photos with the paintings. Paintings of Tam Thanh mural village feature the daily life of fishermen and stories about kids with vibrant colours. About 15km away from Cua Dai beach, Cu Lao Cham island attracts visitors to its pristine beauty. The ideal time to explore Cham island is between March and August thanks to warm weather and calm sea. Cham island possesses a number of beautiful beaches. Visitors can participate in exciting activities such as camping, scuba diving for coral reefs, fishing and rowing boats or enjoying fresh seafood there. Dong Giang tea hills is about 100km west of Da Nang city. The best time to visit the tea hills is from August to October. My Son relic site is a complex of Champa temples and surrounded by majestic mountains.</p>
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<td><em><span> Located in Thu Bon river, <em>Hoi An ancient town with </em> its tranquil and peaceful atmosphere and local cuisine </span>is</em> attracting a large number of visitors. The delicacies served are unique and tasteful.</td>
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<td><em><span>Tam Thanh mural village – the first mural village in Vietnam attracts young travelers and availing them opportunities to take impressive photos with the paintings. </span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Paintings of Tam Thanh mural village feature the daily life of fishermen and stories about kids with vibrant colours.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span> About 15km away from Cua Dai beach, <em>Cu Lao Cham island</em> attracts visitors to its pristine beauty. The ideal time to explore Cham island is between March and August thanks to warm weather and calm sea.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>Cham island possesses a number of beautiful beaches. Visitors can participate in exciting activities such as camping, scuba diving for coral reefs, fishing and rowing boats or enjoying fresh seafood there.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span><em>Dong Giang tea hills is about 100km west of Da Nang city. The best time to visit the tea hills is from August to October.</em></span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>My Son relic site is a complex of Champa temples and surrounded by majestic mountains.</span></em></td>
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Top 5 check-in points for young people in Quang Nam

Top 5 check-in points for young people in Quang Nam Located in Thu Bon river, Hoi An ancient town with its tranquil and peaceful atmosphere...

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Medical tourism model full of potential in Vietnam

Medical tourism model full of potential in Vietnam
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<p>According to Frost & Sullivan, a leading global research and consulting firm, the value of the global medical tourism market reached approximately $78.5 billion in 2010. This figure in Southeast Asia was about $4.4 billion in 2012. Despite these promising indicators, Vietnam is still showing little interest in this type of tourism. At a while the Ministry of Health reported that about 40,000 Vietnamese go abroad every year to receive medical treatment, spending a total of $3 billion on average per year.</p>
<p>To catch up with the trend, local investors are looking to build international standard hospitals around popular tourist attractions such as Vingroup with its Vinmec International Hospital in Phu Quoc, Vung Tau, Halong, Nha Trang, Do Son, and Danang along with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. As these medical centres have sprung up, they have welcomed thousands of local and international visitors and patients coming to relax and enjoy treatment. Many tourists wishing to beautify their looks also enjoy reputable beauty salons located in Vietnam due to their cheap price in comparison with their home country.</p>
<p>Records on the world’s medical tourism business show many Asian countries such as India, Thailand, and Singapore enjoy high revenue after growing a successful model. Singapore currently possesses the best medical system globally with a team of excellent experts and doctors, as well as advanced equipment. Whilst Thailand is widely considered a powerhouse thanks to its well known tourism base in addition to a team of skilful well-trained doctors. In recent years, medical tourists in Thailand have only accounted for 9 percent of the total number of visitors to the country yearly, an average of 1.5 million visitors. Malaysia earned $292 million from medical tourism in 2017, up 30 per cent on-year.</p>
<p>In comparison to those countries Vietnam enjoys many strengths, such as in the fields of Oriental herbal medicine, dentistry, and aesthetic treatment. Such treatments come at a reasonable cost, while the nation is able to combine these practices with rich and stunning natural landscapes.</p>
<p>However, Le Duc Khang, lecturer of Philosophy of Traditional Medicine at Vietnam University of Traditional Medicine, told VIR, “Healthcare in Vietnam has been showing great improvements, but we still lag behind. The country needs to do a lot to develop healthcare tours. Firstly, medical standards and service quality must improve nationally. Secondly, doctors must be competent in foreign languages so they are able to clearly communicate with patients. And it is important that the administrative procedures are streamlined, so that it becomes a simpler process for patients.”</p>
<p>Khang also stressed that “Vietnam should call for greater investment from domestic and foreign teams of medical science in hi-tech and high-quality treatment centres. Hopefully, Industry 4.0 will help Vietnam traditional medicine to strengthen its position within the healthcare system.”</p>
<p>Based on experts in the tourism industry, the nation has a number of long-standing traditional medical practices and a huge number of experienced doctors. Among the types of traditional medicine offered, acupuncture is one of the best renowned among visitors.</p>
<p>The country’s skill in acupuncture became known throughout the world via the story of Nguyen Tai Thu, a professor, doctor, and expert in acupuncture treatment. He used to collaborate with Sweden’s NTT Acupuncture Medical Tourism International Group to promote and operate a number of acupuncture tours. The tours saw qigong, a system of co-ordinated body postures and movements, breathing, and meditation used for purposes of health, introduced to international visitors. However, with only a few hundred visitors per year, the revenue from the medical tourism was negligible.</p>
<p>Nguyen Van My, chairman of Lua Viet Tours, stated that traditional medical tour has potential but needs to be diversified. For example, instead of designing a tour taking visitors to sites, having health check-ups, and purchasing medicine on such streets as Luong Nhu Hoc, Trieu Quang Phuc, or Hai Thuong Lan Ong in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5, leisure and health tourism could be more intertwined. These tours could take place with a private Oriental medicine doctors, or feature a tour where tourists can learn about Vietnamese herbal medicine, how they are planted and processed. “Currently, there are no Southeast Asia countries that have yet to develop Oriental medical tourism products, though this method is receiving more and more attention,” My said.</p>
<p>In order to attract more foreign tourists, medical centres nationwide are in need of modern and professional facilities and equipment, along with teams of well-trained nurses and doctors. Moreover these medical centres and hospitals must also co-operate with travel agencies to create and promote more unique tourism products.</p>
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Vietnam tourism eyes North Korea opportunities

Vietnam tourism eyes North Korea opportunities
<div><span>Vietnam is expected to become a transit point for international visitors to North Korea, said Ha Van Sieu, head of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.<br /></span>
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<span>According to Sieu, the North Korean tourism agency would come to Hanoi in March to discuss tourism co-operation. They will discuss the probability to make Vietnam another transit point to North Korea besides China and this will become more feasible if Vietnam has a direct flight route to North Korea.<br />
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<p><span>A North Korean delegation will attend Vietnam International Travel Mart which will be held in Hanoi from March 27 to 30 to promote their country and tour packages.</span></p>
<p><span>Tourists can currently book tours to North Korean with Chinese companies. They can travel by car, train or fly from Beijing to Pyongyang. HCM City Department of Tourism said several local firms in HCM City had organised tours to North Korea but they also had to co-operate with Chinese companies.</span></p>
<p><span>If Vietnam becomes a transit point to North Korea then local firms and authorities can be more independent and pro-active in organisation and management. The department also said that they were ready and prepared if the number of international tourists coming to Vietnam to visit North Korea increased.</span></p>
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Saigontourist offers free tours to reporters covering Trump-Kim Summit

Saigontourist offers free tours to reporters covering Trump-Kim Summit
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<td><em><span>A Saigontourist employee introduces tours to reporters at the international media center for the Trump-Kim Summit – Photo: Courtesy of Saigontourist</span></em></td>
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<p>More than 3,000 reporters of international news outlets, such as CNN, Reuters, NHK, AFP, BBC and KBS, have come to Hanoi for the summit.</p>
<p>Particularly, there was a delegation of journalists from the White House and key news agencies from the US like CBS, ABC, NBC, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>Vo Anh Tai, deputy general director of Saigontourist Holding Company, said the company assigned Saigontourist Travel Services Company, its branches in Hanoi, the Saigon Halong Hotel, and other subsidiaries to offer tours that are designed specifically based on the needs and time of the visiting foreign reporters. The tours should bring reporters the most wonderful experiences through exploring Vietnam’s culture, landscapes, history and cuisine.</p>
<p>Saigontourist operates four tours for the reporters, including tours of Hanoi, Duong Lam Ancient Village, Halong, and Bat Trang Pottery Village. The company also gives souvenirs like Dong Ho’s <em>do</em> paper paintings, <em>non la</em> (conical hat), and <em>con roi</em> (puppet) to reporters at the summit media center.</p>
<p>Founded in 1975, Saigontourist is now the largest travel firm in Vietnam, with strong experiences in organizing and serving many large international events. The company has more than 100 subsidiaries operating in multiple sectors such as hospitality, restaurant, travel, entertainment, education and training.</p>
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