A Vietnamese tour guide died and seven South Koreans were injured after their bus went off a slope road and turned over. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Thanh A Vietnamese tour guide died and seven South Korean tourists were hospitalized after their bus plunged off a road in Binh Thuan Saturday. Around 1 p.m., the bus carrying South Korean tourists was traveling on a slope road leading to downtown Phan Thiet, a coastal town in the south central province of Binh Thuan, when the driver lost control of the bus and it plunged about six meters down. Provincial authorities said seven South Korean passengers, including a child, and the driver who was also a tour guide suffered serious injuries and were rushed to hospital for treatment. The driver died at the hospital. One of the seven South Korean passengers was a child. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Thanh Police are investigating the accident. Last month, 11 South Koreans were injured in a bus-truck collision near the Hai Van Tunnel in … [Read more...] about Vietnamese tour guide killed, 7 South Koreans injured in bus accident
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Vietnamese tour guide killed, 8 South Koreans injured in bus accident
A Vietnamese tour guide and eight South Koreans were injured after their bus went off a slope road and turned over. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Thanh A Vietnamese tour guide died and eight South Korean tourists were hospitalized after their bus plunged off a road in Binh Thuan Saturday. Around 1 p.m., the bus carrying South Korean tourists was traveling on a slope road leading to downtown Phan Thiet, a coastal town in the south central province of Binh Thuan, when the driver lost control of the bus and it plunged about six meters down. Provincial authorities said eight South Korean passengers, including a child, and the driver who was also a tour guide suffered serious injuries and were rushed to hospital for treatment. The driver died at the hospital. Eight South Korean passengers were reportedly seriously injured. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Thanh Police are investigating the accident. Last month, 11 South Koreans were injured in a bus-truck collision near the Hai Van Tunnel in … [Read more...] about Vietnamese tour guide killed, 8 South Koreans injured in bus accident
8 South Koreans, one Vietnamese tour guide injured in bus accident
A Vietnamese tour guide and eight South Koreans were injured after their bus went off a slope road and turned over. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Thanh A Vietnamese tour guide and eight South Korean tourists were hospitalized after their bus plunged off a road in Binh Thuan Saturday. Around 1 p.m., the bus carrying South Korean tourists was traveling on a slope road leading to downtown Phan Thiet, a coastal town in the south central province of Binh Thuan, when the driver lost control of the bus and it plunged about six meters down. Provincial authorities said eight South Korean passengers, including a child, and a Vietnamese tour guide suffered serious injuries and were rushed to hospital for treatment. Police are investigating the accident. Last month, 11 South Koreans were injured in a bus-truck collision near the Hai Van Tunnel in central Vietnam. South Koreans are among the biggest groups of visitors to Vietnam, with more than 3.4 million arrivals last year, a 44 percent … [Read more...] about 8 South Koreans, one Vietnamese tour guide injured in bus accident
Vietnamese tour guides will be ranked with stars
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese tour guides will be ranked on the basis of their capacity, knowledge and experience, said Bùi Văn Dũng, vice chairman of the Việt Nam Tour Guides Association (VNTG) during a press conference held yesterday in Hà Nội. Like hotels, the tour guides will receive a star rating with the aim of encouraging them to improve their skills and upgrade service quality. “Currently, more than 23,000 tour guides are serving international and domestic tours but just over 6,000 tour guides are licensed,” said Dũng. The VNTG received support from the Việt Nam Administration of Tourism, the Việt Nam Tourism Association (VITA) and the European Union-funded Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism project to launch the programme. Accordingly, a competition will take place in HCM City to rank tour guides on October 22-24, in Hà Nội and Quảng Ninh in November, and other … [Read more...] about Vietnamese tour guides will be ranked with stars
As tourism ambassadors, Vietnam tour guides just fail to do their job
While a tour guide is supposed to provide assistance, information and cultural, historical and contemporary heritage interpretation to vacationers, some would only do the otherwise and scare tourists away. >> An audio version of the story is available here As soon as tourists begin their journey to explore Vietnam, they will meet their tour guides, who could be considered the Vietnamese ambassadors for tourism. But many foreign tourists have asserted that they will never return to the country after being guided, and in some cases abandoned, by local tour guides. On February 3 last year, more than 100 Hong Kong tourists were taken to Ha Long Bay, located in the northern province of Quang Ninh, to explore the UNESCO heritage site by Khang Thai Co. But shortly after their arrival, the tour guide vanished into thin air, leaving the tourists with their jaw fell. Ha Quang Long, director of the Quang Ninh tourism department, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper the following day that … [Read more...] about As tourism ambassadors, Vietnam tour guides just fail to do their job