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Ha Long People's Committee said they had read a complaint from Facebooker Linh Mai about poor service at OYO Hai Anh VIP Hotel. Mai said the hotel cancelled her booking without notification and there were signs that Hai Anh 10 cruise had increased prices illegally. On May 19, Mai's family booked two rooms from May 29 to 31. However, on May 29, Mai called the hotel and suddenly was told that her booking has been cancelled and no one wanted to take responsibility. On the following day, the family visited Ha Long Bay on the Hai An 10 cruise but complained that the prices were too high and the tour time had been cut short by an hour. They only had 30 minutes to visit Dau Go Cave. Vu Hong Son, vice chairman of Ha Long People's Committee, said after receiving the news, they had asked the Department of Culture and Information to work with the city police and related agency to investigate the accusations and report back by June 6. According to Son, even though Mai said they had reached an … [Read more...] about Ha Long authorities vow to punish cheating tour operators

The program is considered greetings from the municipal Party Committee, authorities and people to the 13th National Party Congress with a firm belief that HCM City will become a civilized and modern city, and deserves being named after President Ho Chi Minh. … [Read more...] about HCM City holds art program welcoming 13th National Party Congress

Kon Tum (VNA) - About 200 sets of winter clothes were presented to primary school students in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum by the Vietnam News Agency’s representative office in the Central and Central Highlands region and the Kon Tum Power Company on the morning of January 26. The students, who are from the Xe Dang ethnic minority group, are studying at the Dak Nen Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities in Dak Nen commune, Kon Plong district. The school has a total of eight campuses, the farthest of which is in Dak Puk Village, 30km away from the centre of Dak Nen. The Dak Pao campus has only five students in first grade; the smallest number of all. The handover was part of a programme to bring impoverished children in mountainous and ethnic minority areas a warmer Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Ethnic minorities in remote Dak Nen commune face many hardships, said Principal Le Tan Truong Anh. Most of the students have to walk a long distance to … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency brings warmer Tet to poor ethnic children in Kon Tum

Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich: The 11th Whole-Military Party Congress was a success as Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong concluded, “The military’s Party organization has carefully prepared for the organization of the 11th Whole-Military Party Congress in line with the Party’s principles. The 11th Whole-Military Party Congress has become an exemplar for other Party organizations to follow, and it will convey a positive spirit across the Party. During the congress, delegates actively gave opinions and ideas to draft documents and elected excellent candidates to attend the 13th National Party Congress for the 2021-26 term.” … [Read more...] about The image of Uncle Ho’s Soldier shining in peacetime

In the first ten months of 2020, Japan imported 11,030 tonnes of sweet potatoes worth USD13.86m, a decrease of 6% and 15.2% respectively compared to the same period in 2019. The average import prices for potatoes in Japan was USD1,257 a tonne, a 9.7% decrease According to the International Trade Centre, the demand for sweet potatoes in Japan is still very high. China is the biggest seller to Japan with 5,300 tonnes of sweet potatoes in the first ten months of 2020, an increase of 11.9% on last year and accounted for 48.4% of Japan's total imported potato values. Vietnam is in second place with 3,500 tonnes of sweet potatoes, a decrease of 19.4% compared to the same period last year. Indonesia is in third place with 2,260 tonnes, a decrease of 16.5% on last year. However, Vietnam's sweet potatoes are at highest prices of USD2,047 a tonne while sweet potatoes from Indonesia and China were sold at USD1,461 and USD650 a tonne. Sweet potatoes are one of the main crops in Binh Tan … [Read more...] about Vietnam boost sweet potato exports