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Phong Nha - Ke Bang and Vinh Moc tunnels make cut for Vietnam top attractions

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Vietnam buffalo tours -   The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Tri province informed that the world's leading travel magazine Lonely Planet has just informed readers about the Top 15 most attractive destinations and experiences in Vietnam, in which Quang Tri has 2 destinations: Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Vinh Moc Tunnels. According to Lonely Planet, exploring the majestic cave system at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is in the top 10, with the information: This national park in the North Central region of Vietnam is a forgotten world of dense forests and giant cave systems, most notably the world's largest cave, Son Doong Cave. Currently, the Son Doong tour is fully booked until 2026, but if you can't get a spot on this precious tour, don't worry, because there are many other beautiful caves around waiting for you to explore. Besides, Vinh Moc Tunnels is one of the typical destinations for the experience of exploring the Vietnam War through ...

Challenges facing Ho Chi Minh City waterway tourism industry

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Aurora Travel Vietnam -   The lack of inland waterway ports is one of the bottlenecks holding back the development of waterway tourism in Ho Chi Minh City. The problem that has been lingering for many years was brought up again by many surviving businesses at the Workshop on 'Developing waterway transport connecting tourism' organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies in early September. According to Mr. Anh from Viet Travel, the company that has invested in tourist boat services on Nhieu Loc Canal since 2014. The green canal water is thanks to the Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation Project (Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Canal Basin) using loans from the World Bank. However, after about 3 years of odor treatment, the inner-city tourist route can be put into operation. Unfortunately, for more than a year, this tourist route has been forced to suspend after the Government Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 08/2021 regulating t...