Attracting chinese tourists

Vũ Văn Viện, director of Hanoi’s Department of Transport, told online newspaper vietnamplus.vn that “the city tour was aimed at tourists, especially foreign guests”. “The bus company should develop programmes and work with travel companies to expand the service,” said Viện This would take from six months to one year, he added. Last year, the city received 23.83 million visitors, of which international tourists were estimated at 4.95 million. However, the long intervals between tours was an another reason that passengers were not getting on board, he said. At present, there are three double-deckers buses running every 30 minutes. Despite being a key unit in charge of the city’s public transport, Transerco had no experience in tourism so it had co-operated with Ảnh Việt Travel Company to promote and advertise the service, leading to high fees. Although the existing buses had failed to attract passengers, Hanoi … [Read more...] about Open-top buses fail to attract tourists

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On behalf of the Political Bureau, Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat read the Political Bureau’s acquirement and explanation report on ideas discussed by the Party Central Committee on the 12th Party Central Committee’s draft Political Report and the draft report on the 10-year implementation of the Platform on national construction during the transitional period to socialism (revised and supplemented in 2011). … [Read more...] about VIETNAM POLITICAL NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

Vice Minister Bui The Duy from the Ministry of Science and Technology commented: ‘The innovation partnership between Australia and Vietnam has proven to be an effective mechanism for the two countries to share best practice and models to enhance the innovation systems in both countries. We hope grants provided under the Aus4Innovation program will set examples of how innovation – particularly when it can jointly developed and implemented – can transform our society and deliver economic, social and environmental sustainability.’ … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13