Architectural features of the more than 100-year-old
Sai Gon Tax Trade Centre will be preserved when the centre is torn down
to build a metro line and a 40-storey office and hotel complex.
A wifi system has been installed on the new Nguyen
Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City. The service has a speed of 1GB per
second, which allows many people to access the internet 24 hours a day.
HCM City will launch its first electric bus service
going through downtown tourist destinations like Ben Thanh Market, the
War Remnants Museum and the Nguyen Hue walking street early next month.
A festival was held at the Dong Da Park in Ha Noi yesterday, to mark
the 226th anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over the Chinese
Qing invaders.
Nguyen Minh Phuong, 50, has been creating designs of animals assigned to
different years in the zodiac for Nguyen Hue Flower Street, HCM City''s
main attraction during Tet since 2007.
Figurines of four eminent Vietnamese generals, namely Ly Thuong Kiet,
Tran Quoc Tuan, Nguyen Hue and Vo Nguyen Giap, were unveiled to the
public during a ceremony in Ha Noi on Saturday.
Tens of thousands of people from all regions of the country have flocked to the Quang Trung Museum in Phu Phong town, Tay Son district, central Binh Dinh province to join a festival marking the 223rd anniversary of the Ngoc...
The city''s annual Flower Street on Nguyen Hue opened
to visitors last night, with spectacular displays of fresh flowers and
ornamental trees to welcome the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday that begins
this weekend.
