The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Vietnam’s Kien Giang biosphere reserve to its global list of biospheres
Black-faced spoonbill in Vietnam (Photo: Fang Woei-horng)
As a Hanoi Bird Club member one not only gets the opportunity of watching uncommon, precious birds in the wild but also to play a role in environmental conservation.
The Boston Omni Parker Hotel distributes to their guests a brochure commemorating the famous people who had either stayed or worked at the hotel. Among the notable people of the 20th Century who had passed through its door was a young Vietnamese whose later life would not only shape the destiny of his homeland but also significantly impact the history of the United States. His name was Nguyen Tat Thanh, better known as Ho Chi Minh. The young Thanh worked as a pastry assistant at this hotel, in the early 1910's.
Quy Nhon’s Life Resort was recently selected as Vietnam’s Best for Wellness by readers of the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times), a local newspaper reported Thursday.
Readers of the Travel and Leisure magazine of the United States have voted Hanoi as the sixth city among the 10 most attractive cities in Asia. Last year, Hanoi ranked fifth in the list.
Saigon Railway Transport Corporation will have two more train services for the Saigon – Phan Thiet route to meet the rising demands of tourists and residents, said a company’s official.
