Viet Nam’s first wildlife park launched in Phu Quoc

Source: Vietnamnet.vn

The event is part of activities to celebrate the National Tourism Year 2016 – Phu Quoc-Mekong Delta hosted by Kien Giang.

Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc, the first-ever safari park in Vietnam, covers nearly 500 hectares of land in the Ganh Dau District.

The first phase of the park spans 380 hectares, consisting of two main parts: an Open Zoo and a Safari Park.

It is currently accommodating more than 3,000 domestic and foreign animals of 150 species, including African zebras, camels, antelopes, Bengali tigers, African lions, and black-and-white ruffed lemurs.

More rare animals will be added to the zoo in the near future, including flamingos, rhinos, and giraffes.

Aside from the two main parts, the Vinpearl Safari also includes the largest veterinary hospital in the Southeast Asian region.

Vingroup aims to turn the park into the second largest zoo park in the world, creating the best spaces for wildlife animals as well as enhancing public awareness in wildlife conservation and helping develop nature tourism in the locality.

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Ambassadors to Viet Nam invited to visit largest cave in Quang Binh

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The tour is a cultural diplomatic activity co-held by the Foreign Ministry, the Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO and the provincial authorities.

Son Doong cave, hidden in the UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, is more than 200m wide, 150m high, and approximately 9km long.

Within its caverns lie a jungle and a river, and the cave is large enough to fit a 40-storey skyscraper inside. The cave was classified as the largest cave in the world by the British Cave Research Association.

The American news website Huffingtonpost.com declared the cave as an absolute must-see. Son Doong cave was also listed among the "52 Places to Go in 2014" by The New York Times Travel.

The usual tour, operated by Oxalis Adventure Tours since early August, offers five-day and four-night service at the cost of 66 million VND (roughly 3,000 USD) per person during the January–August period.

Each tour requires a team of more than 25 porters and cooks, a tour guide, two cave experts and two park rangers.

This year, Son Doong welcomed over 500 visitors.

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National Tourism Year creates new image for Thanh Hoa

The province was selected to host the national event, which is expected to help it welcome 5.5 million domestic and foreign travellers this year.

Over the past five years, the locality has been making great efforts to improve its infrastructure and accommodation services with the aim of contributing to a successful National Tourism Year.

The province has focused on developing local accommodation with 672 facilities offering over 20,000 rooms, including 121 hotels. The beach town of Sam Son is currently home to over 400 accommodation facilities with 12,000 rooms, including 600 five-star apartments.

Eleven new tours linked with a variety of local tourist attractions have been launched, including tours on the Ma River, Ma Hao waterfalls and Nang Cat Community Village.

The province has cooperated with neighbouring Ninh Binh Province and other central provinces to create new tours and tourism products.

The province has also put into operation a number of social and cultural facilities since the beginning of this year, such as Lam Son theatre, a modern library, an exhibition centre and a temple to commemorate heroic mothers and martyrs.

Thanks to these efforts, Thanh Hoa received about 5.11 million visitors in the first 11 months of this year, up 15.7% compared to the same period last year and reaching 92.9% of the annual target.

Of the figure, 119,000 were foreigners, a year-on-year increase of 31.2%.

Total revenue from tourism reached nearly VND4.9 trillion (US$220 million), up 34.9%.

The closing week for the National Tourism Year 2015 will be held from December 15-26 with highlights including a festival of Viet Nam"s intangible cultural heritage and a contest featuring the beauty of Thanh Hoa’s landscapes and people, according to Vuong Thi Hai Yen, deputy head of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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Over 60 foreign art troupes to attend Hue Festival 2016

The figures are much more than those of 2000 – 15 domestic troupes and seven foreign ones.

Speaking at a press conference in Ha Noi on December 17, deputy head of the event’s organisation board Che Cong Chung said the festival’s activities will feature the province’s historical and cultural events, including celebrations marking the 710 years since the founding of Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan (now Thua Thien-Hue) and 380 years of Hue City.

Within the festival, mayors of cities in East Asia and Latin America will gather together in a conference during which Hue will receive a certificate recognising it as a cultural city, he added.

Chung said the Hue Festival is the first modern festival organised in Viet Nam following the models of famous cities all over the world. The success of the biennial event has boosted Hue’s determination to build the first festival city in the country.

Vietnamese and foreign artists will join together in art performances in the Hue Citadel, An Dinh Palace and other places in the Complex of Hue Monuments.

The “Dem Hoang Cung” (Royal Night) and “Huyen thoai Phuong Dong” (Orient legendary) will be held in the Ngo Mon-Ky Dai Square, enacting original royal activities.

There will also be exhibitions, kite and calligraphy displays, scientific workshops, street music and arts performances, together with sports, cuisine and tourism promotion events.

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Antique items portraying old Da Lat on display

The exhibition is among a series of events to celebrate the 2015 Da Lat Flower Festival from December 29, 2015 to January 2, 2016.

The items are displayed at an old villa, which was once the official residence of the mayor of Da Lat and also head of Tuyen Duc Province, in a pine hill looking the city’s downtown.

They include vintage cameras and cinema equipment, cassette players, televisions, paintings, photos and clothing of local people from the old times. The majority of them were donated.

Nguyen Vu Hoang, Director of the Lam Dong Culture Centre, said the exhibition will be a place for visitors who love to explore the old resort city.

Admission is free to all, he added.

The Culture Centre also opens art concerts every night where songs and poems by well-known classical composers – Trinh Cong Son, Ngo Thuy Mien, Vu Thanh An and Pham Duy – are performed.

Antique items portraying old Da Lat on display

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Relic site of first female doctoral laureate receives national status

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued the decision recognising the national relic site status in mid-2014.

Nguyen Thi Due, also known as Nguyen Ngoc Toan or Dieu Huyen, was born on March 14, 1574, in the place which is now Van An Ward.

At the age of 20, Due disguised herself as a man to take an examination held by King Mac Kinh Cung and won the top position. Though her ruse was discovered, the King forgave her, gave her the name “Tinh Phi”(Descended Star) and married her. He later assigned her to teach his other wives and concubines.

After the Mac dynasty was overthrown, she was still respected and entrusted with the educating of the palace women by the Le Kings and Trinh Lords.

She lived the last days of her life in her hometown and passed away when she was over 80 years old.

The tomb and temple of Nguyen Thi Due in Van An ward of Chi Linh township is among “Chi Linh bat co” – the eight renowned ancient relic sites in Chi Linh township.

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US rock band raises funds for poor children

VietNamNet Bridge – The Empty Pockets, a four-piece rock band from Chicago, will perform in HCM City on December 24, 25 and 26 to raise funds to support nutrition for poor children in Viet Nam.

Rock band Empty Pockets

Formed in 2006, the band has released two albums and two extended plays – one of which features holiday songs. They have toured in the US, Mexico and Canada.

Vietnamese rock band WhiteNoiz will appear with the band on December 24 at Saigon Ranger, and veteran singers Cam Van and Khac Trieu and young band The Minor Triad will play on December 25 at Van’s Unforgettable.

A free concert will be held at MPU Music School on December 26 accompanied by the school’s musicians and singer Thuy Long.

All ticket sales will be donated to the Aid for Kids’ nutrition project in Viet Nam.

Tickets cost VND200,000-500,000 and are available at http://festizen.com.

More information about the schedule and venue can be found at http://homedinner.org.

    

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