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ThanhNienNews.Com - The government on Tuesday submitted to lawmakers a plan to cut tariffs and luxury taxes that can send car prices down by 42 percent in 2019.  Under the plan,  prices for cars with small engines will fall significantly while those with engines of three liters and above will surge. 

ThanhNienNews.com - Ho Chi Minh City is seeking approval from the country's legislators for its plan to build the fifth metro line which it says will cost US$4.47 billion. Under the plan recently sent to the government, the city said foreign creditors have agreed to bankroll the line, which will run around 24 kilometers between the Can Giuoc Bus Terminal in Binh Chanh District and the Saigon Bridge. 

ThanhNienNews.vn - Sightseeing and photography at the huge central Vietnamese lake of Hoa Trung are amazing all year long, but if you get a chance to visit the place during the dry season, camping on the verdant lakebed will also be an unforgettable experience. The Hoa Trung Lake, locating in Hoa Vang District around 20 kilometers from Da Nang, has an 86-hectare water surface during the wet season.

The UK travel guide Rough Guides has ranked the coastal city of Quy Nhon in central Binh Dinh province third among top nine places to get off the tourist trail in Southeast Asia.

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TuoiTreNews.vn - The Vietnamese arm of U.S. soft drink giant Coca-Cola has paid its 2014 corporate tax, worth some US$20 million, for the first time in two decades due to losses, according to a report the firm submitted to Ho Chi Minh City authorities in May. The taxable profit of the company in 2014 was $16.6 million, more than double the purported $7 million in 2013, according to the report on the investment, business and tax obligations of Coca-Cola Vietnam, the content of which has just been made available.

ThanhNienNews.vn - A 30-second video to promote Vietnam’s tourism was aired for the first time on the UK's Travel Channel on Tuesday, news website VnExpress reported. The video features Vietnam’s iconic destinations from north to south, including Ha Long Bay, Tam Coc-Bich Dong, Son Doong Cave, Sa Pa, Hoi An, Hue, the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City.

ThanhNienNews.vn - Two Vietnamese airports have been named among Top 30 Best Airports in Asia in a survey by the airport-review website www. sleepinginairports .net. The Da Nang International Airport (Da Nang) and the Noi Bai International Aiport (Hanoi) ranked 23rd and 28th, respectively, in the website’s 2015 Airport Survey.

TuoiTreNews.vn - One of the two routes of electric buses will run through an area dubbed the “backpacker area” in Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Transport said in a plan submitted to local authorities for consideration. The area is located in Pham Ngu Lao Ward, often called the “backpacker area” because of the community of foreigners who stay there when they visit the city as tourists. In its plan, the department said every passenger would pay VND6,000-12,000 (US$0.27-0.54) per ticket for their trip on electric buses. Of the two routes, the first one would take in the “backpacker area,” Thai Binh Market, Cao Thang School, Cu Market, the Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden, some trade centers and administrative agencies located on the main thoroughfares in the downtown area.   

TuoiTreNews.vn - A Ho Chi Minh City-based railway firm and travel association will team up with tourism authorities in four south-central Vietnamese provinces to offer low-cost train tours between the metropolis and these localities. Representatives of the Saigon Railway Co. and the Ho Chi Minh City Travel Association (HTA) will work with tourism officials from Binh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh to study the feasibility of such a plan.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Typhoon Koppu is moving west from east off the Philippines and may enter the East Vietnam Sea on Monday, Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said on Friday. The powerful tropical storm is expected to rip through the Philippines’ Luzon Island on Monday morning before reaching the East Vietnam Sea, the center said. 

ThanhNienNews.com - It's a weekend of fun, thrills and just enough danger for h undreds of locals and visitors  at the largest Khmer bull racing festival in the southern province of An Giang.  Dozens of bulls were brought in to compete in the annual event. They tried to outrun the others on a very muddy field. 

ThanhNienNews.com - As October comes, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang attracts flocks of tourists who come to watch blooming fields of buckwheat and beautiful golden paddy fields. If you are there, remember to try these signature dishes, compiled by news website Dan Tri, as you will not have the chance to see them in the lowlands. Roasted moss Green moss is washed before being roasted.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Vietnam will cut visa fees for several types of international passport holders and overseas Vietnamese next month, in the latest effort to boost the country’s foreign arrivals. Starting November 23, the single-entry visa will cost US$25 instead of the current $45, whereas the fee for multiple-entry visas with validity of less than three months will go down from $95 to $50, according to a circular by the Ministry of Finance. Foreigners will still have to pay $95 for the multi-entry visa with validity between three and six months, and $135 for between six months and a year. The fee for a visa valid for between one and two years is $145, and from two to five years, $155.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Besides Binh Dinh, Hue, the location of Vietnam’s former capital, is the second locality in the central region which has yielded so many masters creating or training in traditional Vietnamese martial arts over the last four centuries. Kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) in Hue – the current capital city of Thua Thien Hue Province – respected martial arts practitioners and masters as much as other mandarins in the king’s court.

TuoiTreNews.vn - The central city of Da Nang will build a  special terminal for its international airport  to timely supply service to tens of leaders gathering for a regional leadership summit in 2017. The multimillion-dollar VIP terminal at Da Nang International Airport, covering 4,200 square meters, will be built to welcome VIP and diplomatic guests visiting the city to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2017, according to the central government’s decision, which was announced by the Ministry of Transport and Da Nang authorities on Saturday.

TuoiTreNews.vn - The magical world of Neverland has been created using footage of some of Vietnam’s most famous natural landscapes, but few moviegoers would know that the Southeast Asian country has lent its beauty to the movie that hit theaters globally this month. The world renowned, breathtaking beauty of Ha Long Bay and En Cave were filmed to serve the 3D rendering of Neverland in Pan, a US$150 million Warner Bros. Pictures film, but Vietnam is never mentioned in documents used to promote the movie. Tourism experts and businesses have called it “an opportunity wasted,” as the country would have been able to use the free publicity to remind the world of its beauty. Ha Long Bay is a famous attraction in the northern province of Quang Ninh, while En (Swallow) Cave sits around two kilometers from the famed Son Doong Cave in the UNESCO-listed Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the north-central province of Quang Binh. A scene capturing a paddy field in the Trang An Scenic Land...

TuoiTreNews.vn - Ho Chi Minh City and several localities in southern Vietnam have been enveloped in fog over the last couple of days, and the phenomenon may stem from as far away as Indonesia, a meteorology expert said on Tuesday.

ThanhNienNews.com - Vietnam has been put on alert for the approaching tropical storm Mujigae, which is expected to strike its northern region next Monday. Mujigae, the 4th storm in Vietnam’s East Sea this year, is causing rough seas and rains and moving toward its northern region at a speed of 20 kph, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center . It was located some 850 km east of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Island at 8 a.m. on Friday with wind speed of more than 75 kph.