Vietnam, Mexico boost cultural, sports, tourism cooperation

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), Hoang Tuan Anh, visited Mexico from May 23-28 to strengthen bilateral ties in fields under his charge. During the visit, Minister Anh attended the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Week in Mexico City and met with leaders of Mexico’s National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULA), National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE).

During the meetings, the two sides agreed to exchange delegations and documents, hold joint exhibitions and culture weeks, negotiate and sign a three-year cooperation agreement in the field of sports and work together to seek effective measures to implement signed cultural and tourism agreements.

They vowed to assist each other in organising cultural events and major festivals in each country, including the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, the 120 th birthday of late President Ho Chi Minh, the 200 th anniversary of Mexico ’s Independence Day and 100 years of its Revolution.

Minister Anh thanked the Mexican Government and people for their sincere sentiments towards President Ho Chi Minh, noting that Mexico is the first country to build Uncle Ho statues, which are in Mexico City and the coastal city of Acapunco.

In the field of sports, Minister Anh suggested Vietnam sending over coaches in wushu, taekwondo and shooting while Mexico will offer back help in springboard and football.

On the occasion, the CONADE leaders handed over to Vietnam a draft bilateral cooperation agreement on sports and pledged to visit Hanoi in August.

The Vietnamese side proposed that Mexico vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven new natural wonders of the world. Vietnam promised to join the American International Tourism Fair to be held in Mexico in September while the Mexican side agreed to send a delegation to participate in the regular international tourism fair in Ho Chi Minh City as from this year.

Source: http://www.vietnamtourism.gov.vn

Mekong Delta nations meet to discuss tourism

A seminar was held in Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang on May 28 to discuss how to develop tourism in the Mekong Delta region. Representatives from several Vietnamese State agencies and tourist agencies from the Mekong sub-region countries attended the seminar.

The participants agreed that countries in the region offer great potential for developing tourism.

In addition, the countries involved have a diverse range of natural resources, with numerous biosphere reserves and eco-tourism parks, as well as many places of historical interest and a thriving arts scene.

In Vietnam’s part of the Mekong Delta region, there are over 120 cultural and historical sites and several biosphere reserves which have been recognised by UNESCO. These areas alone attract 6.5 percent of the country’s foreign visitors to Vietnam annually.

Management agencies, scientists and businesspeople at the seminar also discussed putting together a long term plan to ensure the sustainable development of the tourism industry in the Mekong Delta region.

Vietnam welcomes more foreign tourists by sea

Saigontourist welcomed 2,100 tourists aboard the Costa Romantica cruise liner which anchored at the Navi Oil port, Ho Chi Minh City, on June 1. The visitors, who are Italian, Spanish, British and German, will make a tour of Ho Chi Minh City and the central region, with main destinations being Da Nang, Hoi An, My Son and Hue, within three days.

In the first half of the year, Saigontourist received 37,000 sea visitors, mostly from the European countries.

Vietnam Airlines operates 430 more domestic flights

Flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate at least 430 more flights to tourist destinations across the country as part of its plan to add an extra 826 domestic flights from June 1 to August 31 this year.

Vietnam Airlines said it will conduct the most flights (an additional 114) on the route between HCMC and Phu Quoc, a resort island off Kien Giang in the Mekong Delta region.

The carrier will service 88 more flights between Hanoi and the former imperial city Hue, which is a UNESCO-listed heritage site that often attracts many domestic and international vacationers in summer. Meanwhile, it will add 28 more flights between HCMC-Hue.

The airline plans to operate 48 more flights on the Hanoi-Dong Hoi and HCMC-Dong Hoi routes, 34 more flights between HCMC-Buon Ma Thuot and HCMC-Nha Trang, and an additional 18 flights from Hanoi-Nha Trang and Hanoi-Dien Bien.

Frequency between Hanoi-HCMC will increase considerably by up to 204 flights, representing a 10% rise compared to the airline’s normal schedule and 28% on the same period last year.

Vietnam Airlines will operate 132 extra flights on the Hanoi-Danang route, and 60 flights between HCMC and the central coastal city, up 14% and 10% respectively compared to the same period last year.

Vietnam Airlines will use large aircraft including Airbus A320s and A321s, A330-200s and Boeing 777s for the flights between HCMC and Hanoi, and between these cities and Danang.

The carrier will use ATR 72 and Fokker 70 aircraft for short-haul destinations.

Source: VietNamNet/SGT (viet nam tour)

A traditional ballad singer in Japan

His name is a rat senior. The pronunciation is “nezumi senpai”. He is a traditional ballad singer in Japan that debuted majors recently. He is very popular before it debuts, and everyone knows him in Roppongi in Tokyo.

I love IKEA in PortIsland

It was built in Kobe Port Island long-awaited IKEA. It was big crowds of people on that day of opening a store. I went the next day. It is at 8:00AM to arrive two hours that open a store ago. Four cars were queuing up. I thought it was unexpectedly few.



It entered and I was surprised at the size and cheapness in the shop. The restaurant was crowded and the entrance limitation was done. The taste was thin though roast beef was soft. Japanese food is still more delicious.



It waited for about ten minutes though the congestion of the cash register was expected. the design is good and cheap. It is a great shop.

Japanese dragon in the game center

This is a Japanese dragon. I found it in the game center. It is a poster of the mah-jong game. Because it was a very beautiful dragon, photographed it.

http://www.konami.jp/mfc/index.html