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5-star hotel shaped into traditional musical instrument
Southern province to have 5-star hotel shaped into traditional Vietnamese musical instrument
An artist's impression of the 5-star hotel of Bao Toan which will cost some VND140 billion (US$6.3 million)
A Vietnamese firm has secured the green light from officials in southern Vietnam to build a five-star hotel in the shape of a musical instrument used in don ca tai tu, a form of traditional Vietnamese music recognized by UNESCO.
Construction of the Bao Toan hotel will start next month in Bac Lieu City, which is the capital of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, the cradle of don ca tai tu, according to Ngo Xuan Pha, chairman of Bao Toan Automobile JSC, the developer of the project.
Don ca tai tu is a genre of chamber music in the traditional music of southern Vietnam.
The architectural design of the 5-star hotel has been approved by the provincial Party Committee and People's Committee, Pha told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday.
Upon completion, the hotel will have 16 stories and be 50 meters in height.
According to the developer, the proposed hotel will cost some VND140 billion (US$6.3 million) and include five floors designed in the shape of a boat carrying the main part of the project that is shaped into the don kim, a two-cord musical instrument used in don ca tai tu.
The hotel will have two elevator systems designed as the two ‘strings’ of the don kim with the top end to feature an observatory and a coffee lounge.
Don ca tai tu was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in early 2014, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
The Vietnamese music genre was selected as one of the 11 new inscriptions on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, held in Azerbaijan on December 5, 2013.
Stemming from the Hue court music and folk music of the southern region, don ca tai tu has been developing since the 19th century, changing according to local taste. It thrived in the early 20th century and remains crucial to the country’s traditional culture.
The music is typically performed at festivals, death anniversary rituals, and celebrations by farmer-artists.
~News courrtesy of Tuoi Tre~
An artist's impression of the 5-star hotel of Bao Toan which will cost some VND140 billion (US$6.3 million)
A Vietnamese firm has secured the green light from officials in southern Vietnam to build a five-star hotel in the shape of a musical instrument used in don ca tai tu, a form of traditional Vietnamese music recognized by UNESCO.
Construction of the Bao Toan hotel will start next month in Bac Lieu City, which is the capital of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, the cradle of don ca tai tu, according to Ngo Xuan Pha, chairman of Bao Toan Automobile JSC, the developer of the project.
Don ca tai tu is a genre of chamber music in the traditional music of southern Vietnam.
The architectural design of the 5-star hotel has been approved by the provincial Party Committee and People's Committee, Pha told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday.
Upon completion, the hotel will have 16 stories and be 50 meters in height.
According to the developer, the proposed hotel will cost some VND140 billion (US$6.3 million) and include five floors designed in the shape of a boat carrying the main part of the project that is shaped into the don kim, a two-cord musical instrument used in don ca tai tu.
The hotel will have two elevator systems designed as the two ‘strings’ of the don kim with the top end to feature an observatory and a coffee lounge.
Don ca tai tu was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in early 2014, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
The Vietnamese music genre was selected as one of the 11 new inscriptions on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, held in Azerbaijan on December 5, 2013.
Stemming from the Hue court music and folk music of the southern region, don ca tai tu has been developing since the 19th century, changing according to local taste. It thrived in the early 20th century and remains crucial to the country’s traditional culture.
The music is typically performed at festivals, death anniversary rituals, and celebrations by farmer-artists.
~News courrtesy of Tuoi Tre~
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Monday, October 20, 2014
The delicacies of the Mekong Delta's autumnal flood
The delicacies of the Mekong Delta's autumnal flood
Fall brings the flood and an abundance of delicacies to Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Delta locals, who spend most their lives criss-crossing rivers, have grown accustomed to the annual rise of the rivers and have learned to make the best of things, by collecting an abundance of white fish and water lilies from flooded paddy fields.
A man from An Giang Province bunches water lilies for sale.
Nguyen Van Tuoi, a boy from An Giang Province, travels to neighboring Cambodia every day to pick water lilies for sale to help his parents put food on the table.
Cambodian water lilies are hauled to An Giang Province every afternoon before they are distributed across the Mekong Delta.
Ngo Thi Sam (L) and a family member empty nets full of "line," a common white fish, during the delta's flood season. The family makes VND500,000 (US$23,60) a day from their catches of the fish.
A woman runs her hands through a basket of "dien dien" (Sesbania sesban) flowers of which are fried and eaten. They are particularly abundant during the flood season. One kilogram can sell for VND25,000-30,000 ($1.18-1.41)
Thai Thi Be Sau from An Giang collects round two kilograms of "dien dien" flowers near her house every day to sell at a local wet markets.
Truong Van Phong and his wife makes VND200,000-300,000 ($9.4-14) a day catching and selling mussels.
Hundreds of fishing nets are set up in what is normally a rice paddy during the dry season.
A hearty catch.
Delta fishermen return from a day of fishing.
"Linh" fish in the hull of a rowboat
Freshwater crabs are another seasonal specialty.
At peak season, every wet market in the delta sells fresh crabs for less than $2 per kilogram
Many families also process and selling field rats, who lose their underground homes during the flood season and are easier to catch.
The season brings the best water mimosa, which is called "rau rut" in Vietnamese.
Lotuses also bloom during the flood.
Duy Phuong from Dong Thap Province cuts water hyacinth to sell for VND100,000 a day.
A vendor hawks water lilies 1.5 to 3 meters long down a rural delta road.
~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~
Fall brings the flood and an abundance of delicacies to Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Delta locals, who spend most their lives criss-crossing rivers, have grown accustomed to the annual rise of the rivers and have learned to make the best of things, by collecting an abundance of white fish and water lilies from flooded paddy fields.
A man from An Giang Province bunches water lilies for sale.
Nguyen Van Tuoi, a boy from An Giang Province, travels to neighboring Cambodia every day to pick water lilies for sale to help his parents put food on the table.
Cambodian water lilies are hauled to An Giang Province every afternoon before they are distributed across the Mekong Delta.
Ngo Thi Sam (L) and a family member empty nets full of "line," a common white fish, during the delta's flood season. The family makes VND500,000 (US$23,60) a day from their catches of the fish.
A woman runs her hands through a basket of "dien dien" (Sesbania sesban) flowers of which are fried and eaten. They are particularly abundant during the flood season. One kilogram can sell for VND25,000-30,000 ($1.18-1.41)
Thai Thi Be Sau from An Giang collects round two kilograms of "dien dien" flowers near her house every day to sell at a local wet markets.
Truong Van Phong and his wife makes VND200,000-300,000 ($9.4-14) a day catching and selling mussels.
Hundreds of fishing nets are set up in what is normally a rice paddy during the dry season.
A hearty catch.
Delta fishermen return from a day of fishing.
"Linh" fish in the hull of a rowboat
Freshwater crabs are another seasonal specialty.
At peak season, every wet market in the delta sells fresh crabs for less than $2 per kilogram
Many families also process and selling field rats, who lose their underground homes during the flood season and are easier to catch.
The season brings the best water mimosa, which is called "rau rut" in Vietnamese.
Lotuses also bloom during the flood.
Duy Phuong from Dong Thap Province cuts water hyacinth to sell for VND100,000 a day.
A vendor hawks water lilies 1.5 to 3 meters long down a rural delta road.
~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Khmer pagoda, a must-visit of Bac Lieu
Khmer pagoda, a must-visit destination of Bac Lieu
Xiem Can Pagoda from the outside.
Xiem Can Pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is a splendid architectural structure of the Khmer community and has long been a famous spiritual destination of the province.
Once visiting the pagoda, one will understand why it is listed among the biggest and most splendid Khmer pagodas in southern Vietnam.
Built in 1887, the pagoda is located on a spacious and airy campus with the gate turning to east. It has imposing architecture with Cambodia’s Angkor décor style.
The pagoda is not only a place to honor Buddha but also a center of Khmer culture and education. Before reaching the age of 18, Khmer children will be brought to the pagoda to learn about Khmer script, Buddhism and cultural characteristics of the Khmer community in three years.
During major Khmer festivals, Xiem Can pagoda is filled with locals and visitors who come to pray for luck and happiness.
~Thanh Nien News ~
Xiem Can Pagoda from the outside.
Xiem Can Pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is a splendid architectural structure of the Khmer community and has long been a famous spiritual destination of the province.
Once visiting the pagoda, one will understand why it is listed among the biggest and most splendid Khmer pagodas in southern Vietnam.
Built in 1887, the pagoda is located on a spacious and airy campus with the gate turning to east. It has imposing architecture with Cambodia’s Angkor décor style.
The pagoda is not only a place to honor Buddha but also a center of Khmer culture and education. Before reaching the age of 18, Khmer children will be brought to the pagoda to learn about Khmer script, Buddhism and cultural characteristics of the Khmer community in three years.
During major Khmer festivals, Xiem Can pagoda is filled with locals and visitors who come to pray for luck and happiness.
~Thanh Nien News ~
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Sunday, October 6, 2013
An Giang Province to close paths leading to Cam Mountain
An Giang Province to close paths leading to Cam Mountain
The People’s Committee of the southern province of An Giang has asked authorities in Tinh Bien District to prohibit vehicles from travelling to Cam Mountain as there is likelihood of landslides during the rainy season.
A big Buddha statue on Cam Mountain (Photo: SGGP)
Due to continuous heavy rainfall in recent days, paths to the peak of the mountain have become landslide prone and as many as three spots are already highly susceptible, including Do, Cuu Nan and a hill under Do.
According to the Institute of Geophysics, Cam Mountain has 220 landslide-prone sites along its 2.5 kilometer path up the mountain, and 126 big boulders have become a serious threat.
After authorities issue the ban, transport of essential items to people living on the mountaintop will take place in the early mornings and afternoons.
An Hao Commune authorities will help take children to schools.
~News courtesy of SGGP~
The People’s Committee of the southern province of An Giang has asked authorities in Tinh Bien District to prohibit vehicles from travelling to Cam Mountain as there is likelihood of landslides during the rainy season.
A big Buddha statue on Cam Mountain (Photo: SGGP)
Due to continuous heavy rainfall in recent days, paths to the peak of the mountain have become landslide prone and as many as three spots are already highly susceptible, including Do, Cuu Nan and a hill under Do.
According to the Institute of Geophysics, Cam Mountain has 220 landslide-prone sites along its 2.5 kilometer path up the mountain, and 126 big boulders have become a serious threat.
After authorities issue the ban, transport of essential items to people living on the mountaintop will take place in the early mornings and afternoons.
An Hao Commune authorities will help take children to schools.
~News courtesy of SGGP~
Sunday, September 22, 2013
A fruitful expedition
A fruitful expedition
Foreign tourists cycle along the National Road 57 in Cho Lach District, Ben Tre.
I had been to Cho Lach District a couple of times earlier, but I did not remember much apart from bad roads and weak bridges. There was nothing to write home about.
However, on a recent trip to the place with a group of friends, I saw the district in a new light.
The district is located about 144 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. When we requested the Center for Ben Tre Tourism Promotion to help us spend some time with farmers in the district, they recommended that we visit the Dai Loc eco-tourism site belonging to Nguyen Cong Thanh, better known as Tu Thanh, in Son Dinh Commune.
It was late in the evening when we arrived at Thanh’s place. Ben Tre’s reputation as “the land of coconuts” is well deserved and we were not surprised to see coconut palms with 50-70 fruits each right at the entrance.
Thanh, a middle-aged man, took us to a restaurant on the banks of the Cho Lach canal.
We started our dinner with a sweet-sour, lightly fragrant white smoothie. Called ca cao dằm đá (cocoa chipped with ice), the drink was made with cocoa flesh. Suitable for almost every kind of soil, cocoa is quite popular in Ben Tre, where, apart from its main use as raw material for chocolate, all its parts are used – the flesh is made into a fresh fruit drink or wine, seeds are powdered, and the fruit’s outer layer is used as food for cattle.
Since he received 600 cocoa saplings from the HCMC University of Agriculture and Forestry in 2001, Thanh has successfully developed eight strains of cocoa and every year he provides more than 500,000 seedlings to farms nationwide.
After the refreshing drink, we were treated to bánh xèo hến (deep-fried pancake, or sizzling cake, stuffed with mussels) cooked by Thanh’s wife.
Having had the pancake at many different places, I can confidently say it was one of the best I’ve enjoyed. The sweetness of mussels, the fattiness of coconut milk and fresh milk, the fragrance of home-grown mushrooms and mung beans, the dipping sauce - fish sauce mixed with lime, sugar and coconut juice, and fresh herbs picked from Thanh’s garden, are tastes that will linger on our tongues and in our minds for a long time.
Other dishes on the menu included freshwater apple snails that were cooked into seven different dishes, sour hot pot with swamp eels, and braised small cyprinids – fish with a toothless jaw that do not have stomachs. These dishes were accompanied with sips of cocoa wine.
The dinner ended with durians, another fruit that Thanh is famous for. Nicknamed “the durian witch,” he was the man who brought the famous Mon thong durian variety from Thailand into Vietnam during the 1990s and successfully grew it here.
I would highly recommend a boat ride with Thanh along the canal that runs through his garden. He will provide the best form of “entertainment,” introducing you to many facts about the many fruits that are grown in his four-season garden that covers more than two hectares. Guests are free to collect ripe durians that fall on the ground and eat them. Or, at the coconut area, just tell Thanh, and he will pick whichever fruit you like and you can enjoy it on the spot.
We decided to spend the night at Thanh’s place. Contrary to our initial belief that it would be a homestay experience, we ended up staying in bungalows built in the garden to serve guests. There were no mosquitoes, but the pleasant breeze was cooling and comforting.
The next morning we visited the Cho Lach Market, which can be reached either by motorboat or bicycle.
The sight of vegetables like sweet potatoes and taro, seafood like prawns, snails, and fish, as also a variety of dried foods, made me want to buy them all. In the end, however, I just bought the ingredients needed to make the tapioca noodle soup (bánh canh) with mussels and coconut milk that Thanh’s wife was going to teach us to cook.
Besides Thanh’s eco-tourism site, there are many other places to visit in Cho Lach: a sandy beach on the banks of the Co Chien River in Son Dinh Commune; the Ba Ngoi and Tam Loc fruit gardens in Vinh Binh Commune; the Nam Cong ornamental garden with nation famous plants in Vinh Thanh Commune; the Cai Mon tourism area with fruit gardens and one of the oldest churches in southern Vietnam.
On this trip, I felt Cho Lach is a good match for Thailand’s Suan Supatra Land, which is considered a paradise for fruit lovers. If local authorities could improve the infrastructure and promote its attractions, this place can be a big draw for tourists.
~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~
Foreign tourists cycle along the National Road 57 in Cho Lach District, Ben Tre.
I had been to Cho Lach District a couple of times earlier, but I did not remember much apart from bad roads and weak bridges. There was nothing to write home about.
However, on a recent trip to the place with a group of friends, I saw the district in a new light.
The district is located about 144 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. When we requested the Center for Ben Tre Tourism Promotion to help us spend some time with farmers in the district, they recommended that we visit the Dai Loc eco-tourism site belonging to Nguyen Cong Thanh, better known as Tu Thanh, in Son Dinh Commune.
It was late in the evening when we arrived at Thanh’s place. Ben Tre’s reputation as “the land of coconuts” is well deserved and we were not surprised to see coconut palms with 50-70 fruits each right at the entrance.
Thanh, a middle-aged man, took us to a restaurant on the banks of the Cho Lach canal.
We started our dinner with a sweet-sour, lightly fragrant white smoothie. Called ca cao dằm đá (cocoa chipped with ice), the drink was made with cocoa flesh. Suitable for almost every kind of soil, cocoa is quite popular in Ben Tre, where, apart from its main use as raw material for chocolate, all its parts are used – the flesh is made into a fresh fruit drink or wine, seeds are powdered, and the fruit’s outer layer is used as food for cattle.
Since he received 600 cocoa saplings from the HCMC University of Agriculture and Forestry in 2001, Thanh has successfully developed eight strains of cocoa and every year he provides more than 500,000 seedlings to farms nationwide.
After the refreshing drink, we were treated to bánh xèo hến (deep-fried pancake, or sizzling cake, stuffed with mussels) cooked by Thanh’s wife.
Having had the pancake at many different places, I can confidently say it was one of the best I’ve enjoyed. The sweetness of mussels, the fattiness of coconut milk and fresh milk, the fragrance of home-grown mushrooms and mung beans, the dipping sauce - fish sauce mixed with lime, sugar and coconut juice, and fresh herbs picked from Thanh’s garden, are tastes that will linger on our tongues and in our minds for a long time.
Other dishes on the menu included freshwater apple snails that were cooked into seven different dishes, sour hot pot with swamp eels, and braised small cyprinids – fish with a toothless jaw that do not have stomachs. These dishes were accompanied with sips of cocoa wine.
The dinner ended with durians, another fruit that Thanh is famous for. Nicknamed “the durian witch,” he was the man who brought the famous Mon thong durian variety from Thailand into Vietnam during the 1990s and successfully grew it here.
I would highly recommend a boat ride with Thanh along the canal that runs through his garden. He will provide the best form of “entertainment,” introducing you to many facts about the many fruits that are grown in his four-season garden that covers more than two hectares. Guests are free to collect ripe durians that fall on the ground and eat them. Or, at the coconut area, just tell Thanh, and he will pick whichever fruit you like and you can enjoy it on the spot.
We decided to spend the night at Thanh’s place. Contrary to our initial belief that it would be a homestay experience, we ended up staying in bungalows built in the garden to serve guests. There were no mosquitoes, but the pleasant breeze was cooling and comforting.
The next morning we visited the Cho Lach Market, which can be reached either by motorboat or bicycle.
The sight of vegetables like sweet potatoes and taro, seafood like prawns, snails, and fish, as also a variety of dried foods, made me want to buy them all. In the end, however, I just bought the ingredients needed to make the tapioca noodle soup (bánh canh) with mussels and coconut milk that Thanh’s wife was going to teach us to cook.
Besides Thanh’s eco-tourism site, there are many other places to visit in Cho Lach: a sandy beach on the banks of the Co Chien River in Son Dinh Commune; the Ba Ngoi and Tam Loc fruit gardens in Vinh Binh Commune; the Nam Cong ornamental garden with nation famous plants in Vinh Thanh Commune; the Cai Mon tourism area with fruit gardens and one of the oldest churches in southern Vietnam.
On this trip, I felt Cho Lach is a good match for Thailand’s Suan Supatra Land, which is considered a paradise for fruit lovers. If local authorities could improve the infrastructure and promote its attractions, this place can be a big draw for tourists.
~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Floating Markets in Mekong Delta
Floating Markets in Mekong Delta
In the Mekong Delta, floating markets comprise of many boats on the river from which people can purchase all kinds of commodities such as foods and other household goods.
Nga Nam floating market in Soc Trang Province
The floating markets are held all day long but the most crowded time is during the morning hours from 8 to 9am.
Visitors come to the famous floating markets of Cai Rang in Can Tho Province, Phung Hiep in Hau Giang Province or Nga Nam in Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta.
Each floating market has its own characteristics and many visitors go to the floating markets not just to buy things but also to view the daily activities of the Vietnamese people on the river.
These floating markets create interesting tours for both local and foreign tourists.
Food services display at floating market
Fresh fruit displays at floating market
Purchase activities take place at floating market
Foreign tourists visit and purchase commodities on river
Long Xuyen floating market
~News courtesy of SGGP~
In the Mekong Delta, floating markets comprise of many boats on the river from which people can purchase all kinds of commodities such as foods and other household goods.
Nga Nam floating market in Soc Trang Province
The floating markets are held all day long but the most crowded time is during the morning hours from 8 to 9am.
Visitors come to the famous floating markets of Cai Rang in Can Tho Province, Phung Hiep in Hau Giang Province or Nga Nam in Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta.
Each floating market has its own characteristics and many visitors go to the floating markets not just to buy things but also to view the daily activities of the Vietnamese people on the river.
These floating markets create interesting tours for both local and foreign tourists.
Food services display at floating market
Fresh fruit displays at floating market
Purchase activities take place at floating market
Foreign tourists visit and purchase commodities on river
Long Xuyen floating market
~News courtesy of SGGP~
Can Tho City to offer Homestay Tourism
Can Tho City to offer Homestay Tourism
My Khanh Eco-Tourism Company has plans to coordinate with households in traditional handicraft villages to offer Homestay Tourism in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Can Tho offers homestay tour to visitors to promote the city's tourism. (Photo: KK)
The company will build rooms in 20 local households to provide accommodation for tourists and offer a unique experience of daily life and hospitality in the Mekong Delta Region.
Households will earn from the profits and also be able to sell their products directly to travelers.
The new service is expected to attract international visitors, promote tourism in Can Tho and help local people economically.
~News courtesy of SGGP~
My Khanh Eco-Tourism Company has plans to coordinate with households in traditional handicraft villages to offer Homestay Tourism in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Can Tho offers homestay tour to visitors to promote the city's tourism. (Photo: KK)
The company will build rooms in 20 local households to provide accommodation for tourists and offer a unique experience of daily life and hospitality in the Mekong Delta Region.
Households will earn from the profits and also be able to sell their products directly to travelers.
The new service is expected to attract international visitors, promote tourism in Can Tho and help local people economically.
~News courtesy of SGGP~
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Add flights will increase tourism in Mekong Delta
Additional flights will increase tourism in Mekong Delta
Floating markets in Mekong delta attract foreign tourists (Photo: SGGP)
In the current context, if the government wants to boost tourism in the Mekong Delta, localities must coordinate to increase quality services and along with that more flights must be added to satisfy the increasing demand of holidaymakers.
Recently, the Mekong Delta Region has upgraded the international airport at Can Tho, Phu Quoc, and completed the CanTho Bridge, as well as tourist attractions and parks such as Ho Nam tourist area in Bac Lieu Province, Nine Dragon in Vinh Long Province and restaurants and hotels in Can Tho City. Besides this, the region is encouraging various enterprises to invest in the tourism industry.
The Mekong Delta Tourism Association has signed a cooperation agreement with Tourism Associations of Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi to organize a series of seminars to discuss ways to promote tourism in the region.
Thanks to their concerted efforts, visitors to the region have increased year-on-year.
However, due to the present economic crisis, visitors to the region in the first four months of the year touched only 2.4 million, a decrease of 5.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Benoit Perdu, director of TransMekong, said at a seminar that the government should open more flights on the Da Nang-Can Tho route as 30 percent of foreign tourists or around 200,000 people a year want to fly to that area. If more flights are added, then people will extend their stay in the Mekong Delta for longer periods and this region will then become one of the main tourist destinations of the country, he said.
In 2012, the region attracted more than 19.4 million visitors and earned revenue of upto VND4.3 trillion ($206,340,000) from tourism-related activities, an increase of 23.2 percent from the year before.
~News courtesy of SGGP~
Floating markets in Mekong delta attract foreign tourists (Photo: SGGP)
In the current context, if the government wants to boost tourism in the Mekong Delta, localities must coordinate to increase quality services and along with that more flights must be added to satisfy the increasing demand of holidaymakers.
Recently, the Mekong Delta Region has upgraded the international airport at Can Tho, Phu Quoc, and completed the CanTho Bridge, as well as tourist attractions and parks such as Ho Nam tourist area in Bac Lieu Province, Nine Dragon in Vinh Long Province and restaurants and hotels in Can Tho City. Besides this, the region is encouraging various enterprises to invest in the tourism industry.
The Mekong Delta Tourism Association has signed a cooperation agreement with Tourism Associations of Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi to organize a series of seminars to discuss ways to promote tourism in the region.
Thanks to their concerted efforts, visitors to the region have increased year-on-year.
However, due to the present economic crisis, visitors to the region in the first four months of the year touched only 2.4 million, a decrease of 5.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Benoit Perdu, director of TransMekong, said at a seminar that the government should open more flights on the Da Nang-Can Tho route as 30 percent of foreign tourists or around 200,000 people a year want to fly to that area. If more flights are added, then people will extend their stay in the Mekong Delta for longer periods and this region will then become one of the main tourist destinations of the country, he said.
In 2012, the region attracted more than 19.4 million visitors and earned revenue of upto VND4.3 trillion ($206,340,000) from tourism-related activities, an increase of 23.2 percent from the year before.
~News courtesy of SGGP~
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