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With an overall score of 96.21 out of 100, Six Senses Con Dao topped the list in the magazine’s World's Best Awards this year. "At this all-villa resort on a little-visited Vietnamese island, that mission involves supporting sea-turtle conservation—an activity in which guests can participate in its perfectly parabolic, shallow, white-sand bay," Travel + Leisure said. Six Senses Con Dao on Dat Doc Beach is the only five-star beach resort in the Con Dao archipelago off Vietnam's southern coast. Located inside Con Dao National Park, it has 50 beach villas, built mainly with natural materials and each with a private swimming pool. The Four Seasons The Nam Hai Hotel & Resort near Ha My beach in the central town of Hoi An ranked sixth with an overall score of 93.78. Four Seasons The Nam Hai in Hoi An. Photo courtesy of Four Seasons The Nam Hai The complex of 100 villas has a combination of traditional and modern architecture. This year's World's Best Awards …

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Foreign hotel brands continue expansion in anticipation of Southeast Asia's post-pademic rebound. Photo: The Standard, Hua Hin Club Med, the French hotel group, is preparing for a strong travel rebound in the Asia-Pacific. In particular, Club Med is searching for prospects in Southeast Asia, notably in Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Jean-Charles Fortoul, CEO APAC Resorts of Club Med said, “We have identified Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia as markets that are well-positioned to leverage the rebound and we are on the lookout for investors and partners to tap into the potential of these destinations.” Meanwhile, The Standard is expanding into key markets in Southeast Asia with the announcement of The Standard, Hua Hin, which is set for December 2021. After that, The Standard will open its highly anticipated Asia flagship, The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon in 2022. The US hotel brand is expected to take the lead in tourism recovery as well as explore key hospitality markets in …

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Popular magazine Travel & Leisure of the US has named Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam among the top 15 best cities throughout Asia,  with Hoi An being ranked in a higher position than the city island state of Singapore. Hoi An ancient street. This comes after the magazine announced The World's Best Awards 2021, with voting running from January 11 to May 10, amid destinations around the world lifting COVID-19 restrictions. According to the votes Hoi An earned 85.98 points out of 100 to finish higher than Singapore with 86.93 points and Mumbai on 86.61 points. Last year saw the ancient city claim the top position with a score of 90.52, with this being mainly attributed to its eclectic architecture, energetic nightlife, flowing canals, culture, heritage, and delicious local food. Hoi An is a renowned Vietnamese travel destination, with the ancient city being named as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. This year saw Udaipur of …

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By the time he turned 27, Phan Thanh Quoc had visited 30 countries and 150 cities. And now he is working to earn enough money to take a trip around the world after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. The beauty of Cao Bang Quoc, 29, was visiting Trung Khanh, Cao Bang province when he met a reporter from VietnamNet. At first, Quoc was going to be there for one month, but because of Covid-19, he decided not to return to HCM City but stay to learn more about the life and culture of Trung Khanh’s people, and wait for the rice ripening season. “I live in a homestay run by a local family. I am now a member of their family, not a traveler. I cook with them and do fieldwork,” Quoc told the reporter. The young man who has a passion for travel visited 50 cities and provinces in Vietnam when he was a university student. By the time he was 27 years old, he had been to 30 countries and territories. He stopped traveling abroad in early 2020 when Covid-19 broke out. Instead, he has spent …

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The 2021 KOHLER Bold Design Awards Asia Pacific has opened for submissions from now until December 15. — Photo courtesy of the organiser Kohler Asia Pacific Kitchen & Bath has announced the 2021 KOHLER Bold Design Awards, an international design contest for professionals in the hospitality, residential and commercial property industries. This is the fourth time it is held in Southeast Asia and the first as a regional competition, and is open to Viet Nam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Mongolia. The awards are open to retail and project architects, designers, property developers, and hotel operators who have made innovative changes to designs in the Asia Pacific. Entries can be sent to the awards website (kbda-ap.com) from now until December 15. The nominees will be announced on January 15 next year. A jury of renowned international architects and designers will announce the winners at a ceremony in February 2022. This year …

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Both Vietnamese and foreign photographers aged 18 and above are eligible to take part in the competition, according to the national park’s management board that organize the contest. Entries must be high-resolution photos depicting natural landscapes, forests, caves, native flora and fauna species and people’s daily life taken by professional cameras or smartphones inside the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. They must have not been awarded in any other competitions locally or internationally. They must be submitted to the contest’s official website https://anh.phongnhakebang.vn or via the email [email protected] before November 15. Winners will be announced in November. Located in the central province of Quang Binh, Phong Nha - Ke Bang is frequently referred to as the "Kingdom of Caves" for the magnificent specimens it hosts. The 900 sq.km national park, which UNESCO labeled as a global heritage site in 2003, is home to over 300 caves and grottoes that date back 400 …

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In response to the World Tourism Day 2021, Vietnam has set up step-by-step plan to welcome international visitors again. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced World Tourism Day 2021 on September 27 as a day to “focus on tourism for inclusive growth”. This is an opportunity for all nations, including Vietnam, to look beyond tourism statistics and acknowledge that, behind every number, there is a person. The Bat Xat terraced rice fields, Sapa Town, Lao Cai Province. Photo: James Huynh On this occasion, the UNWTO reaffirmed a commitment to build a more prosperous and peaceful world through tourism. "As tourism grows, the benefits that come will be felt at every level of our broad and diverse sector, from the biggest airline to the smallest family," it said. “It is a pledge that is both timely and necessary in the pandemic because it has led to the pause in international travel, making a clear relevance of tourism to our …

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Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia 's Phnom Penh capital has become the city having the highest ratio of COVID1-19 vaccination in Southeast Asia, enabling the Ministry of Tourism and relevant agencies to design a plan to reopen the country’s borders for fully vaccinated international tourists. The Khmer Times has quoted an announcement by the Ministry of Tourism as saying that fully vaccinated international tourists with proof of their inoculations could be allowed to enter Cambodia in early November 2021. Cambodia is also considering lessening or the full removal of the 14-day quarantine policy for fully vaccinated tourists, barring certification showing a negative COVID test 72-hours before travel and another negative COVID-19 test upon arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport, it said. The country is currently the second most vaccinated country in Southeast Asia after Singapore as it has already inoculated over 70 percent of its 16.5 million people, while residents in …

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4,000MW of mainly onshore wind projects in Vietnam are now at risk of missing the November deadline for the wind FiT. Photo: GIZ Vietnam Due to pandemic-related obstacles and delays, most onshore wind projects currently in the pipeline will not complete construction in time to meet the November 1, 2021 deadline for tariff access. Without a deadline postponement, these projects will be unable to progress, adversely impacting local economic growth and the wider renewable energy investment environment in Vietnam. Over the last few years, Vietnam has emerged as a top market for wind and renewable energy investment in Asia, and particularly Southeast Asia. The ambitious targets proposed in the draft Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8) master energy plan have reflected the government’s commitment to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system and strengthening Vietnam’s regional competitiveness. It is vital that policymakers act to prevent pandemic-related difficulties from …

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HCMC’s government agencies create work plan for new normal state The head offices of the People’s Committees of wards in Go Vap and District 8 that were requisitioned as gathering places of food and essential goods for social welfare activities have been cleaned and disinfected to give back the premises to the local administrative agencies before September 15. Residents who come to the People’s Committees of wards for notarization services are required to provide medical declaration, wear mask, measure body temperature while local state officials will wear personal protective equipment to protect against the virus and comply with the health ministry's 5K message, including facemask, disinfection, social distancing, no gathering and health declaration. Digital transformation of public administration has created favorable condition for State cadres to work and solve all documents submitted by residents online during the social distancing measures. This process of using digital …

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