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Tourist arrivals in the northern midland province of Vinh Phuc increased during the recent National Day holiday, despite the impact of the fourth tropical storm that hit the country so far this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a message to ministries and localities ordering them to ensure road safety during the coming holiday.

More than 50 additional trains will be operated in various routes aimed at serving rising number of passengers during the coming National Day holidays, according to the Vietnam Railways (VNR).

A total of 66 people were killed and 60 others were injured in 97 traffic accidents during the Hung Kings Commemoration Day holiday, which started on April 13.

The central city of Da Nang welcomed nearly 120,000 visitors during the recent National Day holiday (September 1-3), an increase of 30.8 percent from the same period last year.

Beach trips are favoured by vacationers for the upcoming National Day holiday from September 1-3, according to travel firms.

Beach trips are favoured by vacationers for the upcoming National Day holiday from September 1-3, according to travel firms.

World documentary heritages in Vietnam through the Nguyen Dynasty are on show at an exhibition at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi.

Fifty-eight people died and 58 others were injured in traffic accidents nationwide during the three-day holiday.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for VND/USD at 22,449 VND per USD on September 5, up 6 VND from the rate on the last day before the three-day holiday from September 2.

Nearly 2,500 tourists visited Ly Son island district offshore the central province of Quang Ngai during the first day of the National Day holiday (September 2), said an official.

Khanh Hoa expects to greet about 40,000 visitors in the upcoming three-day holiday on the occasion of the National Day, up 10 percent year on year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

Travel firms have reported an increasing number of tour bookings for the upcoming three-day holiday for National Day, starting September 2, with beach trips receiving the highest number of bookings.

Some 71 traffic accidents occurred across the country during the three-day holiday from September 2 (National Day) to September 4, killing 33 people and injuring another 59.

The purchasing power in Ho Chi Minh City increased by up to 40 percent during the National Day occasion as many families spent the three-day holiday at commercial centres.

Parks, cinemas and theatres in HCM City will be alive with festivities in celebration of the 71st anniversary of National Day on September 2.

This year’s Water Festival of Cambodia, which features traditional boat racing, was called off due to fears about low water levels in the Tonle Sap River, a Mekong tributary.

Big trading centres and supermarkets in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City reported soaring purchasing power during the week before the solar New Year Festival 2011.