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A meeting and a series of activities in response to International Mine Awareness Day (April 4) was held in Dong Hoi city, the central province of Quang Binh on March 24.

The Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) on March 19 received 200 explosive detectors donated by the government of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Competent agencies on March 14 successfully handled a large bomb and a naval mine discovered in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Quang Ngai.

Visitors to Phong Nha-Ke Bang, the area in the central province of Quang Binh that includes the world’s biggest cave Son Doong, will be able to get online with a new free public wifi network.

Son Doong cave continues to receive special attention from international media, after making a big impression in the Quang Binh tourism promotion programme in Hollywood and New York Tourism Fair Time Travel Show in the US.

Stone formations with stalagmites and stalactites, underground rivers and lakes, together with delicate flora and fauna have made mammoth Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh one of the world’s most captivating destinations.

The central province of Quang Binh targets to welcome 4.3 million visitors in 2019, about 250,000-300,000 of them foreigners, and earn some 5 trillion VND (more than 214 million USD) from tourism.

The tourism sector of Quang Binh province has enjoyed an auspicious start of 2019 when it served more than 40,000 visitors during the New Year holiday, a year-on-year surge of 20 percent.

The central coastal province of Quang Binh aims to welcome 4.3 million tourists in 2019, including 250,000 foreigners, and gross over 4.5 trillion VND (191.9 million USD) in revenue.

The association for support of the disabled and orphans of Quang Binh and the US organisation Giving It Back to Kids presented 500 wheelchairs to locals with disabilities in the central province on December 1.

The WB, Ministry of Planning and Investment, and Quang Binh province organised a conference to review preparations for the implementation of the Vietnam Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project.

Delegations of the central border province of Quang Binh and Laos’ Khammouane province on November 22 held talks and inked a comprehensive friendship cooperation agreement between the two localities.

Work has begun on a waste treatment factory worth more than 35 million USD in Quang Trach district, the central province of Quang Binh.

The central province of Quang Binh on October 24 introduced its new tourism product of exploring Vom and Gieng Vooc caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.