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TuoitreNews.vn - Passengers can now flag down a cab in a new taxi zone inaugurated Thursday at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, among several other changes introduced at the country’s busiest terminal. The new taxi zone is located in front of the domestic hall, serving passengers of both arrival and departure flights, an airport representative said on Thursday.

TuoiTreNews.vn - The southern region of Vietnam has gone through the coldest weather this year with the average temperature going down from 1-2 degrees Celsius, according to the southern hydrometeorology center. The lowest temperature was recorded at 18.5 degrees Celsius at Long Khanh District of Dong Nai Province. The temperature also went down to 19.5 degrees Celsius at Phuoc Long District in Binh Phuoc Province, 20.7 degrees Celsius in So Sao of Binh Duong Province, and 20.3 degrees in Bien Hoa City of Dong Nai. Similarly, the temperature in the Mekong Delta region had a slight reduction to 20.5 degrees Celsius in Moc Hoa District of Long An Province, 21 degrees in Cao Lanh of Dong Thap Province, and 21.2 degrees in My Tho of Tien Giang Province. In Ho Chi Minh City, the temperature at districts Tan Binh and Nha Be were from 21 – 21.7 degrees Celsius. Le Thi Xuan Lan,  a weather pundit based in Ho Chi Minh City,  forecast that the cool temperature will last till...

ThanhNienNews.com - Snow and frost have started covering the resort town Sa Pa in the northern highlands, and its neighboring mountain spots. Frost covers trees on the top of Phia Oac, a mountain of 1,900 meters high in Cao Bang Province, December 16, 2015. Photo credit: Ngoc Thuy - Si Doan/VnExpress A tourist from Hanoi who visited the Rock Church, a tourist attraction in Sa Pa in Lao Cai Province, at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday said it was covered in thick ice.

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TuoiTreNews.vn - A zoo claimed by its developer to be the country’s largest wildlife care and conservation park is set to be opened on December 24 on Phu Quoc, a touristic island off southern Vietnam. The Vinpearl Safari phase one spans 380 hectares, and is comparable to major parks of its kind in Asia, according to Vietnamese realty conglomerate Vingroup.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Editor’s note:  Paul Threlfall gives another account of what appears to be a ring of fraudulent taxi drivers targeting foreign tourists in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Australian and his wife were conned out of a few hundred Australian dollars by a dishonest taxi driver in September, in a case similar to that of  Malaysian tourist Y.L. , as he recounted in this story sent to  Tuoi Tre News. On the morning of September 22, we took a Mai Linh taxi from the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica to Ben Thanh Market.

A sunflower field in Nghia Son commune, Nghia Dan district, central Nghe An province attracts swarms of young people eager to snap photographs. The field, which is 30 hectares wide, is 100km far from Vinh city. According to local authorities, this sunflower field has been planted to provide materials for animal feed and processing of a nearby dairy project. Each sunflower tree is 1-1.5 metres high. Sunflowers are planted twice or three times a year. Sunflowers generally are in full bloom from late March to mid-April. (Nghia Dan is about 250km far from Hanoi city)

Getting there :  http://vietnamguidebook.blogspot.com/2012/06/hue-city-of-heritage.html

TuoiTreNews.vn - A multibillion-dollar expressway that helps cut the travel time between Hanoi and the northern city of Hai Phong by one hour was officially inaugurated today, December 5.