TRAVELLIVE 07-2016
My grandfather often took me to school in the mornings when I was a little girl. We usually left earlier and stopped by a bakery near my school. He ordered cakes and milk for me while choosing a cup of black coffee with filter for him. When eating my food, I loved counting the drops of coffee falling down through the filter, wondering how they tasted. Once, when my grandfather was buying a magazine, I surreptitiously dipped a finger in the cup of coffee. Bitter! It was the first time I tasted it and couldn’t understand why the drink that many adults love was so bitter. That time I felt like I would never like coffee.
My grandfather often took me to school in the mornings when I was a little girl. We usually left earlier and stopped by a bakery near my school. He ordered cakes and milk for me while choosing a cup of black coffee with filter for him. When eating my food, I loved counting the drops of coffee falling down through the filter, wondering how they tasted. Once, when my grandfather was buying a magazine, I surreptitiously dipped a finger in the cup of coffee. Bitter! It was the first time I tasted it and couldn’t understand why the drink that many adults love was so bitter. That time I felt like I would never like coffee.
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GENERAL NEWS<br />
TAIWAN<br />
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
has announced that Taiwan is<br />
considering visa entry privileges<br />
for tourists from eight ASEAN<br />
members, including Bruinei,<br />
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,<br />
Myanmar, the Philippines,<br />
Thailand, and Vietnam. Visitors<br />
from these countries would<br />
be granted entry privileges<br />
such as visa waivers, landing<br />
visas or e-visas, according to<br />
the report. Visitors from two<br />
other ASEAN member nations,<br />
Malaysia and Singapore, already<br />
enjoy visa exemptions for stays<br />
of up to 30 days.<br />
HANOI<br />
The Hanoi People's Council<br />
has been studying a proposal<br />
for pedestrian streets around<br />
Hoan Kiem Lake at the evening<br />
of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.<br />
The streets around Hoan<br />
Kiem Lake including Le Thai<br />
To, Dinh Tien Hoang, and<br />
Hang Khay will connect with<br />
the existing pedestrian streets<br />
in the old town. Foot traffic<br />
on pedestrian streets will be<br />
organized like when they are<br />
prepared for fireworks. The<br />
city will also set up some<br />
mobile stalls selling signature<br />
Hanoian tourist products in<br />
streets in the center such<br />
as Hoan Kiem, Le Thach, Le<br />
Lai, and Dinh Le for local and<br />
foreign travelers.<br />
VIETNAM AIRLINES<br />
The national flag carrier<br />
Vietnam Airlines has<br />
announced plans to increase<br />
flights on domestic routes to<br />
serve the increasing travel<br />
demands during the summer<br />
season <strong>2016</strong>. Accordingly,<br />
from June 1 st to August 15 th ,<br />
the carrier will provide over<br />
662,000 extra seats on 2,115<br />
flights across 11 routes, from<br />
Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City,<br />
and from Hanoi or Ho Chi<br />
Minh City to Da Nang, Nha<br />
Trang, Phu Quoc, Hue and Da<br />
Lat. The total number of seats<br />
served during the period will<br />
be 3,555,000, up 22.9 percent<br />
from the same period last year.<br />
DANANG<br />
The inDanang App is a new<br />
free mobile application that<br />
helps Danang inhabitants and<br />
tourists explore Danang easily.<br />
With this app, tourists are<br />
allowed to access a helpful<br />
source of information. The<br />
app guides you on what to eat,<br />
where to stay, and things to<br />
do. The inDanang app is also a<br />
channel for the city authority<br />
to provide visitors with safe<br />
places with qualified foods and<br />
drinks. The app is connected<br />
to the city's hotline 0511 1022.<br />
In 4 months of testing, the<br />
inDanang App has attracted<br />
12,000 downloads and 1,000<br />
frequent users of which there<br />
are many visitors from Korea,<br />
Hongkong, and America.<br />
QUANG BINH<br />
57 new caves with a combined<br />
length of 20,127km have<br />
been explored in 14 different<br />
locations in the complex of<br />
Phong Nha - Ke Bang, Quang<br />
Binh Province. Some of the<br />
longest among these new caves<br />
are Hoa Huong Cave (2,876m),<br />
Tien 2 Cave (2,519m), Bom<br />
Cave (1,500m), Dinh 1 Cave<br />
(1,430m) and Ruc Ma Rinh 2<br />
Cave (1,360m), and Cay Sanh<br />
Cave (850m). In addition,<br />
the British Cave Research<br />
Association's experts have<br />
found many large sink holes<br />
in Leo Cave (133m), Cay<br />
Moc Cave (129m), Bang Cave<br />
(121m), Hoa Huong Cave<br />
(121m), Vuc Chuot Cave<br />
(111m), Lui Cave (96m), and<br />
Noi Dong (93m).<br />
BINH DINH<br />
The US Business Insider<br />
magazine has named Vietnam's<br />
Bai Xep among the 16<br />
most amazing but obscure<br />
destinations in Asia.<br />
Bai Xep is located at Ghenh<br />
Rang precinct, Quy Nhon city,<br />
Binh Dinh province. Over<br />
10 kilometers from the city<br />
of Quy Nhon, Bai Xep has a<br />
neglected beach in Bai Xep<br />
ecological tourist area. Bai<br />
Xep is an ideal place for those<br />
looking to escape the hustle<br />
and bustle of city life, with a<br />
car-free village that includes<br />
a relaxing beach and plenty of<br />
fresh seafood. Tourists can<br />
experience traditional circular<br />
boats of local fishermen,<br />
cooking classes and hiking trails<br />
that lead to waterfalls.<br />
PREMIER VILLAGE DANANG<br />
RESORT<br />
Premier Village Danang Resort<br />
has welcomed a new director<br />
of sales and marketing, Ms.<br />
Hye Mi Jeong who has worked<br />
in the Sales and Marketing<br />
field since 2008 at Sheraton<br />
Dongguan Hotel, China. Since<br />
then, she worked for Westin<br />
Hotels and Resorts in China<br />
and finally achieved the role<br />
of Assistant Director of Sales<br />
in 2012. Before joining the<br />
Premier Village Danang Resort<br />
Managed By Accorhotels,<br />
she hold a Director of Sale<br />
& Marketing position for The<br />
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in<br />
Jakarta, Indonesia.<br />
HOI AN<br />
From now on, visitors to Hoi An can<br />
enjoy a brand new tour named "Visit<br />
Hoi An and ride bicycles". This is a new<br />
ecological tourist product giving visitors<br />
the chance to explore Hoi An and learn<br />
more about the cultural beauty of the<br />
rustic villages there. The tour departs<br />
from Tra Que vegetable village in Cam<br />
Ha where you are invited to see how<br />
villagers grow vegetables as well as listen<br />
to stories about the village's history<br />
and development. Next destinations<br />
include the tomb of Japanese business<br />
Tani Yajirobei, An My village, Cam Chau<br />
Ward, Cam Thanh river area, and Cua<br />
Dai Bridge. The last place is Tuan Lien<br />
ecological tourist area where you can<br />
relax in a nhµ ch built above the river.<br />
Updated information about new<br />
flight routes, culture programs,<br />
tourism policies, ranking &<br />
awards... in Vietnam and other<br />
countries<br />
VIETJET AIR<br />
Vietjet Air has launched its new route HCMC - Tainan The air route, meeting the transport and travel demands<br />
of people from two cities. Tainan is the second destination of Vietjet Air in Taiwan after Taipei. The route will<br />
operate every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at about three hours and 15 minutes per leg. The<br />
flights depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 10:45 (local time) and arrive in Tainan at 15:00 (local time). Return<br />
flights take off from Tainan at 16:00 (local time) and arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 18:15 (local time). For further<br />
information, please visit www.vietjetair.com.<br />
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