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More than one million foreigners came to Ho chi minh city in the first four months of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to the city’s tourism department. In consequence, the local tourist industry raked in VND9,315 billion in the period, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.
The Vinpearl resort on Hon Tre Island near Nha trang is putting on four days of northern folk culture until tomorrow.
The traditional houses of the Vietnamese people are located in such a way as to provide a panoramic view of the entire village. Each house has its own identity, very independent from, but harmonious with, the others.
A record of over 10,000 tourists, 80 percent of them are foreigners, visit Ha long bay during these holidays. The sharp increase was attributed to the daily resumption of sea routes to Ha Long Bay from China, including Beihai-Ha Long and the Hainan-Ha Long links. Furthermore, the route from Hong Kong to Ha Long, was conducted weekly.
The 2008 Do Son tourism festival opened at the Do Son tourist site, Hai phong city on April 30 with many diverse activities such as a culinary fair, sea tourism, a fireworks display, a parachute display, and a dragon boat race.
With its spectacularly shaped limestone mountains surrounding northern Vietnam ’s largest wetland, Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh binh province is becoming an attractive destination for tourists.
The UK’s “The Economist” magazine has run an article, saying that Vietnam’s tourism may be “booming.”
Ho chi minh city welcomed 230,000 foreign visitors in April, an increase of 15 percent from a year ago, according to the Municipal Tourism Department.
A festival opened in the misty district of Sapa on April 30 as part of the 2008 Sapa tourism and Culture Week currently taking place in the northern mountainous province of Lao cai
The restaurants and hotels of Saigontourist in Ho chi minh city will offer many culinary and entertainment programs during the coming Liberation Day and May Day (April 30-May 1) double holiday to serve local and foreign visitors.

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