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Son Doong Cave, Mount Everest – attractive destinations in the next 20 years

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Son Doong Cave, Mount Everest – attractive destinations in the next 20 years (VOV) – Vietnam’s Son Doong cave, <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UXM1">Mount Everest and Grand Canyon</a> are predicted to become the most attractive destinations for tourists in the next 20 years, according to the Huffington Post. The US online news aggregator has released a list of famous places in the world which will become “<a href="http://bit.ly/1oMetga">hotspots</a>” for visitors over the next two decades. One of the places cited is Son Doong cave – the world’s largest natural cave in Vietnam. <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UWb8"><img alt="1530644-son-dong" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="324" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1s4UWb8" width="500"/> </a> Son Doong cave is considered an interesting destination for a 7-day tour with discovery of underground rivers, caves and camping activities. Son Doong Cave, Mount Everest – attractive destinations in the next 20 years Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1s4UWb8" width="200"/> </div>

Son Doong Cave, Mount Everest – attractive destinations in the next 20 years

Son Doong Cave, Mount Everest – attractive destinations in the next 20 years (VOV) – Vietnam’s Son Doong cave, Mount Everest and Grand Canyo...

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Hoi An’s bread and soybean pudding

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hoi An’s bread and soybean pudding VietNamNet Bridge – For most people, the name Hoi An conjures images of lanterns and cao lau (<a href="http://bit.ly/1wWo7zZ">noodle</a>). Little do they know that the ancient town of Hoi An also features very delicious banh mi (<a href="http://bit.ly/1oMeroM">snadwich</a>) and tao pho (soybean pudding). <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UVDZ"><img alt="1530522-20140509110640-1" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="333" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1s4UVDZ" width="500"/> </a> Hoi An’s <a href="http://bit.ly/1oMep08">bread</a> is as small as three fingers, about 20 cm long. It is toasted before being having meat and other items added. And while crispy on the outside, it is soft on the inside. The sandwich stuffing consists of a brown and very thick tasty sauce, several slices of roast pork and lap xuong (<a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UUjh">Chinese sausage</a>), a little homemade pate, a few slices of cucumber and coriander, chilli and black pepper. A Hoi An sandwich is very cheap, only VND5,000 to VND8,000 (20 to 40 cents). <a href="http://bit.ly/1oMep0b"><img alt="1530522-20140509110803-1" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="368" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1oMep0b" width="500"/> </a> On any summer morning, strolling the streets of the ancient town, visitors can enjoy the peaceful atmosphere, free of the sounds of motorcycle engines or the bustle of markets. There is only the music emanating from radios and the occasional vendor shouting “<a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UUji">tao pho</a>” (<a href="http://bit.ly/1oMeroP">soybean pudding</a>). Hoi An’s soybean pudding, like the banh mi, is another a favorite cuisine of tourists. It is cooked with spicy ginger. Sugar is added. There are several pieces of black and white agar and ice. A small bowl of soybean pudding can help ease the heat of Hoi An at noon. <a href="http://bit.ly/1oMepgx">Only Hoi An</a> residents are allowed to sell goods in the evening. During the day, vendors come from other areas. Pha Le Hoi An’s bread and soybean pudding Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1s4UVDZ" width="200"/> </div>

Hoi An’s bread and soybean pudding

Hoi An’s bread and soybean pudding VietNamNet Bridge – For most people, the name Hoi An conjures images of lanterns and cao lau ( noodle ). ...

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Vietnamese airlines to apply special flight procedures in case of emergency

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Vietnamese airlines to apply special flight procedures in case of emergency The Hanoitimes – The Vietnamese airlines have been ordered to identify at least one reserve airport for landings, in case of bad weather. This follows a directive, No 2690/CT-CHK, signed by <a href="http://bit.ly/1oMeqRA">Dinh Viet Thang</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/Q6T83u">Deputy Head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam</a>, on July 25. The move aims to ensure the safety of flights after recent crashes of foreign airplanes that were later tied to weather issues. Thang said airlines were also asked to follow special flight procedures during storms. In case of complicated weather, including fog, airlines were required to choose a second reserve airport for landing, outside of the area affected by poor weather, he said. <a href="http://bit.ly/1oMeqRD"><img alt="1530104-3" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="230" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1oMeqRD" width="416"/> </a> Under the directive, airlines were banned from taking off and landing when weather conditions resulted in poor visibility, cloud ceilings and wind speeds that were above allowed standards. Airlines were also not allowed to make landing approaches more than twice. In case of bad weather, flight crews are to ask for advice from air-traffic controller agency to receive better assessments of weather developments before making the second landing approach. If a flight crew cannot properly evaluate weather developments, they should remain on standby mode or shift to their reserve airports, Thang said. The crews were ordered to immediately report to air-traffic controllers when their planes flew through bad weather. Then, the agency could promptly send warnings to other planes, which were headed into the same area or scheduled to fly along the same path, he added. Also, the aviation agency ordered domestic airports in <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UVnw">Cat Bi</a>, Vinh, Phu Cat, Pleiku, <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UTMj">Lien Khuong and Buon Me Thuot</a>, which were equipped with street lighting systems, to make observations of weather conditions and send a routine aviation weather report every 30 minutes. Meanwhile, international airports at <a href="http://bit.ly/1eMjOSg">Noi Bai</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/1oMeosX">Danang and Tan Son Nhat</a> were required to send <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4UTMk">Terminal Area Forecast</a> (TAF) – a concise statement of expected meteorological conditions at an airport during 24 hour periods, along with amended forecasts, as of August 1. <a href="http://bit.ly/1oVcAiX">By Tuan Minh</a> Vietnamese airlines to apply special flight procedures in case of emergency Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1oMeqRD" width="200"/> </div>

Vietnamese airlines to apply special flight procedures in case of emergency

Vietnamese airlines to apply special flight procedures in case of emergency The Hanoitimes – The Vietnamese airlines have been ordered to i...

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Female chess players to compete in World Olympiad

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div class='wp-caption aligncenter' style='width: 460px' id='attachment_1531503'><a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBl7P"><img alt="Pham Thi Thao Nguyen. - Photo sggp.org.vn" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="318" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1AzBl7P" width="450"/> </a> Pham Thi Thao Nguyen. - Photo sggp.org.vn </div> HA NOI (VNS) – Viet Nam’s female chess players will participate in the 41st World Chess Olympiad which will commence in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday. The five-member team, with coach Le Hong Duc, are among the top 20 teams at the two-week-long competition, in which 138 teams are competing. Most of the top-ranked female chess masters will reportedly participate, including reigning world champion Hou Yifan of China, six of the top 10 players and three former champions. Viet Nam’s male chess players will also compete in the Chess Olympiad, with five of the strongest contenders being in the Open category. They are seeded No 33. Russia, Ukraine and France are the top three teams. At the previous championships in Turkey two years ago, Viet Nam’s male chess players finished in seventh place, while the women failed to make it to the top 10. – VNS Female chess players to compete in World Olympiad Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1AzBl7P" width="200"/> </div>

Female chess players to compete in World Olympiad

Pham Thi Thao Nguyen. - Photo sggp.org.vn HA NOI (VNS) – Viet Nam’s female chess players will participate in the 41st World Chess Olympiad ...

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Vietnamese judokas win bronze medals in Taipei championship

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div class='wp-caption aligncenter' style='width: 210px' id='attachment_1531499'><a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TLZ2"><img alt="Van Ngoc Tu. - Photo baodongnai" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="141" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1s4TLZ2" width="200"/> </a> Van Ngoc Tu. - Photo baodongnai </div> HA NOI (VNS) – Vietnamese judo players won two bronze medals at the Asian Open Judo Championship in Chinese Taipei on Monday. Van Ngoc Tu finished third in the women’s U48-kilogram category and Nguyen Thi Quynh was placed third in the women’s U52-kilogram class. More than 200 judo players from 22 teams participated in the two-day-long judo tournament. Hosts Chinese Taipei topped the overall ranking with three gold, four silver and six bronze medals. China and Russia were place second and third, respectively. – VNS Vietnamese judokas win bronze medals in Taipei championship Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1s4TLZ2" width="200"/> </div>

Vietnamese judokas win bronze medals in Taipei championship

Van Ngoc Tu. - Photo baodongnai HA NOI (VNS) – Vietnamese judo players won two bronze medals at the Asian Open Judo Championship in Chinese...

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Venus advances, Serena set for WTA return at Stanford

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBmIG"><img alt="1531398-venus-williams" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="281" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1AzBkR6" width="500"/> </a> Seven-time <a href="http://bit.ly/1kE9XOQ">Grand Slam</a> singles champion Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the WTA Stanford hardcourt tournament Tuesday by defeating <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TKEu">Poland’s Paula Kania</a> 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams returns a shot to Paula Kania of Poland during Day 2 of the <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TLsd">Bank of the West Classic in Stanford</a>, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP) STANFORD: Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBmIJ">Venus Williams</a> advanced to the second round of the <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TLse">WTA Stanford</a> hardcourt tournament on Tuesday by defeating Poland’s Paula Kania 6-3, 6-2. Williams booked a second-round match against world number 10 <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBkRd">Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the US Open</a> tuneup event. Azarenka, the fourth seed, has a first-round bye. Williams fired seven aces in the 73-minute match. After taking a 4-0 lead with two service breaks in the second set, she fended off five break points in her last two service games, and sealed the win when her 21-year-old challenger hit a forehand into the net. “<a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TKEB">She was a fighter</a>,” Williams said. “She has a diverse game, she can come to the net, she serves pretty well. She just kept staying in there, so I was happy to win the match.” Another highly anticipated second-round match-up at the event will see world number one <a href="http://bit.ly/1mum1z9">Serena Williams</a>, a 17-time Slam champion who exited Wimbledon after struggling with a virus in a weak doubles showing with her sister, face 45th-ranked <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TLsf">Czech Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday</a> night. In another match, Serbian fifth seed <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBkRf">Ana Ivanovic</a> ousted Sabine Lisicki 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 to avenge her third-round loss to the <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TLIs">German at Wimbledon</a>. <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBmIK">While Lisicki</a> didn’t get the win, she did grab a slice of WTA history with the fastest serve ever on the women’s tennis circuit — a 131 mile per hour (211 kilometres per hour) bomb that surpassed the previous record of 129 mph (208 kilometres per hour) held by Venus Williams. Ivanovic managed to get her racquet on it, denying Lisicki an ace, although the Serbian couldn’t keep the return in court. Former world number one Ivanovic rallied from a 4-1 deficit to pull off the straight set win. “<a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TKEE">It was a really good match, even though it was both of our first matches in a while</a>,” Ivanovic said. “I got down in that first set, and she was playing really well, and serving really well too. I really tried to find my rhythm in that set, and in the second set I really started feeling her serves a little bit more. It was a really tough draw for both of us, and I’m happy I was able to win this one.” Next up for Ivanovic will be <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBmIN">Canada’s Carol Zhao</a>, who advanced when leading 6-2, 1-0 after <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TLIx">Belgian Yanina Wickmayer</a> retired. Also falling was sixth seed and defending champion <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBmIQ">Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia</a>, who lost to Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig eliminated seventh seed <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TKEH">Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain</a> 6-3, 7-5. Source AFP Venus advances, Serena set for WTA return at Stanford Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1AzBkR6" width="200"/> </div>

Venus advances, Serena set for WTA return at Stanford

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the WTA Stanford hardcourt tournament Tuesday by de...

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No fear for Nishikori against top stars

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TIwr"><img alt="1531383-japan-s-kei-nishikori" class="attachment-medium aligncenter" height="281" rel="lightbox" src="http://bit.ly/1s4TIws" width="500"/> </a> <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBeZS">Japan’s Kei Nishikori</a> has new confidence against the top stars in tennis, thanks to some success on the court and in his work with coach <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TIwt">Michael Chang</a>. File photo of Japan’s Kei Nishikori during the 2014 Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon, southwest London on 1 July 2014. (AFP/Andrew Cowie) WASHINGTON: Japan’s Kei Nishikori has new confidence against the top stars in tennis, thanks to some success on the court and in his work with coach Michael Chang. Nishikori, enjoying his best ATP season with a repeat title at Memphis and win on Barcelona clay, begins his push toward the US Open this week as the fourth seed at the <a href="http://bit.ly/1s4TIwu">Washington Open</a>. “There’s still a big difference in the top five or so. They don’t miss easy shots and don’t give you easy points to win a game,” <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBesR">Nishikori said</a> on Tuesday (July 29). “<a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBeZX">For me, I don’t feel any fear to play them any more after beating them a couple times</a>. “I have more confidence now to play the top guys.” The 24-year-old Japanese star is 2-2 against 17-time <a href="http://bit.ly/1kE9XOQ">Grand Slam</a> winner Roger Federer, including a win in this year’s Miami quarter-finals, and 1-1 against top-ranked <a href="http://bit.ly/1fw1c3w">Novak Djokovic</a>, whom he did not play in a Miami semi-final due to a left groin injury. And while Nishikori is winless in seven matches against second-ranked <a href="http://bit.ly/1jFXEmp">Rafael Nadal</a>, he pushed Nadal to three sets in the final on Madrid clay before a back injury forced him to retire. After losing to <a href="http://bit.ly/1jritvh">Milos Raonic</a> in the fourth round at Wimbledon, Nishikori has rested and put the nagging injuries of a 32-8 season behind him. “I feel very strong. <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBhok">Physically I’m OK</a>,” he said. “I had a great two weeks of training. Everything is ready for the US Open.” Nishikori, who opens his bid for a sixth ATP title Wednesday against <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBfgc">American Sam Querrey</a>, sees his game improving the longer he works with Chang. “We changed a couple of things and my tennis is improving,” Nishikori said. “My serve is getting better, more strong and more high percentage and also groundstrokes, I’m a little more aggressive than before. It’s a little of everything. I need to work on a couple more things to get better. “I’ll try to use more forehand, try to step in more, look to go to the net. We work on a lot of stuff. I’m stronger on the court.” NISHIKORI EYES BIG STEP At 11th in the world, Nishikori is down from the career-best ninth he reached in May but looking for more as the <a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBfgd">Flushing Meadows</a> fortnight approaches. “I’m happy to be in this ranking situation (but) my goal is not the top 10. Trying to go further,” he said. “<a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBhon">The US Open</a> is coming up. If I could get quarter-finals, semi-finals, that would be great.” Nishikori’s only run to the last eight in a Grand Slam event was at the 2012 <a href="http://bit.ly/1mum3Hg">Australian Open</a> quarter-finals. He was the first Japanese man in 80 years to advance so far at Melbourne before losing to Britain’s Andy Murray. “<a href="http://bit.ly/1AzBfge">I hope I can make another big step</a>,” Nishikori said. “Clay court season was a little bit of a surprise for me. Usually all the Spanish win in Barcelona and I got the title there. Last year I didn’t do well in these months so it’s a very important few months for me.” Nishikori, ousted in the US Open’s first round last year, would match his best US Open showing with a run to the last 16. Source AFP No fear for Nishikori against top stars Related image(s) <img height="200" src="http://bit.ly/1s4TIws" width="200"/> </div>

No fear for Nishikori against top stars

Japan’s Kei Nishikori has new confidence against the top stars in tennis, thanks to some success on the court and in his work with coach ...

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