Multiple traffic accidents have taken place nationwide during the first four days of the Tet holidays, according to Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee. The committee said that 155 traffic accidents played out, 121 people died and 120 were injured from February 14 to 17, compounding the carnage on the road. There were 54 accidents, leading to 34 fatalities and 36 injuries in such crashes only in one day, from 7:00 am on the first day (February 16) to the same time on the second day (February 17) of the Lunar New Year festival, the committee added. The number of road accidents increased rapidly and continuously for three days of the celebration, from February 15 to 17. The chief causes of the events, the majority of which occurred in countryside areas, include drunken driving, exceeding speed limits, failure to don helmets, and lenience from police. One serious accident, in Dong Nai Province on the afternoon of February 16, involved 31-year-old Tran Viet Ngoc Thien, whose bus collided with a motorcycle moving in the opposition direction. The latter transport means, badly damaged, was ridden by two locals, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang, 21, who died while being sent to the hospital, and Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet, 52, who passed at the scene. In another incident, a man named Nguyen Tu Tan, 23, in Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau, carrying 22-year-old Nguyen Tu Phong, crashed into another motorcycle driven by Lam Van Tay, 20, and 16-year-old Danh Thi Thu Giang, in Kien Giang… [Read full story]
The Lam Dong provincial People’s Committee reported that there were more than 185,000 arrivals in a week from February 2-7 with the number of foreign visitors rising 15 percent to 10,000 from a year earlier. From January 31 to February 7, Quang Ninh province welcomed more than 280,000 visitors, including 55,000 foreigners, up 3 percent against last year’s figure. In January alone, the province welcomed more than 270,000 visitors including over 167,000 foreigners. Total turnover from tourism services reached more than VND260 billion, up 20 percent compared to the same month of last year. Meanwhile, the Management Board of the…... [read more]
The number of Korean tourists to Vietnam has increased considerably over the past 10 years, from 53,000 in 2000 to 5 million in 2010, up 230 percent, according to Hoang Thi Diep, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). She told a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City that the Republic of Korea is now Vietnam’s second largest market for its tourism industry and the country is improving the quality of tourist services. Cho Young Jai, General Secretary of the ASEAN-Korean Centre, said the centre plans to develop Korean-language networking for four countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia,…... [read more]
According to a survey conducted by the Czech Statistical Office (CSO) in 2011, foreigners accounted for 4 percent of the Czech population. With 60,000 Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic, Vietnam is placed third only after Ukraine and Slovakia in terms of overseas residents. But the number of Vietnamese residents in the EU is the largest. Most of them have stayed in the country for about 8 years on average, said sociologist Yana Leontiyeva from the CSO. They regularly send 15 percent of their incomes to their relatives in the homeland. With an average salary of 19,070 korun per month,…... [read more]
NDO –Cities and provinces across Vietnam welcomed a large number of domestic and foreign visitors during the New Year holiday 2018.According to the Hanoi Tourism Department, approximately 228,900 tourists visited Hanoi between December 30, 2017 and January 1, 2018, up 11% over the same period last year.Of them, 68,900 were foreigners, marking an annual increase of 29%. The total revenue earned from tourism rose by 17% to VND 755 billion (US$33.5 million).The most visited tourist attractions in Hanoi during the period included the Temple of Literature, which greeted 12,700 visitors, and Thang Long Royal Citadel, which was visited by nearly…... [read more]
NDO – Vietnam claimed four gold, seven silver and two bronze medals at the second Asian Cadet Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7 after two days of competition. Le Ngoc Han, Nguyen Kim Phuong and Nguyen Thi Minh An brought home the first gold for Vietnam, finishing first in the women’s team standard poomsae event with 7.865 points.
In the mixed doubles standard poomsae category, Nguyen Quang Tri and Nguyen Kim Phuong overcame two Thai opponents to top the podium with 7.97 points.
Vietnam’s third gold medal went to Nguyen Thi Minh Anh…... [read more]
