Vasco to Launch HCMC - Mui Ne Helicopter Services

The Vietnam Air Service Company (Vasco) finished its trial flight by Helicopter from Ho Chi Minh City to the Coastal Resort town of Mui Ne in Binh Thuan Province last weekend.

Vasco said it will soon operate flights from HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Airport to the landing pad of Sea Links City Resort in Mui Ne, using a brand-new AS350-B2 Helicopter.

Each six-seat Helicopter can carry 1,100 kilograms. Travel time will be shortened to roughly 40 minutes compared to up to six hours by Bus or four hours by Train.

Source: en.baomoi.com

Vietnam Luxury Hotel Nikko Saigon Will Open in 2011

JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. has announced it will open Hotel Nikko Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in October, 2011.

The company jointly signed a hotel management agreement with Fei Yueh Vietnam Co., Ltd., The owner of the hotel.

Source: kientrucvietnam.org.vn

Nghe An's World Biosphere Reserve Recognized

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently granted the Nghe An Province People's Committee a certificate recognizing Vietnam's sixth world-class biosphere reserve in the West of Nghe An Province, increasing the total UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserves in Vietnam to eight.

Source: kientrucvietnam.org.vn

Hanoi to have one more Luxury Shopping Mall

Grand Plaza – an international standard shopping centre – will open in the third quarter of this year on Tran Duy Hung street in Hanoi's Cau Giay district, according to Pham Cuong, the property director of IDJ Asset Management Joint Stock Co.

Source: kientrucvietnam.org.vn

Lai Chau Airport to be put into Operation in 2012

An airport will be built in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau to serve both civil and military purposes.

The Airport will include a terminal, which will be capable of handling 40,000 passengers and 100 tons of freight a year. That figures are expected to reach 110,000 passengers and 300 tons of cargo after the airport is upgraded in 2030.

Source: kientrucvietnam.org.vn

Dolphin show comes to Vinpearl Land

Vinpearl Land Nha Trang will launch a dolphin show at its amusement Park in December.

The Dolphins will be set up near the sea, next to the Vinpearl Underwater World. Sea Lions and Seals will also join the show.

Earlier this month four Dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) were brought to the park to be trained by experts from Russia and the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center. They will have a six-month training course to get ready for the show.

These Dolphins are very smart and friendly to people and they love to play with children. Normally, Orcaella brevirostris in Vietnam are trained for the circus, for curing humans of congenital defects, sea research and rescue and to use for investigating other ocean species.

Source: oratrip.com

BBC to film world's largest cave in Vietnam

Following documentaries by Japan’s Kyodo News and National Geographic, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is planning to make a documentary about Son Doong Cave.

Son Doong has been recognized as the world's largest cave since its discovery in 1991

According to Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park’s management board in the central province of Quang Binh, as soon as the filming plan gets approval from the provincial people’s committee and the Departments of External Relations; and Information – Communications, a film crew and experts from the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) will be authorized to film.

They expect the crew will arrive some time next month.
The series will not merely focus on the massive cave itself, (which is nearly twice the size of the previous record holder) but also highlight some of the extremely rare animals and plants found there.
A six man BBC film crew will also accompany five cavers from the BCRA to the film Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park from July 19-25 to film a portion of the network' series The Science Of Plants.

Source: thanhniennews.com