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Sweet tour
Park Hyatt Saigon will
lead a chocolate tour on
September 21, 2013. Guests
will set off on an excursion
to the Grand Place Cacao
Farm in the Mekong Delta
and learn about all things
chocolate. Take a choco-
late journey from humble
bean to salacious chocolate,
showcasing the labour of
love that goes in to produc-
ing something so rich and
delicate. Guests will return
back to the hotel and have a
personalised class with Pas-
try Chef Bertrand Sommere-
ux, in which he will give in-
struction on how to create
delectable desserts. VND2.5
million per person, plus 5
per cent service charge and
10 per cent government tax.
Visitors to the monu-
ments in the former royal
capital city of Hue City are
enjoying big discounts dur-
ing September, when Hue
starts its golden tourism
month. During the month,
tourists can use one en-
trance ticket, that they can
buy from the Royal Palace,
Hieu Lang (Minh Mang)
Tomb, and Ung Lang (Khai
Dinh) Tomb to enter other
monuments in the city.
Tourists also get a free
electric bus on the Royal Pal-
ace - Artefact Museum route.
Discounts of 50 per cent will
be applied to royal court
music performances and 10
per cent for other services
like royal costume wear and
drink. Groups of 30 or more
who arrive at site will be
awarded a free presenter.
The Hue Monument
Conservation Centre will
also put collections of royal
artifacts on show in sever-
al exhibitions to introduce
items donated and lent by
local collectors.
The golden tourism
month is among other events
celebrating 20 years of world
heritage recognition by UN-
ESCO for Hue monuments
Ngo Hoa, chairman of
provincial People’s Commit-
tee, added that the 19 big-
gest hotels in Hue pledged
discounts of between 30-50
per cent for tourists during
the month.
Hue planned a golden
tourism week in September
after a successful golden
week held in April. Now it
has expanded the week to
one month.
The Phu Bai airport will
open again on September
20 after six months of clo-
sure for upgrade.
Hue lures visitors with big bargains
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