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 Mekong Delta to Become a Friendly Destination
“Mekong Delta can be seen as one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Asia with beautiful natural landscapes, but it may soon lose this advantage due to rapid infrastructure development. And it take years to reinstate those precious values,” said Prof. Ernst Sagemueller, general director of the Europe-Indochina Institute for Tourism, at a recent conference entitled “Potential and Development Opportunity in Mekong Delta” in the city of Can Tho.
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Cultural Insights |
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 Buffalo bones
In parts of Ha Tay and Ha Nam provinces it is said people have been making combs from buffalo horns for centuries. Judging by their two main maxims, traditionally buffalo-horn craftsmen were pretty unforthcoming to outsiders who were curious about the craft.
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Luxury Saigon-Nha Trang Railway Route to open late August
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14 August 2008
The Saigon Railway Transport Company announced it will operate a new two-way luxury railway route from Saigon to Nha Trang starting August 22nd, 2008
The new rail service will include 14 carriages with 7 cabins in each and is designed with interior decorations at a five-star hotel standard.
Trains will depart daily from Saigon at 8.05 pm and arrive in Nha Trang at 5.12 am. From Nha Trang trains will leave at 6.10 pm and arrive in Saigon at 4.12 am.
Ticket prices will range from VND 175,000 to 315,000 depending on class.
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