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Seeking opportunities for Hai Phong’s tourism to make a breakthrough
11 May 2022
On April 20, seminar on “Hai Phong Tourism – A golden opportunity for breakthough” was organized by Tien Phong News and Hai Phong Tourism Department in Hai Phong City, under framework of National Golf Champion 2022 – Vinfast Cup to propose measures for sustainable tourism development, productive use of available advantages and take advantages of new opportunities after COVID-19 pandemic.Director of Tourism Department, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thuong Huyen mentioned that Hai Phong converges all 05 types of traffic, owns many well-known tourist attractions such as Cat Ba archipelago with 05 internationally and nationally titles, numerous historic and ancient relics, culture and proper architecture creating unique features for the land and people of Hai Phong. The City Party Congress underlined “developing Hai Phong to become a hub of national tourism, developing infrastructure for tourism with commercial centers, luxurious resorts on international level; building typical items for the city’s tourism aligned with images of islands and cultural and historic relics”.Besides the achieved results, delegates suggested Hai Phong’s tourism needs to overcome limitations regarding infrastructure, supportive services, amusement services, trade centers, shopping, etc. To make Hai Phong become a tourism center, the city needs to proactively innovate its way of thinking on tourism development and make bold decisions to create a breakthrough in tourism. The city also needs to have more synchronous mechanisms and policies to support business units, boosting up connection with tourism of neighboring provinces and cities in the region, the whole country and worldwide for tourism development./.
Attractions
"Pearl Island" in the summer
11 May 2022
After two years of being affected by COVID-19 epidemic, "Pearl Island” - Cat Ba tourism has made a strong comeback. Since the beginning of summer, Got ferry from Cat Hai Island to Cat Ba Island has always been bustling with footsteps of domestic and international tourists.The tourism opening program of "Green Cat Ba 2022" has kicked off the tourist season of 2022 with many fascinating activities. The first event was Hai Phong Beach Women's Volleyball Open Championship - The 1st Flamingo Cup in 2022 taken place at Cat Co 1 beach on May 6. Besides, there was Dragon Boat Racing Competition in Cat Hai District, the 26th Hai Phong Newspaper Cup carried out on the afternoon of May 7. The highlight of program is the opening art night of "Green Cat Ba 2022" performed on the evening of May 7 at the tourist center stage of Cat Ba Town with the participation of the most famous singers, dancers...of the Country and the City.At the end of art program, tourists and local people had the opportunity to enjoy a low-range fireworks display. In the light of colorful fireworks, the sky, the earth, the sea and the island of Cat Ba, which is inherently beautiful and enchanting, is even more splendid and brilliant as a warmest greeting to visitors./.
Cuisine
Spotted butterfish grilled with galangal and fermented rice - the authentic taste of sea
11 May 2022
(HPĐT)- Spotted butterfish live in many different seas, but especially well grow at Hai Phong sea area. Spotted butterfish grilled with galangal and fermented rice is one of the typical dishes of Hai Phong people, which is simply processed to keep the rustic, sweet and characteristic original of fish.According to ancient folklore, spotted butterfish is a valuable medicine to cure body weakness, nervous breakdown. Therefore, spotted butterfish grilled with galangal and fermented rice and the bile of spotted butterfish are considered to reduce fatigue and stress. To make the dish, it is recommended to choose big and thickfishes, weighing from 2.5 to 3 ounces or more for more delicious meat. It is quite difficult to cook spotted butterfish because they are very strong, even though disemboweled with gill hooked. Their fins are also very sharp, so be careful not to cut your hands. Especially when preliminarily processing, the stage of separating fish bile is very important and difficult, because if the bile breaks, it will make the fish meat bitter. In addition, fish bile is a good medicine when soaked with alcohol and lemongrass.After being cleaned, the fish is lightly slit, marinated with galangal, fermented rice and a little salt. It is recommended to marinate fish for 30 minutes to absorb flavors. Fish is skewered or put on a griddle, and grilled evenly on a charcoal stove. Grill with medium heat; regularly flip the fish until it turns yellow.When serving the dish, the fish skin is separated to reveal the white, fragrant fish meat. Spotted butterfish grilled with galangal and fermented rice is served with salted figs or mango. The natural sweetness of fish, the rich taste of spices combining galangal, fermented rice, and the acrid taste of salted figs, the light sour taste of salted mango will create a unique flavor. In addition, diners are served with soy sauce, cucumber, pineapple, star fruit and colza leaves to enjoy full flavors of this dish. Spotted butterfish grilled with galangal and fermented rice are sold at restaurants and food stalls in Hai Phong, Do Son and Cat Ba tourist areas (Cat Hai District) with prices from 600,000 to 800,000 VND/kg, depending on the of fish size./.MOC NHI
Cuisine
Beef noodles mixed with vinegar- a familiar but strange dish
11 May 2022
Beef noodles mixed with vinegar is a dish that is "varied" from the mixed beef noodle soup of the Southern people to match the Port city’s people’s taste.To prepare the dish, you should choose small noodle fibers to better absorb mixed spice; use tenderloin beef for its certain tenderness. After being washed, the beef is sliced thinly, and marinated with a tablespoon of delicious fish sauce, oyster sauce, a little minced ginger and garlic; mix all the ingredients, and leave for about 30 minutes to infuse spice. When stir-frying beef, you should let the pan and oil be hot and stir with high heat to prevent beef from being tough. Thinly sliced beef will be cooked very quickly, so just stir for 2 minutes then take it out immediately to make the meat softer and sweeter. Accompanying ingredients include chopped vegetables; carrots washed and grated, blanched with bean sprouts; roasted, peeled, and lightly pounded peanuts; thinly sliced and sautéed onions. An important ingredient of this dish is mixed fish sauce of delicious fish sauce with cool water, a little sugar, lemon, garlic, chili depending on taste.To complete the dish, place noodles in a bowl; then put bean sprouts and carrots blanched in boiling water in the bowl; add roasted peanuts, dried onions, chopped vegetables, and sautéed beef on top. When serving the dish, add fish sauce, mix well to have a delicious bowl of mixed beef noodles. This is an attractive dish with the white color of noodles, the orange color of carrots, the green color of vegetables, the yellow color of fried onions and nutritious beef. In Hai Phong City, stalls in Hai Ba Trung street (Le Chan District) sell the most famous and delicious dishes for 30,000 VND/bowl. The restaurants serve the dish all day, so it is very convenient for diners to come and enjoy this familiar but strange dish.
News
Border opening boost tourism among Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
10 May 2022
After Thailand’s government allowed the re-opening of the border with Cambodia from May 1, a number of associations and private companies in the tourism sector in Cambodia, Thailand as well as Vietnam have cooperated to plan to boost the flow of tourists again.Tourists wear facemasks as they walk along Pub Street in Cambodia's Siem Reap province. (Photo: AFP/VNA)Phnom Pen (VNA) - After Thailand’s government allowed the re-opening of the border with Cambodia from May 1, a number of associations and private companies in the tourism sector in Cambodia, Thailand as well as Vietnam have cooperated to plan to boost the flow of tourists again.In early May, the Asia-Pacific Tourism Association (PATA) led by Thuon Sinan, President of the Association, travelled through the Cham Yeam International Border Crossing in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province to Thailand’s Trat province and to Bangkok to attend the Tourism and Trade Exchange Meeting between Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam from May 5-6, while a delegation of companies in Cambodia also travelled by air from Phnom Penh to Bangkok.The purpose of this road trip is to study and understand the journey as well as to complete the paperwork at the border checkpoints on both the Cambodian and Thai sides.Thuon Sinan said that the opening of the border between Cambodia and Thailand is very good for tourism, transport, trade, as well as other areas that are essential for the continuation of economic development between the two countries.He said the flow of tourists by land would be even greater if the Thai side relaxed some conditions or documents because when he crossed the border, the requirements from the Thai side were still unstable, such as the conditions for driving a private car into Thailand and the problems that the Thai side requested the Cambodian side to conduct a rapid test on guests and passengers.Visitors are returning to Cambodia after COVID-19, with the number of tourist arrivals to the world heritage Angkor Wat rocketing by 622 percent to 33,205 in the first four months of this year, generating about 1.35 million USD in revenue.In April alone, 13,365 travellers visited the famous destination./.
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Low-range fireworks on the occasion of the opening of Cat Ba Tourism 2022
30 Apr 2022
The Government Office has just issued Document No.2274/VPCP - KGVX on conveying the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Vu Duc Dam on agreeing to HaiPhong City to organize low-range fireworks with a duration of no more than 15 minutes in the evening of May 7, 2022 in Cat Hai District, on the occasion of the opening of Cat Ba Tourism in 2022.The organization of fireworks display complies with Decree No. 137/2020/ND-CP of the Government.The City People's Committee assigned the City Military Command to assume the prime responsibility, together with the Department of Culture and Sports, the City Public Security, Cat Hai District and relevant units to develop a plan for implementation.The opening of Cat Ba tourism in 2022 is a particularly important event to honor traditional and cultural values; and at the same time, introduce and promote the potentials and strengths of Cat Ba archipelago to a large number of people, domestic and international tourists. This is also a practical activity in response to the celebration of major holidays in May of the Country and the City.The opening ceremony of Cat Ba tourism 2022 with the theme “Green Cat Ba 2022", will take place in 02 days on May 6 and May 7, 2022 at Cat Ba Tourist Center, Cat Hai District./.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction project of a shopping mall, entertainment center, 05-star hotel, and offices for rent in the Iron Market area
(Haiphong.gov.vn) –On the morning of May 14, the City People’s Committee solemnly organized a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction project of a shopping mall, entertainment center, 05-star hotel, and offices for rent in order to embellish the Iron Market area administratively located in Phan Boi Chau ward of Hong Bang district. That is one of the key construction projects of Hai Phong in the year of 2022, once completed, the project will make a great contribution to Hai Phong City in realization of its target of becoming a big hub of commercial, tourist, and service activities of the whole country.Delegates were attending to the ground breaking ceremony.Attending the ground breaking ceremony were Mr. Tran Luu Quang, member of the Central Party, Secretary of the City Party Committee, cum Head of the National Assembly Hai Phong’s Delegates Delegation; Mr. Pham Van Lap, Chairman of the City People’s Council.With the participation of members of the Executive Committee of the City Party Committee; Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee and the City People’s Council; Deputy Head of professional divisions and members of the National Assembly Hai Phong’s Delegation; leaders of related departments, agencies, and localities.The city’s leaders were clicking on button for ground breaking project.The Complex of commercial and entertainment centers, 5-star hotel, and for-rent offices for embellishment of the Iron Market area administratively located in Phan Boi Chau ward of Hong Bang district, invested by Sai Gon Textile – Matches Joint Stock Company. Within a construction scale of 40 floors and 02 basements in a land area of 15,187.2 square meters. Podium building density is 46.05%; tower block building density is 40%; the building height scaled from the ground to roof deck is 146 m, etc.Representative of the investment owner gave a speech at the ground breaking ceremony Owning a unique and modern design, the complex will have promised being crowded, delightful, and equal to central shopping malls fulfilled functions in the region that meets demands of amusement, shopping, offices for rent, and accommodation for tourists, experts, and businessmen when coming to Hai Phong for investment and cooperation.The investment in the construction of the shopping mall, amusement, 05-star hotel, and for-rent offices complex will contribute to embellishing and synchronizing the appearance of Hai Phong urban area in terms of technical infrastructure, creating an urban landscape in accordance with the Hai Phong urban development master plan by 2030 and vision to year 2050.Standing Vice Chairman of Hai Phong People’s Committee Le Anh Quan gave speech at the ground breaking ceremony.Gave a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony, Standing Vice Chairman of Hai Phong People’s Committee Le Anh Quan mentioned the name Iron Market was born in the fact that the place used to be built with iron and steel materials in the 19th century and that it was known as “big market”. That place convers rivers that is convenient for goods transportation by boats and ships to other economic centers in Vietnam and other countries; the Iron Market therefore used to be vivid and crowded in comparison with Dong Xuan and Ben Thanh markets.By subsidy period, the Iron Market had been a prosperous commercial place, one of the biggest trade centers in the Northern of Vietnam, businessmen at the Iron Market were rich and successful. Hence, the Iron Market became a pride of the port city’s residentials. After the incident in 1985 where the market got fired, with opening and innovation across the country, Hai Phong City got a venture with foreign investors to rebuild the Iron Market for further use in 1994.After many years of operation, the Iron Market was deteriorated, hence, to embellish and create a new appearance for that area, the city organized bidding for investors selection and construction of a new and modern trade center.The Standing Vice Chairman underlined that the project of shopping mall, amusement, 05-star hotel, and for-rent offices complex got invested more than 6,000 billion VND, having a scale of 02 buildings in 40-floor height, with an architecture idea of “converging rivers”, the works will be one of outstanding spots regarding architecture, contributing to build up a modern and civilized Hai Phong City, step-by-step lifting up Hai Phong to become “a city equal with cities in the region and in the world”.The Standing Vice Chairman requested the investor and contractors to gather material and labor sources for the works construction, ensuring completion earlier than set schedule, technically and aesthetically, absolutely safe for labors. Striving to complete and inaugurate the project by the end of 2024. From the city, leadership has committed to create all favorable conditions for optimal support to investor and contractors during the work’s construction. Particularly, the Standing Vice Chairman sent greetings and gratitude to the organization and more than 450 business households for their agreement and support to the city’s common undertaking, then a soon ground handover to the investor for the project implementation.Minh Hao; Photo– Dam Thanh
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Postage stamp contest on Vietnam’s seas, islands launched for children
A postage stamp contest featuring Vietnam’s seas and islands for children aged 8-15 was launched on December 30.(Photo courtesy of the orgnisers)Hanoi (VNA) – A postage stamp contest featuring Vietnam’s seas and islands for children aged 8-15 was launched on December 30.Jointly organised by the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organisation Central Council, the Vietnam Post and the Vietnam Philatelic Association, the event will run until April 29, 2022.It is to bolster patriotism among children and raise their awareness of the country’s seas and islands and sovereignty.At the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA)Contestants are required to collect stamps, answer relevant questions and compile an essay in accordance with the theme.Entries can be sent to the Vietnam Children Support & Development Centre at 7th floor, 64 Ba Trieu street, Hanoi.Details of the contest and questions are published at websites http://www.vnpost.vn of the Vietnam Post and http://www.thieunhivietnam.vn./.VNA
