Quang Ninh province: Investment opportunities - Landscapes - People

Dau Go cave in Ha Long bay temporarily stopped receiving visitors from March 1st to April 30th, 2016 for infrastructure improvements and repairs, reported the Quang Ninh News.

The 2016 Quang Ninh Sports Festival concluded on March 13th at the Quang Ninh provincial Sports Competition and Training Center, after four days of competition.

The Quang Ninh province Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Standing Committee and Tien Yen district authority inaugurated the Dai Phong road construction project in Phong Du commune, Tien Yen district, as part of activities to welcome the 85th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

The Ba Che district Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Ba Che district Sports and Culture Centre co-hosted a men's football tournament to welcome the 85th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

The National Electoral Council on March 3rd issued the Resolution No. 53/NQ-HDBCQG on the number and list of electoral units and the number of National Assembly (NA) deputies to be elected in each election unit of provinces and centrally-run cities.

(CPV) - Vice Chairman of Ha Long city People’s Committee Vu Hong Son said on March 3rd that the 2016 Ha Long Cherry Blossom Festival, titled “Integration - Cooperation and Development”, will take place on March 18th at 30/10 Square in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Council on March 1st organized a meeting to discuss and introduce candidates for the election of the provincial People’s Council for the 2016-2021 tenure.

The authorities of Quang Ninh province found and arrested a man illegally transporting nearly 2kg of drugs on March 1st.

The Quang Ninh provincial Party Committee on February 29th organized an online meeting to review the first consultative meeting, exchange and settle arising problems after holding first consultative meeting and preparations for the second consultative meeting.

The Quang Ninh NA deputies’ delegation, led by Mr Vu Chi Thuc, on February 29th, traveled to Co To and Van Don districts to announce the contents of the 11th session of the 13th NA term, as well as collect ideas from voters.

In the past two months, the border district of Binh Lieu in Quang Ninh province welcomed 9,620 visitors to the Khe Van, Khe Tien and Song Mooc A falls, Luc Na communal house, Hoanh Mo border gate and some other locations along the border area.

Vu Thi Thu Thuy, Deputy Chairwoman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, has presided over a meeting to listen to a report about the organization of the cherry blossom festival 2016 in Ha Long city.

The Quang Ninh provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union on February 22nd launched a competition to learn about the 85 years of glorious tradition of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, at Hon Gai high school in Ha Long city.

(CPV) - Foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam reached over 833,000 in February 2016, up 3.5% from the previous month and 20% year on year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(CPV) - ADB forecasts Nepal’s economy to grow 1.5% in the current FY2016 ending on July 15th 2016 after 3% growth in the previous year, affected by the tragic earthquake in April 2015 and subsequent supply disruptions. ADB is expecting growth will pick up to 4.8% in FY 2017.

(CPV) - The Yen Tu Buddhist Spring Festival 2016 has opened by the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee and the Quang Ninh’s Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam in Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh province.

The northern province of Quang Ninh greeted about 500,000 tourists during the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2016 (from February 7th to 14th), a year-on-year increase of 16-18%, reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(CPV) - The organizing board of the Quang Ninh Sports Festival 2016 has announced the detailed plan for their 9th event.

(CPV) - The Quang Ninh Department of Information and Communications announced that the Ngoa Van Spring Festival 2016 would open on February 16th (January 9th on lunar calendar).

(CPV) - On January 17th, the Ba Che district People’s Committee organized the “Tra hoa vang” (Camellia Chrysantha) festival.

Ha Long Spring Flower Festival 2016 will take place from January 29th to February 7th at Ha Long Park in Bach Dang ward, Ha Long city.

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has issued a decision recognizing three routes and five tourism destinations in Uong Bi city.

The Quang Ninh police on January 2nd checked a 16-passenger car with the license number of 15B-01805 in Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh province.

To be authorized by the Prime Minister, Mr. Nguyen Duc Long, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on January 4th presented a decision approving Mr. Vu Van Dien as Deputy Head of the provincial People’s Committee for the 2011-2016 tenure.

A ceremony has been organized at the Quang Ninh Museum to receive a bear statue, presented by the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) to Quang Ninh province.

(CPV) - The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has decided to end operations at the Bai Chay Tourist Wharf from January 1st, 2016 and remove it from the planning of the ports and wharfs system for Ha Long bay and Bai Tu Long bay.

The Quang Ninh provincial Youth Union has just launched the "Youth with spring in border" movement in 2016 in Ha Long city.

It is not a coincidence that on November 5th, 2015, when reporting about President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Laos in 2016 to attend the ASEAN Summit held in Vientiane, all Western media stressed that Obama would “make history” as the first US president to visit that country in six decades since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1955.

Lao President Choummaly Sayasone has recently signed a decree announcing the issuance of a new Constitution after its draft amendment was approved at the 10th session of the seventh National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Vu Van Ninh has approved moving investment capital from the state budget to support infrastructure of Van Don Economic Zone (EZ) in Quang Ninh province.