Tourism Removing “cheap tour” bottlenecks By Nhan Tam Friday, Dec 13, 2019,19:16 (GMT+7) Removing “cheap tour” bottlenecksBy Nhan Tam Truong Thi Hong Hanh, director of the Danang Tourism Department - PHOTO: NHAN TAM DANANG - At the ongoing 12th session of the Danang City People's Council, Truong Thi Hong Hanh, director of the Danang Tourism Department, talked about how a budget or zero-dong tour is designed in the central coastal city and reports her solutions. The Saigon Times: How is a low-cost tour designed? - Truong Thi Hong Hanh: A cheap or zero-dong tour is a competitive pricing tactic used by tour operators to attract more clients. Tourists can buy the tour at no charge, or it may only include a return air ticket. These tours often include shopping excursions, low-cost meals and sightseeing that is free of charge or low-priced. Travel companies can find many ways to offset their losses … [Read more...] about Removing “cheap tour” bottlenecks
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VinAI Announces Scientific Research at the World’s No.1 Conference on Artificial Intelligence – NeurIPS 2019
HANOI, VIETNAM - Media OutReach - 13 December 2019 - VinAI Research (directly under Vingroup) has just announced the first two scientific research results at NeurIPS - the world's No. 1 conference on artificial intelligence in Canada. The event not only marks VinAI in the world technology community, but also shows the transformation of Vingroupinto a leading technology corporation, gradually integrating with the global technology peak.Dr Bui Hai Hung,Director of VinAI Research, makes a speech at NeuIPS 2019 NeurIPS 2019 (Neural Information Processing Systems - The annual international conference on artificial neural network information processing systems) will take place on December 8-14, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. This is the largest AI summit in the year. This year's conference has a total of more than 1,400 articles accepted, out of a total of more than 6,700 articles submitted. Google, Google Brain and Google Deepmind have the highest number of articles accepted. MIT University has … [Read more...] about VinAI Announces Scientific Research at the World’s No.1 Conference on Artificial Intelligence – NeurIPS 2019
Shopee sells 80 million items during 12.12 sale
Shopee claims to have had record 12.12 sales. Photo Courtesy Shopee Vietnam HCM CITY – E-commerce platform Shopee on Friday said it had achieved another record-breaking 12.12 Birthday Sale performance with 80 million items sold. It got 80 million visits in 24 hours as users from across the region shopped from millions of deals on December 12. The company did not reveal market-wise figures. Pine Kyaw, managing director of Shopee Vietnam, said: “Year after year we continue to see more users from both big and small cities buying and selling a wide variety of items. Shopee has become the go-to, everyday shopping app for everyone in the region, and we are committed to making e-commerce simple and accessible for all.” According to iPrice’s Q3 2019 e-commerce report, Shopee is the most visited e-commerce website on desktop and mobile web across the region. It is also the top-ranking app in the shopping category by average monthly active … [Read more...] about Shopee sells 80 million items during 12.12 sale
Vinh Phuc invests 8.2 million USD in upgrading bridges
Illustrative image (Source: http://baoxaydung.com.vn/) Vinh Phuc (VNA) – The northern province of Vinh Phuc plans to invest 190 billion VND (8.2 million USD) in upgrading old bridges and building new ones crossing 34 canals. The project is aimed at gradually completing the provincial transport system, contributing to ensuring safety for people and vehicles, according to local authorities. It is also expected to help contribute to the province’s agricultural and rural mechanisation efforts, creating better conditions for farmers to transport equipment and machinery for agricultural production. The bridges cross canals in Lap Thach, Tam Duong, Vinh Tuong and Binh Xuyen districts. Around 22 bridges which are narrow and deteriorated will be upgraded. The investment capital will be earmarked from the provincial budget. The project is expected to be completed in 2023. The province has also replaced old downgraded buses with new ones in an attempt to … [Read more...] about Vinh Phuc invests 8.2 million USD in upgrading bridges
Malaysia’s palm oil prices unlikely to drop next year
Workers stand near palm oil fruits inside a palm oil factory in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur. (File photo: Reuters) Hanoi (VNA) - Analysts remain upbeat on palm oil prices next year after Malaysia's palm oil inventory fell to a three-month low in November and exports to China remained steady. MIDF Research said in a report that tight supply and expected strong demand from palm oil importing countries such as China would keep crude palm oil (CPO) prices to improve next year. It anticipated CPO prices to trend higher at 2,450 and 2,600 ringgit per tonne in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The year-to-date average CPO price stayed at about 2,070 ringgit per tonne, which was within its target CPO price of 2,090 ringgit per tonne this year. Malaysia's official data released on December 10 showed that the world second largest palm oil producer stocks dropped 4.1 percent to a three months low of 2.3 million tonnes in November from its previous month, as weak output outweighed lower exports. … [Read more...] about Malaysia’s palm oil prices unlikely to drop next year
