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Quang Ninh welcomes record number of visitors during Tet

Quang Ninh welcomes record number of visitors during Tet
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<div><span>People walk up the stairs to pagodas on Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA)</span></div>
<p><strong>Hanoi (VNA)</strong> – More than 1 million tourists visited the northern province of Quang Ninh between February 2 and 14, a record number of visitors during a Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).</p>
<p>Notably, about 600,000 people toured local places of worship, according to the provincial People’s Committee.</p>
<p>A sudden increase was recorded in the number of visitors to the complex of Yen Tu monuments and landscapes when it attracted about 200,000 people from February 5 to 14, up 20 percent from the same period last year. Entrance fee revenue approximated 6 billion VND (258,000 USD), up 22 percent year on year.</p>
<p>Pham Van Duoc, deputy head of the management board for the Yen Tu relic site and national forest, attributed the sharp rise to the opening of a road from the Tay Yen Tu (Western Yen Tu) spiritual-ecological tourist area in neighbouring Bac Giang province to the complex in Quang Ninh.</p>
<p>That helped encourage 30,000 visitors to Bac Giang to continue their trip in Quang Ninh, he noted.</p>
<p>Aside from many beautiful landscapes like the World Natural Heritage of Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh is also home to various spiritual tourist destinations.</p>
<p>The Yen Tu relic site features many pagodas on Yen Tu Mountain. Here, King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), the third king of the Tran dynasty, founded the Truc Lam Zen Buddhist sect.</p>
<p>The site was named a special national relic site in 2012.-VNA</p>
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Over 3 trillion VND tourism complex to be built in Thua Thien-Hue

Over 3 trillion VND tourism complex to be built in Thua Thien-Hue
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<p><strong>Thua Thien-Hue (VNA)</strong> – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is expected to house a high-end tourism complex worth over 3.06 trillion VND (131 million USD).</p>
<p>The provincial People’s Committee has issued a decision on the investment plan of the project, to be built in Vinh Hien and Loc Binh communes, Phu Loc district.</p>
<p>The project, with Van Phu Resort-Loc Binh Ltd., Co. as the main investor, is expected to be put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2023, offering services of international standards.</p>
<p>Thua Thien-Hue, which is home to many UNESCO-recognised tangible and intangible heritages as well as beautiful beaches, aims to attract about 4.7 million visitors in 2019, with 45 percent foreigners, a rise of about 7 percent year on year.</p>
<p>The province targets 4.9 trillion VND (210.7 million USD) in tourism revenue in the year, up 10 percent compared to the previous year.</p>
<p>In 2018, Thua Thien-Hue welcomed more than 4.3 million visitors, a rise of 14 percent, with the number of foreign visitors up 30 percent. Tourism revenue reached 4.47 trillion VND (192 million USD), up 27.1 percent against 2017. Notably, Thua Thien-Hue was chosen as one of the most attractive destinations of Vietnam. -VNA</p>
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Hotel de la Coupole, MGallery by Sofitel, a masterpiece of northwest Vietnamese culture

Hotel de la Coupole, MGallery by Sofitel, a masterpiece of northwest Vietnamese culture
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<p>Hidden amongst the emeraldhillsof the “cloud city”, Hotel de la Coupole, MGallery by Sofitel, the first international five-star hotel in Sapa (Lao Cai Province), looks like a palace.</p>
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<p>This French-style hotel has imprints of the traditional cultures and styles of the hill tribes inhabiting the northwest.</p>
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<p>The vibrant colors, patterns and textures of the hotel’s interiors are inspired by the hill tribes living in the mountainous areas of Sapa. There are lampshades in the shape of tribal girls’ hats while patterns on the luxurious carpets remind people of the brocade patterns on the skirts of the tribal women.</p>
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<p>Even on the edges of the mirror in the bathroom, you can see a very familiar northwestern decoration.</p>
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<p>The antique cupboard features Vietnamese pagodas and rustic pottery. Every corner of Hotel de la Coupole, MGallery by Sofitel has an enchanting mix of French haute couture and Vietnamese hilltribestyles.</p>
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<p>At Chic, a French restaurant with haute couture-inspired decoration, you will be immersed in an authentic Vietnamese experience by the bamboos from northwestern villages and brocade patterns on the high walls.</p>
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<p>Locally-produced brocade fabric has been used to decorate long benches that lean against a catwalk space. Setting northwestern culture in this very French ambience creates an esoteric attraction for Hotel de le Coupole, MGallery by Sofitel.</p>
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<p>At the bottom of the heated indoor pool spreads out a northwestern highland “carpet” woven from porcelain floor tiles in a mixture of vivid colors and calm neutral hues.</p>
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<p>Brocade patterns are also used to create beautiful and charming windows in the reception hall. The staircases in northwestern stilt houses seem to be randomly brought into the magnificent spaces of Hotel de la Coupole, MGallery by Sofitel.</p>
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<p>In every part of the hotel, you can feel a Sapa twist: it could be a frame made from small bells hanging from the ceiling…</p>
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<p>…or the conference room with bamboo style chairs, impressive brocade patterns and colors on the ceiling and carpet.</p>
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<p>With a warm interior and views of the mountains,the hotel brings home to guests the picturesque beauty of the misty town of Sa Pa.</p>
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Aviation promotes tourism growth in Central Coastal, Central Highlands regions

Aviation promotes tourism growth in Central Coastal, Central Highlands regions
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<p><a><em>>>> Central, Central Highland regions asked to fully tap tourism potential</em></a></p>
<p>The event gathered over 500 delegates from public agencies and the regions’ 19 cities and provinces, as well representatives from international organisations, businesses and foreign embassies.</p>
<p>The conference spent a lot of time to listen to the comments from multiple leading businesses who are strategic investors contributing strongly to the regional economic development, such as Laguna, Vietjet, Vietravel, Sun Group, Vina Capital and BRG.</p>
<p>Speaking at the event, PM Phuc expressed his wish to develop a tourism development cluster in the Central and Central Highlands regions to maximise the local potentials of natural resources.</p>
<p>The regions bear in the most of Vietnam’s tourism resources, with a range of cultural heritages and diverse cultural treasures, which are qualified to form cultural tourism development groups related to history, ecotourism, hills and caves. The development of tourism into clusters will lead to the growth of other related industries, including infrastructure, aviation, accommodation, banking, insurance, health care and security and safety.</p>
<p>PM Phuc also expressed his hope that local leaders would realise the proposals from experts and businesses to beautify the country’s tourism image, thus facilitating the ability to attract investment and promote the efficiency of tourism promotion on the national scale.</p>
<p>The Central and Central Highlands regions are home to a lot of tourist destinations, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign travelers, with huge potentials for tourism, especially sea and eco-tourism, thanks to multiple famous mountains, lakes and waterfalls.</p>
<p>In 2018, Vietnam welcomed over 15.5 million international tourists and served 80 million domestic holidaymakers. In particular, the regions welcomed about 56 million domestic visitors and more than 9.5 million international tourists, equivalent to about 28% of the country’s total. Their total tourism revenue was more than VND110 trillion, accounting for about 18.75% of the country’s total.</p>
<p>Aviation is considered an important driving force to promote tourism in the Central Coastal and Central Highlands regions. Don Lam, founder of Vina Capital investment fund, said that it is important to invest in airports and open the sky to develop tourism. According to Don Lam, infrastructure including airport infrastructure is the most important factor in the investment decisions of his business.</p>
<p>Nguyen Quoc Ky, General Director of Vietravel Tourism Company, shared his views with the Vina Capital’s leader, saying that the airline development can surely boost tourism growth. Ky praised the successes that Da Nang has achieved due to aviation, while proposing more open policies on aviation and visa for international tourists to create a breakthrough for the regional development.</p>
<p>CEO of Vietjet, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, delivered her speech at the conference, sharing impressive figures about the airline’s activities in the Central and Central Highlands regions. Accordingly, at 12 airports in 19 provinces and cities in the regions, including Hue, Da Nang, Cam Ranh, Dong Hoi, Phu Cat, Chu Lai, Tuy Hoa, Lien Khuong, Pleiku, Buon Ma Thuot, Vinh and Thanh Hoa, Vietjet is the pioneer in opening routes to the above local airports, contributing to boost local tourism and economic development.</p>
<p>Vietjet performs the melodies of “Hello Vietnam” song across its domestic and international flights. The airline has invested in new, modern, comfortable and safe airplanes with new services, fresh on-board dishes and friendly and careful flight crew.</p>
<p>Vietjet also pioneered in printing the Vietnam’s travel logo on its aircrafts’ hull. Vietjet aircraft puts on the national flag colours, exploiting nearly 70 international routes to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (China), the Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar.</p>
<p>The Vietjet leader said that the airline would continue to work closely with the regional provinces and cities to increase the frequency of flights, promote the open of more international flights and boost tourism promotion, especially in international markets to 12 airports in 19 provinces and cities in the regions.</p>
<p>Sovico is also willing to participate in projects calling for investment, participating in economic development and providing capital for projects, businesses and local people. The Vietjet’s CEO said that the central region is a special destination for Sovico as from Furama, she and her colleagues have returned to Vietnam to invest in the fields of tourism, hotels, real estate, finance, banking, aviation and energy, contributing to the country’s economic development.</p>
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Coffee shop villa in Da Lat attracts visitors

Coffee shop villa in Da Lat attracts visitors
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<p>The villa can be found on Tran Hung Dao road in Da Lat city. Although a fairly remote place, it has been restored to become a romantic coffee shop, named after a love story of French writer André Mauroix. The villa has wide, open spaces, both inside and outside for customers to enjoy. The ground floor also features large windows that allow natural light to enter the coffee shop. The main space used by the coffee shop was previously the living room of the villa. It evens features a fireplace. The wooden stairs leading up to the second floor. The architecture of the coffee shop has a Colombagesstyle, which is often seen in the Normandy region of northern France. The room is designed perfectly to fit a group of people.</p>
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<td><em><span>The villa has wide, open spaces, both inside and outside for customers to enjoy.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>The ground floor also features large windows that allow natural light to enter the coffee shop.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>The main space used by the coffee shop was previously the living room of the villa. It evens features a fireplace.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>The wooden stairs leading up to the second floor.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>The architecture of the coffee shop has a Colombagesstyle, which is often seen in the Normandy region of northern France.</span></em></td>
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<td><em><span>The room is designed perfectly to fit a group of people.</span></em></td>
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Coffee shop villa in Da Lat attracts visitors

Coffee shop villa in Da Lat attracts visitors The villa can be found on Tran Hung Dao road in Da Lat city. Although a fairly remote place, ...

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