12:17' 10/04/2008 (GMT+7)
National airport plan needs 221.5 trillion VND
Vietnam needs an estimated 221.5 trillion VND (13.8 billion USD) to implement its airport development plan from now to 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communication said on April 8.
The plan envisages a total of 26 airports, including 10 international and 16 domestic ones, to be in operation nationwide by 2020.
An estimated 38.5 trillion VND will be needed for the plan’s first phase to 2010.
German cruiser brings 550 tourists to Ha Long Bay
German cruise liner Maxim Gorky has taken 550 German tourists to visit Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province.
This is the first time the Maxim Gorky arrived in Vietnam and the second German cruiser docked at Ha Long Bay.
The Maxim Gorky also sent seven photographers to take pictures of Ha Long Bay to promote more tours to the heritage site.
Saigontourist Travel Corporation’s Ha Long branch said that apart from Ha Long Bay, it has organised tours for German tourists to the Yen Tu historical site and traditional craft villages in Quang Ninh Province.
(Source: VNA)
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