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Viewers can read about educational, community-responsible and environmentally-friendly tours. They can find sustainable accommodation such as stilt houses, indigenous people's homestays and hotels, and learn more about handmade souvenirs, fabrics, and stationery brands that contain different features of Vietnamese culture. … [Read more...] about Web page launched for green travel in Vietnam

The new ‘Green Travel’ section on the national tourism website vietnam.travel/sustainability set up by the VNAT in collaboration with the Việt Nam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) and the Sustainable Tourism Programme of Switzerland (SSTP) aims to boost tourism activities among foreign expats in Việt Nam. … [Read more...] about Web page launched for green travel in Việt Nam

Also at the meeting, Vietnam suggested hastening the ratification of trade agreements within the region, including completing negotiations and signings of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) within 2020. Increasing the capacity and participation of parliamentary oversight regarding the implementation of trade and investment commitments within the regional and international framework was also tabled. … [Read more...] about Vietnam proposes tourism travel bubbles within ASEAN

Boarding passes in hand, some "passengers" even opt for a tour of the cockpit. "With this cafe I can sit in first class and also mess around in the cockpit pretending to be the captain of the plane," 26-year-old Thipsuda Faksaithong told AFP. "It's a lot of fun." Chalisa Chuensranoi, 25, said her visit was as good as any trip she had taken before the pandemic, which shuttered Thailand's borders in March. "Sitting right here in the first-class section... really gives me the feeling of actually being on a plane, cruising through the air," she said. In another cafe at the headquarters of national carrier Thai Airways in Bangkok, hungry diners appear even to have missed plane food as they gobble up spaghetti carbonara and Thai-style beef served on plastic trays by cabin crew. But for Intrawut Simapichet, 38, who came to the cafe with his wife and baby, the experience is about more than a meal. "Normally I'm a person who travels very often, and when we are forced to stay at home... … [Read more...] about With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand

Quang Ninh has proactively invested in infrastructure development, particularly in transport, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Ky. Total investment under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in transport over the last five years stands at nearly 50 trillion VND, Ky said, with only about 9 percent sourced from the State. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 8