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Unplanned airport project will be not be considered for investment

Deputy Minister of Transport Lê Đình Thọ talks to the Vietnam News Agency about some localities’ proposals to build new airports and the issue of air fare management in the past.

Cold snap a blight for elderly, children

An increasing number of elderly people and children have been hospitalised in recent days as the northern region was struck by cold weather.

Lào Cai’s property market has great potential: Savills

The real estate market in Lào Cai Province is not developed, but has good potential, leading property services provider Savills Việt Nam Co. Ltd said on Monday.

Luli Cox wins female title at bike marathon

Luli Cox of Brazil won the women’s title at the Việt Nam Mountain Bike Marathon (VMBM), which closed in the mountains surrounding Sapa in Lào Cai Province on November 6.

Riders gear up for mountain bike event

Participants from 22 countries have signed up for the three-day Việt Nam Mountain Bike Marathon which is set to take place on November 4-6 in the mountains surrounding Sapa in Lào Cai Province.

Việt Nam’s official online travel mart opens

An online travel mart will be officially operated at www.tripi.vn. It allows tourists to buy package tours, hotel stays and airfares, as well as compare the price of different service suppliers.

PM approves additional funding for ethnic minorities survey Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has agreed to give an additional VND99.8 billion (US$4.4 million) from the national budget for a survey to collect information on socio-economic situations of 53 ethnic minority groups in 2015.

Will Viet Nam's cable car be safe? We are two months' away from seeing the opening of the world's longest cable car, which will go up Mount Fansipan. However, there is a big question to be asked. Will it be safe enough? There are worries that the people building it did not go through all the correct steps to get permission to do so.

Security fears snag Fansipan cable car The world's longest three-rope cable-car system, extending from Lao Cai Province's Sapa Town to Fansipan peak, is expected to open in April.