Can Tho-Taiwan direct flights to be launched in January
The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will operate 11 direct flights from Can Tho to Taiwan (China) and vice versa during the 2012 lunar New Year.
The information was announced by the Director of the Vietnam Airlines Office in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 15.
13 Days - Vietnam & Cambodia Highlight
Highlights: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Danang – Hoian – Hue – Saigon – Cuchi – Mytho – Siem Reap
Duration: 13 days/ 12 nights
Trip star: Hanoi
Trip end: Siem Reap
Tour type: Historical & Cultural Tours
Paintball soldiers of fortune in Madagui resort
Originating in New Hampshire in the U.S. in 1981, paintball requires discipline, team spirit and the skills of a modern warrior. Players need to practice at using the terrain, signals and a compass.
The game has come to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Madagui Tourist Area in the central highland province of Lam Dong.
Mekong Delta to become global economic zone
The Mekong Delta is expected to become a major agricultural production region in the global network, a dynamic and sustainable economic zone, and a great centre for culture, history and tourism by 2050.
The Ministry of Construction and the Can Tho People’s Committee have made public the Prime Minister’s decision on the Zoning Plan for Development of the Mekong Delta until 2020 with a vision for 2050.
Danang to find its place in the sun
Danang City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism deputy director Huynh Minh Nhon told VIR the city would make tourism a front-line economic sector and concentrate diverse resources into it.
What fields are classified as investment priorities by the city’s tourism sector?
Northerners rush south to avoid the cold
The bone chilling, severe cold in the north has prompted people to go to the south where they can enjoy the warm sunshine.
A lot of people say they are planning to go to the south to enjoy Tet holiday there because they need to avoid the prolonged cold weather in the north. Having realized the demand, a travel firm is rushing to design and sell tours to the south.
Can Tho gardener with golden thumb
Farmer Tran Thanh Liem in Binh Thuy District in Can Tho City has a special talent growing gold in his garden. Liem has used his gardener’s green thumb to grow 100 pairs of yellow watermelons in the shape of gold ingots.
A pair of watermelons which weigh 2 to 2.5 kg each is priced from VND5 million to VND5.5 million. This is a new product for ancestral altar worshipping during Tet.
Can Tho’s craftsmen busy for Tet
Craftsmen in Can Tho had been busy making their meticulous handcrafts at a fair to welcome the Tet festival.
The “Orchard Colours” trade fair took place in the Mekong Delta from January 22-26. It was a chance to see with thatched houses and all the normal daily activities of life there.
Tea and Coffee Culture Week takes place in Can Tho
The Tea and Coffee Culture Week has been held in the southern province of Can Tho with the participation of 151 businesses from Ho Chi Minh City and Southeast provinces and cities in the Mekong River Delta Region.
Various tea and coffee products are being showcased at nearly 200 stalls at the Can Tho International Exhibition Centre. The event will last until January 20th.
Tea-coffee cultural week opens in Can Tho city
A tea and coffee cultural week opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on Jan. 14.
The event, jointly held by the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association and the Vietnam Tea Association, drew the participation of 151 enterprises with nearly 200 pavilions from Ho Chi Minh City and Southeastern and Mekong Delta provinces.
